How to Develop a Personal Style [Tuesday]

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"Good morning," Irene chirped from her perch on her desk at the front of the room, "and welcome to How to Develop a Personal Style. My name's Irene Adler, if you didn't know already -- I'm not a professor, so don't call me that, but anything else is fine. 'Hey you' works in a pinch, even, but you only get one of those per term. I want to commend all of you on taking your first step to defining your own fashion sense, if you haven't accomplished that yet. So many of us go through life aimlessly buying things because they're in a color or fabric we like, or because they appeal to the senses in some way, without thinking about how the item might incorporate into our wardrobe." She tsked, shaking her head. "Impulse buying is the closet's enemy, and my greatest vice, personally."

"But!" She clapped her hands together briskly. "That is precisely the sort of thing we're going to cover in this class -- how to build what we call a capsule wardrobe, how to define what you want out of it, and what it means to have style."

She didn't feel the need to explain her credentials, especially since she didn't really have any official ones. Irene rather thought her Roland Mouret and Jimmy Choos spoke for themselves, anyway.

"So, since it's the first day, let's continue in the grand tradition of first days, and do the introduction thing. I want your name, why you're here, and how you'd describe your current style in a single word. And yes," she added, smiling, "I want you to introduce yourself even if we've already met. Can't hurt, right?" She pointed at random. "You first, darling."

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Re: Introductions! [1/6/15]

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"Ezra," Ezra said, with a lazy smile. He was dressed in all-black in a casual, light suit with the jacket hanging open. Not his normal class attire (entirely), but he thought it'd fit the beginning of this class. "I'm here because, honestly, I wanted to take classes I'd find easy."

That suit fit him really well.

"And my one word would be... effortless."

Re: Introductions! [1/6/15]

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"If it's all the same to you," Irene said, good-naturedly, "as your teacher I'd like to see a bit of effort along the way, even if you find it easy. Though that is a perfect way to describe what you've got on, darling -- do you usually wear suits to your classes, or am I special?"

Re: Introductions! [1/6/15]

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"Ms. Adler, I think you know perfectly well whether you're special or not." And yes, Ezra was, in fact, exactly this incorrigible. "But to answer the actual question, I dress for the occasion. For instance, this is my first class in a long time, and it's about style. So it felt appropriate."

Not that his clothes were ever all that shabby.