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Basic Strategy, Monday, Period 4
The class was back in the Danger Shop this week, and Tyrion felt as if his weekend had given him a new perspective on this particular class.
The back area of the shop was set up as a boutique, with racks of fashionable and vintage clothing for all occasions and large curtained dressing areas -- including makeup and hair tables -- to the side. A magazine rack placed near the center of the area held a wide variety of current fashion magazines.
Tyrion gathered the students near the front of the area. He hoped he'd be able to hold their attention, even if he was competing with clothing.
"Two weeks ago," he began, "I spoke of some of the areas in which one might be advantaged. The first one we looked at was strength; this week, we'll be looking at beauty." He knew now that the students wouldn't laugh, but he still paused out of the irony of it; what could a dwarf know of beauty?
The stabbing thought passed, and he continued. "You cannot change the form you were born with -- or not without considerable effort and pain. You can, though, make the most of it. Your clothing should be neat, clean, and as high-quality as you can afford." This may have been easier for a Lannister to say.
"Any outfits you wear should make the most of your form without suggesting it might be for sale -- unless, of course, you are for sale. Your hair should be neat and nicely styled, any cosmetics discreetly applied. I won't deny I'm no expert on the fashions of this world, but things have not changed that much."
He drew a breath. "It might seem like a womanly topic, but men are judged on appearance nearly every bit as much. We all have to wear clothes every day; when someone who cares about them is looking, it can't hurt to make them worth looking at." He added something he'd learned the last two days. "It also, according to my most recent bout of insanity, helps if you feel fierce."
He gestured back to the racks of clothing. "This week, I want you to dress and style yourself in something that makes you feel you have the upper hand. something you might wear to meet someone you needed to impress. Then come out and explain what you chose and why."
The back area of the shop was set up as a boutique, with racks of fashionable and vintage clothing for all occasions and large curtained dressing areas -- including makeup and hair tables -- to the side. A magazine rack placed near the center of the area held a wide variety of current fashion magazines.
Tyrion gathered the students near the front of the area. He hoped he'd be able to hold their attention, even if he was competing with clothing.
"Two weeks ago," he began, "I spoke of some of the areas in which one might be advantaged. The first one we looked at was strength; this week, we'll be looking at beauty." He knew now that the students wouldn't laugh, but he still paused out of the irony of it; what could a dwarf know of beauty?
The stabbing thought passed, and he continued. "You cannot change the form you were born with -- or not without considerable effort and pain. You can, though, make the most of it. Your clothing should be neat, clean, and as high-quality as you can afford." This may have been easier for a Lannister to say.
"Any outfits you wear should make the most of your form without suggesting it might be for sale -- unless, of course, you are for sale. Your hair should be neat and nicely styled, any cosmetics discreetly applied. I won't deny I'm no expert on the fashions of this world, but things have not changed that much."
He drew a breath. "It might seem like a womanly topic, but men are judged on appearance nearly every bit as much. We all have to wear clothes every day; when someone who cares about them is looking, it can't hurt to make them worth looking at." He added something he'd learned the last two days. "It also, according to my most recent bout of insanity, helps if you feel fierce."
He gestured back to the racks of clothing. "This week, I want you to dress and style yourself in something that makes you feel you have the upper hand. something you might wear to meet someone you needed to impress. Then come out and explain what you chose and why."
Re: PRESENTATIONS [1/16]
"Okay," she said, "so this is an outfit I could wear...pretty much anywhere. With a blazer I could wear it to a job interview or a business meeting, as is I could wear it to a date, a party, a wedding--my own wedding, if it was at the courthouse--a, I don't know, a press conference. Ideally the shoes would be Louboutins or something similarly status symbol-y, but any black three inch heel will do," even if they made her six-two. Maybe especially because they made her six-two, "and this little black dress is great, it's silk and really well structured, but the variations are endless.
"As for accessories, I chose this clutch because the outfit needed a little color and red is a power color. You want something with some structure, and not too big and unwieldy, for a really great first impression. My jewelry--" small diamond earrings, understated single strand of pearls, gold watch "--is classic and elegant, not too flashy or obnoxious. As for makeup, I went for a neutral eye and a red lip because, again, red is a power color, but for evening I would probably opt for a smokey eye instead. And my hair is up," she said, turning to show off her chignon, "because that looks more put-together and formal or professional. I didn't have time to change my nails," which were currently a pale shade of blue with silver glitter, "and I didn't really want to anyway because I'm not over this color yet so I'd just have changed them back right after class, but if I had I would have gone for a neutral polish. Probably something in the 'nude' family."
Was that more information than Tyrion had been expecting? Oh, well. You got Petra talking about fashion you were in for it. "Did I miss anything?"