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

[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.