Many women's fashion and decorating magazines have featured articles
that provide categories that define an individual's style or fashion.
For example, a category describing a preppy woman's style could be
called "Prep", "Classic Traditionalist", "Thoroughbred" or "American
Classic".
I am looking for a rundown of category names that have been used by
the fashion and decorating press. I expect there would be categories
like the "Classic Traditionalist", "Romantic", "Modernist", et al, but
am trying to develop a list of as many category names as possible to
see the general breakdown.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 07:24 PDT
Hello prpro-ga,
Very interesting and challenging question you've posted!
While I work on it a bit more, I wonder if I could ask for some
clarification.
There are so many variations on styles -- and innumerable transient
fashions (such as this season's "spy style" clothes), that it's hard
to know what to offer you in the way of an answer. Your question is
doubly complicated by asking about both clothing and decorating, since
the two don't always follow the same path or trends.
That said, please let me know:
--if a list like this one is at all helpful to you:
http://www.artandculture.com/arts/discipline?movementId=214&sel=mov&sub=a2z
--are you familiar with reference sources such as:
-A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion, by Mary Brooks Picken
-The Complete History of Costume & Fashion, by Bronwyn Cosgrave
-Fashion in Costume, by Joan Nunn
-Classic Modern : Midcentury Modern At Home, by Deborah Dietsch
--Are you interested only in contemporary styles, or would you expect,
e.g. "Art Deco" style to appear on the list?
--What would you consider an appropriate number of categories as a
reasonable answer to your question?
Any further insight you can provide would be a great help in getting
you the information you are after.
Thanks.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
prpro-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 08:29 PDT
Great questions! I'll answer each of your bullets point-by-point:
- A list like the artsandculture.com one IS helpful; these categories
are actual fashion movements/trends (Kinderwhore?!). I'm really
looking more for even more collective categories. For example,
"Hip-Hop", "Rave Culture", et al might be grouped under "Urban Hip".
However, I suppose the total list is helpful -- I can rope them into
their more collective categories on my own.
- Not familiar with the books you list; I think I am more interested
in the type of content that would be found in books that focus on
defining your personal style, where you might take a "test" that would
indicate whether you are a "Classic Traditionalist", "Urban Hipster",
et al. You know what I mean -- you take a test and your score
indicates the type you are. Think Cosmo quiz... ;-)
- I'm less interested in general era styles, such as "Art Deco",
"Edwardian", et al.
- As far as the number of categories, I'm looking for as much "input"
as possible -- this will help me determine my own system where I will
place each category provided into 6-8 categories of my own creation.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 08:52 PDT
Hey, that helps. I suspect it will take a few back and forths, before
I know for sure if I can answer your question for you.
First off, have a look at:
http://quizilla.com/cgi-bin/result/list/list.pl
Is this (a) close? or (b) way off? what you are seeking?
Also, here's a list of fashion "quizzes" that may be of interest
(listed under "Fashion Selectors" on the site), but I'm not sure they
get you into the type of categories you're looking for. Let me know
what you think:
http://www.selectsmart.com/fashion.html
Ta ta, for now...
paf
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Clarification of Question by
prpro-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 09:45 PDT
The quizilla link doesn't work. The selectsmart is cute, but --
you're right -- it doesn't call out the categories that I'm seeking.
Thanks for your diligence!
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 09:58 PDT
Sorry about quizilla. Try this link:
http://quizilla.com/users/iamadaydreamer/quizzes/What%20is%20your%20FaShiOn%20STYLE%3F
Take the quiz, and when you get the results, on the bottom of the page
is a "see all possible results" button. Press this to see all the
categories listed. It's not comprehensive, for sure. But it's a
start...
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Clarification of Question by
prpro-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 10:47 PDT
VERY much along the lines of what I have been considering... good find!
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 11:29 PDT
Good...glad to hear it. By the way, if you do a search on the word
"fashion" at the quizilla search page:
http://www.quizilla.com/search/
it will take you to about a dozen other, similar quizzes (I think the
one I linked to earlier is the best of the lot, but you may want to
look at the others just the same).
How do you think we should proceed at this point? We found a pretty
good list at the artandculture site, and some good, broad categories
at the quizilla site. I'm not sure what to do now to provide
additional information, or to pull together what we found already into
a coherent answer.
Let me know what other type of information you would like and/or what
would be the best way to present the info we have.
Thanks.
paf
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Clarification of Question by
prpro-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 11:49 PDT
I really need to get a rundown list that more reflects the Quizilla
categories. I am looking for as many categories of that type as
possible and just need a "laundry list".
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 13:35 PDT
I think I got it!
Have a look at:
http://www.noubikko.com/noubikko-body/tips/categories/categories.htm
It's a "pret-a-porter" list that seems to fit the bill -- let me know
if this does the trick.
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Clarification of Question by
prpro-ga
on
20 Aug 2003 14:48 PDT
That is a DAMN good list!! That could be my macro categories; would
you be able to compile a rundown of whatever other categories you've
found and I can play "mix-and-match" myself? THANKS!!!
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