Still, chill, without a frill

[darkemeralds]

I've made some progress towards Dressing My Truth, without actually overburdening my one and only credit card (much).

The program suggests a 30-day trial using what you already own before giving away everything in your closet. That gives you time to develop your eye, test the system, and not be completely, obsessively rash make informed decisions.



So I haven't given away my complete Type 2 and Type 3 wardrobes yet, but they're in bags in the giveaway closet, and so far I'm not looking backwards because the Type 4 style is really working well for me.


My Type 2 Wardrobe: the "Don't be too showy at your age" selection designed not to make too much of a statement.


My Type 3 Wardrobe--not not me, but I'll admit that the colors are too warm for my personality.


This is an early foray into the Type 4 look.

Color isn't the whole of the matter, but it's a big part. I've never worn that shade of blue before, and I find that I feel good in it. Pure white, pure black, and pure hues, though not what I think of as "elegant," actually do work for me, much to my surprise.

When I say "work for me," I mean not only that I like what I see in the mirror, but I like the way people react to me. I feel much less armored and much more naturally strong, if that makes sense. Like I'm looking out at the world from a position of inner authority, and the world is looking back at me in the same light. It's...truer, somehow.

Comments

Color question?

[cattraine.livejournal.com]

so, if one has very dark brown hair (almost black with silver threads), brown/green eyes and very pale skin, what colors are true? I tried to get the book from my library, but they don't carry it.

Re: Color question?

[darkemeralds]

I tell ya, I've fought years of "Color Me Beautiful" type indoctrination in order to get my brain around Dressing Your Truth. DYT isn't based on your coloring, but on your "energy", kind of a nuanced thing revealed in facial features, gestures, movement style, even speech habits and subconscious gestures (like doodling).

Every Type can wear pretty much all colors, but each Type has its own chroma--tints, tones, shades or hues. A red example is here.

But it goes beyond color, to texture, design line, fabrication (aka body or drape), and pattern (prints, contrasts, symmetry).

The goal is a complete outward representation of your energetic "truth", and I have to say, there's really something to it.

If you enter an email address on the DYT site, they'll send you a series of links to free videos that contain masses of good information, plenty to help you zero in on your Type, even if you don't spring for the whole program. The sales pressure is very light and honest--you'll get some emails but you can unsubscribe easily, and there's no sleazy marketing. I trust them--it's a very cleanly run outfit.

Let me know if you do take a look and come up with your Type. I'd love to discuss it further.

Re: Color question?

[darkemeralds]

PS: Honest, I'm not in any way affiliated with these folks, I just really like what they're doing. :D

[jumpuphigh]

The blue looks very elegant on you as does that neckline.

[darkemeralds]

Thanks! It was the neckline that convinced me. There's been a rule in my head that said my figure type should never wear a boat-neck, and another one that said my coloring should never wear plain blue. But damned if the Type 4 straight line, firm fabric, and bold hue don't all come together in a surprising way.

[karen_jk]

You look great in that blue shirt! You've arranged the type 2 clothes and shoes so beautifully that they really appeal to me as well...I like the softness of the colours, as in the grey shoes. Yes, they are muted, but also kind of soft like watercolours and rain. (The umbrella really fits!)

This is not to say you need to like them, just that I'm surprised how much I like them. :)

[darkemeralds]

You have a good eye for this stuff! Not that I'm one bit surprised, sensitive soul that you are.

Type 2 is the "soft, subtle woman" whose energy is best expressed in muted tones, flowing lines, soft fabrications and, yes, water-color patterns. She's the one who, as a child, might have been admonished to hurry up, to come out of her shell, to join in more. In her natural element she's comfortable, sensual, unhurried and caring.

I LOVE people like that. But hoo-boy am I ever not one of them. :D

[ranunculus]

I LOVE the pillow in the #2 assembly. Drool.
So me. Purple, in all directions. Otherwise grey. Um, in all directions.

I like the blue on you.

[darkemeralds]

I think you're seeing the art umbrella covered with Van Gogh irises. I'm awfully partial to mauves and violets and gray myself, but I'm beginning to accept that they aren't the best representation of my energy. I still have gray walls in my bedroom though--very peaceful.

