September 2, 2008

Teaser of the Day

I spotted the new Psychology Today on the news-stand today, and was intrigued by one of the minor cover stories. Unfortunately, the full article is hidden behind a subscriber wall, but the article’s introduction is enough to send me back to the news-stand with cash in hand (or at least to the public library):

Fashion is about clothes and their relationship to the moment. Style is about you and your relationship to yourself. Fashion is in the clothes. Style is in the wearer. The distinction could not be more revealing.

[…] Style, on the other hand, doesn’t demand a credit card. It prospers on courage and creativity.

Style goes way beyond fashion; it is an individually distinctive way of putting ourselves together. It is a unique blend of spirit and substance—personal identity imposed on, and created through, the world of things. It is a way of capturing something vibrant, making a statement about ourselves in clothes.