personal style

Personal style tends to refer to one's external presentation of fashion choices, hair styles and personal grooming details like nails, facial hair, makeup, etc.  Personal style is the way in which individuals choose to combine colors, textures, prints, patterns, silhouettes, accessories and other particulars. Personal style has taken center stage in online conversations since the arrival of First Lady Michelle Obama. Bloggers like Mrs.O MichelleObamaWatch have been virtually obsessed with her personal fashion interpretations from the time President Obama began his campaign.

Fashion choices tend to reflect one's culture, status, individual taste, career and lifestyle. Beyond fashion, personal style is denoted by an individual’s hair style and color as well as makeup application colors and techniques. Men’s facial hair choices become signature components of their style.

Over time, only a few people really stand out as having a distinct personal style or way of carrying and presenting themselves to the world. Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn are two women who spark an immediate image of personal style.

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• Fashionable friend on the go

  
  Styled in Chicago — Authority: 113
  Our dear friend Lisa is always on the move....busy, busy, busy and so pleasantly stylish everyday .  We find Lisas much like us....she sticks to a few rules when it comes to her fashion.   For instance, travel in comfort and style, no sweats please.  She squeezed in a few days of escape...here she is flying off ...
  4 hours ago

• Muse of the Moment: Ashley Olsen

  
  RunwayDaily.com — Authority: 92
  (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) Ashley Olsen is, and will always be, one of my favorite dressers to keep an eye on. Her continual use of black and white for fancy soirees is something that always grabs my attention. With a wardrobe overflowing with lady-like accessories and classic menswear pieces, ...
  19 hours ago

• Rihanna’s Dress – Wow or Eww?

  
  Skinny VS Curvy — Authority: 442
  RiRi didn’t manage to stay out of our Wow or Eww category for too long, thanks to this debatable ripped dress. So: Rihanna’s Dress – Wow or Eww? If you wanna go specific, Rihanna’s Dress Is… insert adjective. Let’s hear it! See her make-up after the jump! ... Read the rest of Rihanna’s Dress ...
  1 day ago

• On The Plus Side: Look of the Day 12/2

  
  StyleITOnline.com — Authority: 127
  You know when you buy something new that you love SO much that you create an entire outfit around it? Thats where this outfit came from. Readers, I introduce you to my stunning new L.A.M.B. bag I picked up at a recent sample sale. It may have been on the market 3 years ago (and I wanted it then), but I cannot be ...
  1 day ago

• Mischa Barton Out, Around and About

  
  Skinny VS Curvy — Authority: 442
  Mischa Barton stepped out the other day in an interesting (?) outfit with a pair of funky neon shoes. Do you guys like her look and the way it looks on her figure? See the rest after the jump! ... Read the rest of Mischa Barton Out, Around and About © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy , 2009. | Permalink | 3 ...
  2 days ago

• Andreas Wijk from Gothenburg, Sweden

  
  El Bosquejo — Authority: 126
  Dropped by Lookbook after I dont know how long. The first thing I noticed about Andreas s outfit were his Whyred knee patch pants , which remind me of jeans from Balmain Men . Then his hair, his accessories. Swedish high street. A denim version of the pants above in one of the many pictures on ...
  2 days ago

• Thank you, Carine Roitfeld

  
  TWENTYTHIRTYFORTY.net — Authority: 113
  So, as you can probably tell, Arlene and I have been less than inspired lately, so we’d like to give a giant shout-out to Ms. Carine Roitfeld for bringing us out of our funk. In addition to writing 2 blogs, Arlene and I run an online boutique. There are just 2 of us — we write everything, buy everything, ship ...
  3 days ago

• Lady Gaga For The Typeface Set

  
  Coilhouse — Authority: 543
  When I went to art school you could always tell the graphic design majors. They were always the well-dressed, well-groomed ladies and gentleman. Their clothes were unwrinkled and unstained; devoid of paint, charcoal, or bodily fluids. They had it together. It was only upon speaking with them that one was made aware ...
  3 days ago

• Eva Herzigova Is a Little Fuzzy

  
  Skinny VS Curvy — Authority: 442
  That coat looks like fun! Do you love Eva’s huggable / colorful /  fuzzy look at top designer’s Sonia Rykiel for H&M party at the Grand Palais in Paris? See her again after the jump! ... Read the rest of Eva Herzigova Is a Little Fuzzy © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy , 2009. | Permalink | One ...
  3 days ago

• Audio-Technica Women’s Headphones: In Fashion this Holiday Season

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 486
  Every holiday season, portable electronics like music players and headphones are high on listeners’ gift lists—and this year, companies are offering a more diverse selection of headphones than ever before. Today’s headphones are an expression of personal style and individuality – like the Audio-Technica ...
  3 days ago

• It’s Tuesday. That’s it.

