Have you developed your own signature style?

I am too busy still being pretty…tee hee…

My style is being pretty lol. I always dress nice and stay clean cut, it just fits my personality better.

I wear an awful lot of plaid (almost every day) which I’m sure is a big fashion faux pas, but it suits me. I often have a beard too, so I could be mistaken for a lumberjack. :)

Somebody once called me a “flannel grunge hippy”. I think they were right. My signature style is usually a pair of scruffy jeans, plaid flannel shirt (undone, with a t-shirt underneath) and a pair of Chucks on my feet. When I go to work I button up the shirt, swap the jeans for smart trousers and the chucks for polished black shoes, but the overall style is about the same.

Mine looks like this.

@davidbetterman loll looks like only the men have found their style so far!!

I don’t know – are jeans and a t-shirt a “signature style”?

@ChazMaz interesting the wiggly style? we wont mention the other style you like

I just wear what I like. I don’t follow trends I don’t like just to be up to date. I guess you could call it “simple-chic” =)

Oh, you’re talking about appearance. I thought you meant writing style.

I have no idea, but whatever it is, I have certainly grown into it. (We’re talking Jeruba here, and not lovely, put-together Cate Blanchett.) In the past people have said to me things like “That’s really your style” and “You always look nice” and “When I saw this [gift], it just looked like you.” But I don’t know what those things add up to, even though I do know what my taste is.

At the top of my list of virtues in attire is comfort. I also prefer solid colors, detest little flowers and fussy prints, never wear pink and only occasionally a deep red, don’t like shoes or purses with junk hanging all over them—even a little bow is too much—and favor simple jewelry. I lean toward a bohemian look and have probably never owned anything classically tailored in my life. Now that I’m retired I’m usually to be found in jeans, a solid-color top, and slippers. When I dress up to go out, I like deep colors in the blue-purple-green family. Once my hair grows out again (no more little professional cuts for me), I am going to break out my hoop earrings.

I don’t own anything beige or taupe or gray. No matter what, neutral is not for me.

As for myself, style is a way of being, rather than wardrobe. But I prefer womens style to be “train wreck tiffany’s”. She must be simple and natural beyond all measure, yet have an eye for extremely high quality.

I’m a walking fashion nightmare. That sums it up pretty succinctly.~

@Jeruba I can so identify with the haircut thing you mentioned, I am cutting my own hair and so far so good. Plus colouring it myself.

Yeah… I guess you could call my style…. numby-mummy. Since I’ve become a mother, I have no feeling for style any more.

When I was younger, I too, wore tight clothes, painful shoes anything to look sexy. Now I am more about comfort. I tried a pair of panties that were designed for comfort and not for looks. I told my husband they were much more comfortable. He said, “Sign…...I was afraid of that.” (I never wore them again….lol)

I like classic elegance and a tailored style. I like sparkle in my jewelry, but not overly heavy, ostentatious pieces. I love my hair in a loose, tousseled up do with a jeweled pin, if I’m not wearing any other jewelry. I tend toward fall colors for day wear, jewel tones for evening, and take a clutch along. It HAS to match my shoes or the whole ensemble is thrown off-balance.

I understand why certain fabrics have stood the test of time. My style is almost English, with heavy tweed and herringbone weaves in fall, high collars, and an Edwardian touch to evening wear. I love hats, but my collection was passed to my prodigy for dress-up play before I realized what had happened :)

@phillis you sound so beautiful If I may say :)

Developed would indicate some kind of plan. In my case it’s more like evolved.

@Just_Justine Aww…that’s so sweet! Thank you :)

Well, I’m over 40, and I’ve got my style. I still like to keep myself pretty, but I’ve got my a style too. I generally like to wear navy, and just blues kind of things. I like to wear sweaters, lots and lots of them, and long shawl-ish things. I also wear neutrals and multi colored shirts. I still like classy looks, but my casual look isn’t tacky. When I want a formal look, I’m pretty much with @phillis, that’s definitely my look. I really do bring back an English style, and I absolutely LOVE high collared blouses. My hair is pulled back in a clip, or it’s down. And My shoes tie together every outfit, even if they’re only flip flops.

@ChazMaz .. I like your style, kind of an up and down thing!

Chucks, super comfy jeans, my four essential jewelry pieces, and a t shirt of my choice with optional hoodie or plaid flannel shirt. Some how I don’t think my style will change much in the future. Though I could be wrong…

Blue jeans and a tee.

I’m totally gypsy bohemian, updated 70’s hippie chick! lol

I wear lots of pretty gypsy type skirts with tank tops, jackets, sweaters, boots & sandles. Dressed up or down, dangly earrings & neclaces, scarves tied around my waist…yep, works well and I blend well with my job and community. hahaha

@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities Plaid made a comeback in 2009. I have no idea why.

As I was never pretty, or believed I wasn’t pretty, I developed a signature style. I wore facial hair as long as I could get away with to hide my face, and I wore clothes that were as nondescript and dirty as possible so no one would even see me as they passed by.

