quick (fashion) questions: what's your 'uniform'?

4.27.2006
(an old wardrobe_remix photo of mine from 2006...it is a pretty typical representation of my own daily 'uniform', even 3 years later. all my everyday loves and staples are represented: a denim jacket, a warm colorful scarf, some variation on a sweatshirt, an interesting pair of shoes/boots, and my favorite thing to wear, hands down, a pair of jeans.)


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i have asked this question before, but it's a great question and it's been a while, so i'll ask it again:
what is YOUR 'uniform'?
do you have a 'uniform' at all? or are you, in some sense, a 'different' person every day, playing with vastly different looks and pieces, so much so that we, as a viewer, could not pigeonhole you in any way?
what pieces make up your personal 'uniform', if you have one?
why do you have that particular 'uniform'? what purpose in your wardrobe and life do those pieces serve (practical or otherwise), and, if you can articulate it, what do you feel those pieces or the total look represent or symbolize to those with whom you interact, or to those that see you?
by the way: i am not necessarily referring to what you wear to work (or are forced to wear to work as the case may be)...rather, what do you 'typically', generally wear on a given day (in case that somehow wasn't clear!)?

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(see also: more discussion about uniforms (in conjunction with my mention of the exactitudes project), here)

quick (fashion) questions: street fashion sites = have they 'jumped the shark'?

(this one is inspired by a post entitled street style is dead; long live street style! by morgan of pandahead magazine over at brightest young things (where miss morgan regularly guest-posts))...

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-have street style sites reached a saturation point? i.e., are there too many of said websites, with too many of them essentially showing the same thing (same type of people, too similar of styles), over and over? do we need MORE street style websites? one from every city, town, village? multiple ones from every city? would more be better? or would less be better?
-are street style sites, as a blog/website category, losing their novelty? or, as morgan and her commenters suppose, are they just reaching a saturation point amongst those who have long been rabid fans of that particular genre of fashion photography?
-are many of the popular street fashion websites/blogs too focused upon one style, at the expense of other styles/a sense of diversity? or could one argue that the photographers running and maintaining those sites have focused their eye upon a certain aesthetic that appeals to those individuals and their readers?
-to take this a bit further: is there, in this day and age, a discernible difference between the denizens of one city to the next, as far as documentable street fashion/fashion trends are concerned? or has easy access to the internet and globalization of retail homogenized style to a great degree? meaning, can we tell the difference between the hipsters in paris and the ones dwelling in london, or the ones who hail from san francisco or the ones who hail from new york?
-morgan asks, and i in turn ask too: if street style/fashion blogs are beginning to become or have become passe (at least amongst some small subset, perhaps), then what the heck is next?
-will this kind of thing (street style websites and their ilk) stick around and become ubiqutious and everywhere?
-will only the strong survive? (note that a lot popped up a long while ago, and have since been abandoned, new ones have sprung up in their wake.)
-what will or could this type of blogging and documentation of those around us morph/evolve into, if anything?

etsy love: sohomode

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i have been stalking the etsy shop of louise hedley, aka, sohomode, for weeks, if not months now. why? because of those amazing, flattering high waisted skirts of hers, simple pieces which are made oh so deliciously different with her inspired choice of fabrics (fun old floral prints, popping plaids, fringe). those the wide ribbon-decorated belts she pairs with them are actually, factually the perfect touch. and her duffel bags are so so fun fun fun...the patchwork in a mix of leathers and wools is yes yes yummy.
on a related note, i love duffel bags (in general) so much! mark my words, they are poised for a comeback...