What Are Your Style Trademarks?
[ 6 March 2007 ]
I saw this question asked on the blackcigarette Livejournal community & thought it was really interesting.
I used to love the idea of having some piece of jewellery that I always wore — I really liked the idea of having a permanent identifier. Now I feel like it’s okay for my identity to be more fluid, to dress like an eccentric Parisian one day & to look like a Japanese raver the next.
There are a few things that I am usually wearing, however:
Beauty spot (thanks M.A.C.!)
Gala necklace (bought on Ebay for a pittance)
Pink or white hair (the bigger the better)
Scarves (either on my head or around my neck)
Any kind of shoes that make me taller
In the past I was obsessed with:
Lip piercings (I have had about five or six)
Key necklaces
Ripped stockings
Wearing far too many super-cheap bracelets
...As well as wearing flowers in my hair, shaving my hairline back in a very Edwardian fashion, & an insane passion for Maybelline’s “Cherry On” nailpolish (the perfect red). All in the last few years!
What are your style trademarks of the past & present?
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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i like the bangles, they’re cute as – plus my mum has literally bazillions of them… it’s a shame they don’t look too flash on me, but i’d say my style trademark is usually black eyeliner, red nails, a small nose stud and 2/3 rings; my brother’s triplet/link ring (rather, my triplet/link ring) and a plain silver band on my ring finger.
it’s not much but then again i’m kind of a minimalist in my style :)
ultimately i’d like my signature look to include a long cigarette holder, bright red lipstick… also a black trench coat. and my f-me stiletto boots (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Simone51/boots001.jpg) just to be difficult ;)
I like lots of bracelets generally, but the ones I wore all the time cost maybe $5 for the lot! I was working across from an accessory store & I ended up with so much cheap stuff it was ridiculous. I have a couple of silver bangles on each wrist as I type this & I think I prefer it, it’s more understated, which I’m trying out as a look! Haha.
Nice boots! Cigarette holders are so stylish, too bad cigarettes pong. Bah. I am a pretty-much-retired smoker & I’m not sure what I think about it. I think cigarettes are very aesthetically pleasing but they stink & they’re unhealthy & expensive, so, ehh, I don’t know.
I always wear my posey ring, spoon ring (left hand) and amber ring (right hand). Also little girl hair bows and clips. I love them and can’t get enough. And of course a can of Rockstar passion fruit energy drink and my Virginia slims, because I’d die without both.
okay, 2 questions:
1. how tall are you really? i have the impression you are quite tall
2. are there any picture of your hair shaved back?
as for me – i change every day, especially since part of my job is to follow different fashion/makeup themes. the only things that ever seem to remain the same are my great grandmothers wedding band and my great aunt’s engagement ring which i just about never take off since i’d probably loose them immediately.
in the past: eccentric and usually pink hair, a pair of bright yellow canvas adidas, shirts from 80s memorilia (long live she ra)
Thick black rimmed glasses are probably my trademark. Unfortunately, due to finding the idea of sticking something in my eye absolutely gross, it’s more of a permentant fixture and something I have to work all outfits around than a trademark. Apart from that, as it’s winter here, my polka dot coat, skinny jeans, silk scarves & cute white high heels.
In the past it’s been bright jackets, studded belts and suede trainers.
I love the way your wear scarves and the beauty spot.
my current trademarks are piercings, lots of eye makeup, crazy hair in bright colours, fur coats, inappropriately high heels, too many necklaces, dressing in either all black or every colour of the rainbow at once, lots of layers…
Do you have any pictures of “shaving my hairline back in a very Edwardian fashion”? I’m very curious and a little confused. :)
♥x
I want to see the shaved-back hair!
My style trademarks are wearing Lolita sunglasses just about all the time, lots of piercings, millions of el cheapo necklaces, miniskirts (scary when you live in Wellington!) & messy white hair with cute ribbons/bows/hairclips.
I bought a couple of scarves the other day and would love to know the best way to wear them! It sounds like a silly question as I know how to tie a scarf, but yours look fab and so effortless. One I bought is long, slim and silkish, black with skinny red double striped border. The other is a square (to be folded into a triangle) and cotton with a grey tiger print and tiger face on one corner – red trim. They would both give quite a different look. Any advice would be great!
I’ve had lots of trademarks but my lasting ones are:
+ red lipstick
+ military jacket
+ strawberries
+ pink tipped hair
+ crinolines
+ knee socks (with skirts when it’s not winter)
+ being very pale
+ stripes
Lately, though:
+ rolled bangs
+ super high stilettos (when clubbing)
+ pin-striped pants
+ strategically placed leaves ;)
+ full skirts (alone or part of a dress)
+ 80s characters
+ cuban heel stockings
Baaaah how could I forget HUGE sunglasses. I’ve been wearing them for almost 15 years, they are really the only sort that suit me.
Plus, long black hair parted in the middle. Had that same style for years, more or less.
Okay last comment, I swear. My lip ring is also a “trademark” of mine. I’ve had it for a long time and I’m crazy about it, still.
I have a lot of so-called trademarks, it’s hard to remember them all sometimes.
rhinestone-studded glasses (unless i’m wearing contacts, which is most of the time)
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black or blue eyeliner
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dresses worn over jeans
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silk scarves (because i am muslim, i wear them…and i have tons)
when i’m not wearing scarves, wild curly hair cut in a bob..
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special traditional shoes of pakistan (called khussay) which are embroidered, beaded, and curled upwards at the toe
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long dangly earrings
from 6th-7th grade, my trademark was my ridiculously long hair, camo jacket and my lovely top hat. :)
i moved on to this weird costume phase in my freshman year(last year) i’d wear nurse outfits, french maid, sailor…et cetera, and i’d draw a red heart under my right eye, now it’s a beauty spot. this year i’ve moved on to a more simplistic style…old man-london fog sweaters, liquid eyeliner, homemade necklaces(now it’s an old key-last week it was a violin tuning peg^^)rainbow beads, and exciting plugs for my 6g ears.(glow in the dark cresents at this moment.)
i’m trying to add more to my closet so i can reach a plateau of content stylishness.
i’m sure my style will be completely different next year. _____
encouragement and love to all ye style shifters out there. muah
wow, i have a key exactly like that!
The style im aiming for in winter 08 is PIRATE CHIC!
Turned up sleeves (for shirts and tshirts)
Shirts
Scarves (I’m addicted to them)
Boots
Lots of black detail on my clothes
Bows
Studs
Black Tights
Belts
Buckles
Black/white stripes
FAKE leather
zips
AND i forgot to add that I’ll be wearing my bauhaus owl bracelet forever and ever.
ooohhhh i like this post!! My trademarks are as follows:
waist length dark hair (of varying hues, its going to be plum next i think) and a blunt cut fringe.
glitter somewhere on my face eyes or cheekbones typically,
big gaudy tacky ring, I’ve a huge purple plastic faux poison ring, loves it!
white gold and rose gold heart ring that my mum got made for me on my 18th birthday, it never comes off.
Doc Martens when it’s raining, daft canvas plimsols during summer (last year they were peach, this year floral!)
pale, pale, pale skin.
a book
brightly coloured coats. ( I live in Scotland and you NEED a pretty coat to get you the dark driech winter)