[ruric]

I love the colours in your Type 3 giveaway bag! Earthy tones for the win lifted with the occasional jewel brilliant hue *G*

That blue shirt you're wearing looks fantastic on you!

I haven't poked around on the DYT site yet and have never had much truck with the Colour Me Beautiful crew, but the colours I'm always drawn to - whether decorating my home or dressing myself - are based around earth tones. Olives, sandy earthy browns, terracottas perked up with the occasional brilliant blue or green (and sometimes orange or yellow with respect to home but not clothes).

When I moved back into the flat (post fire) people asked if I was going to substantially change my colour schemes and I was all why the hell would I do that? I've found a colour palette that works and make me feel comfortable / happy / relaxed / energised. Why would I change it? *G* The only room I had to repaint after the decorators had left was the living room as the initial blue feature wall and white with a hint of colour walls erred too far on the side of cold rather than warm. The walls are still one blue and 3 white but they're the warmer mediterranean scale of colours now.

[darkemeralds]

I'm not surprised that you're drawn to the Type 3 heap--looking back on a couple of photos of you I've got from London, and remembering your energy, it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that you resonate with Type 3. I can't quite see you loaded down with chunky jewelry, but most other aspects of the Type 3 "rich, dynamic" style would seem to jibe well with your nature.

[panisdead]

You look GREAT.

[darkemeralds]

Thanks! This is fun.

[ursamajor]

You look stunning. The cut and the geometry and the color all work together incredibly well on you.

Something about your outfit(probably the cobalt blue!) reminded me of this picture.

[darkemeralds]

Thank you, and thank you for that fantastic picture! The style in it is a brilliant combination of Type 4 line and color, with Type 3 dynamic brashness.

And when you go to the source page of the image, you see more stunning pictures of the same woman and her bold sense of color. This is a great resource for me as a Type 4 with Type 3 secondary. I was beginning to feel a bit black-and-white, and this woman has given me some wonderful ideas about color.

[tehomet]

You look nifty in that cobalt top, and this:

I mean not only that I like what I see in the mirror, but I like the way people react to me. I feel much less armored and much more naturally strong, if that makes sense. Like I'm looking out at the world from a position of inner authority, and the world is looking back at me in the same light. It's...truer, somehow.

is excellent!

[darkemeralds]

Thanks. Yeah, it's been an interesting journey so far. I've always taken pride in my clothing discernment, and I'm not quite ready to say, "Wow, I made a lot of mistakes" based on one woman's system. But it's giving me all kinds of new ideas, and that's always fun.

[vampirefan]

this is very interesting... there are colors that i stay away from only because i don't like the color (like pink!). there are colors i gravitate to because i like them (blues/purples/blacks/greens) styles of clothing? well, i'll give anything a try and see how it looks on my body, although i'll stay away from ruffles and flower type embellishments 'cause i just don't like how they look... but other than that, i wear whatever i want as long as i feel it looks good on me. right now, for work, i wear a lot of tshirts and jeans and lately i've been looking at brighter colors than i normally would and i'm liking how they look on me :)

[darkemeralds]

Heh. Your aversion to pink in all its forms is widely known!

Dressing Your Truth is a really interesting program. It goes deeply into "energy profiling" and takes all kinds of things into account that you wouldn't think have any bearing on what kinds of clothes to wear. But when you try them, they really do have a kind of magical effect. (And nothing in the program specifies that anybody has to wear pink--though there are pinks for every type if you want them.)

I wouldn't want to guess at your type because we haven't spent much time together, but if you watch this video, you might start to get a feel for it.

[darkemeralds]

After I wrote my comment last night, I kept thinking about you and wondering what Energy Type you might fall into. From what I do know about you, you've got a lot of Type 1 and 3 going on--you're sociable and festive and party-going like a Type 1, and you're dynamic and getting-things-done (I'm thinking of both your knitting projects and your involvement in fandom activities) like a Type 3.

As Carol Tuttle repeatedly points out in her books and videos, everyone has pieces of all the Types, but everyone leads with one.

[pinesandmaples]

I feel much less armored and much more naturally strong, if that makes sense.

That makes perfect sense, and I can see it in your picture!

[darkemeralds]

That's awesome. Thanks!