When you look at a piece of art, a painting or a sculpture, what is it that you see? Most of us tend to look at the big picture. We see the trees marching up from a river in the portrait of a landscape, or we see a sculpture of a woman holding a child. Others will look at the landscape and see just Paris, Ontario real estate and wonder if they should move to the country from their Oshawa home. They'll look at the woman holding a baby and think of how difficult it is to work as a executive recruiter and still have time to shop for organic diapers, let alone have time to raise the baby. However, there is a lot more to any piece of art than what is represented by the big picture.
An art student or another artist, for example, might note just how those trees are set, one against the other, to give a feel to the flow of the river even though the painting is still. They might point out that each colour in the piece has been blended in such a way as to give the painting its own unique feel; there are thousands of pictures of woodland scenes, they would say, but this one is unique.
In a lot of ways, personal style is similar to artwork, but it is the individual that is the canvas. What many people see is the finished product, if you will. They take a look at the person walking down the street, the person next to them at an office desk, or a friend and see the total result of a dozen different details. These details are a person's individual style, the different components that all add up to make that person into someone apart from all others. Whether it is a conscious one or not, everyone has thoughts about what everyone else is wearing. Handing someone a California business card to promote scientific research and experimental development will have a different effect if the person is wearing a power suit or ripped jeans. If you're trying to pick up at a bar in Bowmanville real estate a different outfit might be successful than in a bar at 110 Bloor.
In this section of our site, we are going to take a look at all the avenues that can be used to define your personal style and define who people see when they look at you. We think you will be amazed at the sheer range of options anyone has when it comes to these avenues; from the physical to the mental to the emotional, there are dozens of different ways we can change how we are perceived.
One of the great things about the avenues of style is that the ways are not fixed, like streets on a city grid. Instead, these avenues can change from day to day or even from morning to night. You may spend all day toting a designer leather messenger bag on your way to high powered meetings with the old money of Rosedale, Toronto real estate and then retire at the end of the day in ladies' casual clothing you bought at a second hand store in Kensington Market. The change is not just physical; there is a mental daring that helps you take that new avenue and change the way your total picture looks.
As with a piece of art, the things that set one person apart from another are the details. You may have the same shade of eye shadow as someone else, the same handbag, even the same piece of clothing. The thing is to keep in mind that the makeup you put on, the accessories you choose, and the clothing you put on are all just avenues that make up your entire self-image. It's the sum of all the parts that will determine the way your entire picture is received. I mean if you had the same lamp in your Dufferin Grove home as a friend you wouldn't redesign the whole room, right?
Exploring all the different avenues of style is fun, and knowing all the tricks and tips to enhance your personal details can really help celebrate your self empowerment re-awakening. The articles in this section will help you do just that.
|