  
  Unfunded — Authority: 121
  I’m really loving my outfit today…and I’m pretty pissed I didn’t get a chance to snap a picture of it before rushing out the door to be late to work. But essentially: you get the idea. inspirational photos from the blogosphere….. photo: caroline’s mode . great minds think alike, eh? every time ...
  4 days ago

• What to Wear to the Office Christmas Party

  
  Inside Out Style — Authority: 125
  Happy 1st day of summer if youre in Australia!  Christmas party season is upon us, and having spoke to employers at different times about this, and they do find this to be an issue as their employees turn up inappropriately dressed, I thought Id do a quick post on what to wear to your office Christmas party. What ...
  5 days ago

• Street fix: Layers and stripes

  
  El Bosquejo — Authority: 126
  Jujiin Samonte and Shahani Gania tell me their stripe and monochrome partnership was not planned. Coincidence like one of those things.
  1 week ago

• Exquisite Tymoshenko Doll Helps Orphans

  
  Coilhouse — Authority: 543
  [Image courtesy of Reuters ] Can one of you guys please get me this Yulia Tymoshenko doll for my birthday? A $53K porcelain representation of Lady Yu as Robin Hood, complete with a bow and arrow and leather boots fitted with spurs, isn’t too much to ask for this year, is it? Anyone? …guys? Okay, fine. I’ll ...
  1 week ago

• Mom, Thanksgiving and a fur

  
  Styled in Chicago — Authority: 113
  This is our first Thanksgiving without my Mom. To know Betsy was to love Betsy and anyone who knew her feels the void that is left in her absence. She was an amazing woman and an enormous influence on my life, and facing the holidays without her is a daunting task. Thanksgiving was her holiday, too, which just makes ...
  1 week ago

• Its cold out, so style your outerwear!

  
  Styled in Chicago — Authority: 113
  Thanksgiving always brings up the question: "what am I going to wear?" Well, our easiest answer is to tell you to style up your outerwear. Take those coats and jackets and make them more of an integral part of your wardrobe. Especially in places like Chicago, youre going to be living in that outerwear for a number of ...
  1 week ago

• Impeccable

  
  Unfunded — Authority: 121
  Lucy Car-Ellison from Stylelikeu.com from Stylelikeu on Vimeo . This chick’s style is both inspiring and to-die-for. I’m loving her wardrobe gray-black-white color palette. My closet is filled with those colors, too, and it let’s me know that I must be doing something right. Her pieces are simple but she ...
  1 week ago

• What Size Handbag Should I Carry?

  
  Inside Out Style — Authority: 125
  One of my lovely readers Karen sent me this email: I do think we can and should each find our own personal style and be comfortable with it.  I do not understand the large size that handbags have become.  If I carried a currently stylish handbag, it would be 90% empty, and Im not sure I get the point.  ...
  1 week ago

• The Mysterious, Musical Megumi Satsu

  
  Coilhouse — Authority: 543
  Intrigued. Enamored. Deeply amused. This is how I’m left feeling after watching Megumi Satsu videos. The striking French singer’s voice cascades like velvet and breaks like glass, while her hat collection is rivaled only by that of Grace Jones . She left her native Sapporo, Japan for Paris in the seventies. ...
  1 week ago

• Dressing Takes 287 days of Your Life

  
  Inside Out Style — Authority: 125
  Reading the paper on the weekend I came across a mention of a study done by UK retailer Matalan, I havent yet found the actual study results online, but here is the news report: WOMEN spend almost a year of their lives deciding what to wear, a new study has found. Choosing outfits for work, nights out, dinner ...
  1 week ago

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