Find Your Style Personality {Giveaway!}

Welcome to Fashion 101! This week one of you lucky ladies will win a lovely accessory, courtesy of Handmade and Lovely. More about that at the end of today's lesson!

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I don't usually think about my clothes as having personality. I just buy what I feel like in the moment,  or what I like or need, or deals too good to pass up. Maybe you're like me. If you are, you don't often consider that your clothes are talking about you, much louder than you words are, to everyone within  earshot eyesight!

Your clothes are an expression of yourself. They should express your personality, your tastes, and even your priorities. You can tell a lot about someone based on what they wear, and I don't mean just what their favorite color is or what they ate for lunch.

There's even some "science" backing up why people gravitate towards certain clothes. Studies show that certain personality and character traits tend to like similar colors, patterns, textures, and styles.

There are roughly six different clothing personality types. Sometimes they're called other names, and sometimes there are only five listed, but I think this covers the bases best. They are Classic, Dramatic, Romantic, Ingénue, Natural, and Gamine.

Note: you might not fit perfectly in one category. In fact, you probably won't. You are a unique and multi-faceted being! Read through the following descriptions and notice the images. What fits you best?


Classic

Classic

Classic by Em featuring a velvet skirt



Personality: 
Style:
Examples of Classics: Audry Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Kristen Bell

Dramatic

Dramatic

Dramatic by Em featuring dress gowns


Personality: 
Style:
Examples of Dramatics: Madonna, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson


Romantic

Romantic

Romantic by Em featuring beaded ball gowns


Personality:  
Style:
Examples of Romantics: Sophia Loren, Emmy Rossum

Ingénue

Ingenue

Ingenue by Em featuring a strapless ruffle dress


 Personality:
Style:
Examples of Ingénues: Carey Mulligan, Zoey Deschanel, Taylor Swift


Natural

Natural

Natural by Em featuring tunic tops



Personality:
Style:
Examples of Naturals: Amy Grant, Lauren Conrad



Gamine
Gamine

Gamine by Em featuring christian louboutin shoes



Personality:
Style:
Examples: Katy Perry, Victoria Beckham

Homework
As you've read through the different style personalities, did you find some that fit? My tastes fit with the Romantic and Classic, but I tend to dress Natural.

One style isn't better than another. It's all about what fits you best. But if you're fashionably challenged, this could be at the root of your problem: you love one style but you're dressing another, or mixing all of them, and most of what you wear just doesn't fit your personality.

Your Fashion 101 homework for this week is to create a collage on Polyvore.com similar to the ones above, featuring YOUR style personality! Polyvore is easy to use, and tons of fun! You will have to create an account to make the collages, but it's super easy and quick. Consider your style personality, what you would like it to be, and pick clothing and accessories accordingly. You have all week to complete it and post it on facebook. Have fun with this!

After you make your collage, share it on Scribbles From Emily's facebook page. You'll get 10 entries to this week's giveaway! 

This Week's Giveaway
The lovely Bracey from Handmade and Lovely is giving one very lucky winner a rosette headband!
Bracey is a talented college student at Clemson University in South Carolina. In her free time, she makes creative vintage jewelry and hair accessories.
Jeweled Bobby Pin
I love this!
Decorative Key Earrings
And this! 
Today Bracey is giving away this:


This happens to combine my very favorite colors, in my very favorite accessory! I love headbands, and I really do think that this particular one would fit well with ANY of the style personality types!

Here's Bracey's description: The rosettes (one large and one small) are made of cotton fabric and attached to a thin silver metal headband. There is felt on the underside for comfort and support. The headband is valued at $12.


Here's how you could win it:

Mandatory Entry: Visit Handmade and Lovely's Etsy shop. Then come back here and tell us about your favorite item. There's lots to choose from! 

Extra Entries:
1. Follow this blog, and leave a comment saying you do. If you already do, that counts too. {1 entry}
2. Follow Handmade and Lovely blog, and leave a comment here saying that you do. {1 entry}
3. Share this giveaway on Twitter or Facebook and come back and tell us here that you did. Be sure to tag Scribbles from Emily in your post or tweet! {1 entry for each}
5. Do this week's Fashion 101 Homework, and post to Scribble's facebook page. {10 entries}

Leave separate comments for each entry!

This giveaway will be open until Friday at Midnight. Happy entering! 

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