What is really weird is that I had no idea I was doing this. Even weirder, it didn’t work. People noticed me. The weirdest was that I didn’t notice them noticing me. So I always felt alone and unable to be social. I tried hard to be social, but I never changed my clothing style.

To this day, I try to be as comfortable as possible, which means not thinking about my clothes at all. I don’t know that that’s a signature style, but it is a style.

@Jeruba I loved you in Benjamin Button…

Yes, I’ve grown into a sort of style. I agree it’s something that really comes with time, though I’m not even close to forty yet.

The rule is: start simple, start comfortable. So, like Jeruba, I tend to go with simple, bold colours. Emerald green, blue, purple, sunflower yellow—anything of that rich hue tends to go well with me. I also go for natural fabric – cotton, etc. .. for comfort more than anything else.

It’s interesting to see how my style is present not only in my dress but also in my design work (e.g., website), or to some extent, theatre work. By why not? .. if it’s an expression of my personality, then it should permeate in the other domains of my work.

Right now I’m acting in a film with a character that is quite similar to me; but what is fun is in wearing clothes that are slightly “not-me”. Needing to consciously choose clothes like this makes me realises the choices I’m make automatically (usually in the preference for comfort)...

I don’t think anybody really has a set-in-stone style. I know I never really will. I’m always changing, my opinions are always changing, my body always changing, my circumstances always changing, and what I want people to think of me is always changing. So short answer: No.

@ChocolateReigns Yeah, but other than that, everything stays the same, right? Bahahaha!!

@phillis…right :)

old hippie here with fibromyalgia, who feels like poo. Love bright t’s, shorts, (Thank GOD for spring) and comfy shoes (to avoid the dog poo). Bras hurt. stone bracelets i.e., bloodstone, ajoite, pietersite, and stones in my pocket.

I’m me…...Love me for my heart. My soul is so awesome georgous…dont look at mme directly…..

Cotton. That’s pretty much it. I have a couple design houses that I like, but it’s because they’re really not comlicated. T-shirt, jeans, and a pair of sneakers. Just enough makeup, earrings. Pretty simple.
I hate turtlenecks.

Well, girls, this is a terribly interesting thread. I, like @Jeruba , initially thought this was about how I write my name. But the little personal glimpses were a lot more interesting.

So here’s mine. First, the term “signature style” has never crossed my mind, but now that I think about it, I guess I do have one. Suits and ties are rarely called for, so I have only 3 suits (blue pinstripe in two different shades, a gray tiny check and a blue blazer, but they are custom made. Remember, guys’ stuff lasts forever. Or at least into the next decade.

Business casual would be my normal attire, (unless working from home, in which case its jammies) slacks of a neutral or darker color. But I don’t like dark dark slacks or very light slacks. So various shades of taupe. Loafers, with or without socks, depending on the weather. If I’m wearing socks, they are quality goodlooking socks. If cold weather, I often wear a black mock turtleneck. Otherwise, shirts of various colors, usually solid. But I like colorful, so they could be pink, lavender, blue or yellow. Long sleeves rolled up halfway. In the summer, short sleeves cotton shirts, or Polo, Tommy Hilfiger knits.

Then there are the jeans, the shorts, the t-shirts (again colorful).

Pretty simple, I guess. But no Speedos.

Speedos! lol

Oh yes…next weekend is the annual Vespa clubbers speedo campout party across the road from me. Always a good laugh, lots of men in speedos hanging around with their little pink and white and gumby green scooters!
Actually it’s a really fun party and bonus…just a walk across the road!

I am usually completely clueless about style. I wear what I find to put on. One person once said to me “Don’t you have any pride?” and I said “Pride is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.” It seems incongruous, because I am a prize winning fantasy costume designer, yet I care nothing about how I look to other people most of the time.

On the rare occasion that it is important to me, I do dress carefully in clothing to present the impression I want, as if dressing for a part.

I’m pretty easy going with clothing. Jeans,sneakers, high heels, boots, dress slacks, gowns, dinner dresses, hair up or down or tied up or braided, short or long. It doesn’t matter. I go for what I want to wear at the moment or for an event. Whatever looks good. My range is from classic to fun and easy going.
My signature style is my personality.

@plethora, I thought it was about how you sling words, not your penmanship.

@Jeruba Ahhhh…..double error here. Thanks. I do enjoy your answers.

How about developing your own signature aroma? Any benefits to that maybe?

@Bluefreedom nice one!

Oh believe me, I have a signature aroma. Just ask my husband.

I was walking in a store yesterday, and I saw a woman in her 50s who DEFINITELY had her style all figured out! She was wearing a black tank top, with a silvery-grey tank top in top of that. She had leggings, and this was a longer shirt more like a really short dress or a stretched out shirt. She had big black platform shoes, and heavy black eyeliner. Now this is a 50 yr old who found her style!

@mollypop51797 Walmart?

@plethora nope. Target

Sweats at home. When out to store or dinner, golf shirt, slacks, Rolex or french? (Patek) watch if it has a decent battery, maybe a 14K bracelet, two nice rings, no flowery stuff, Dooney purse usually , dark brown hair almost mid-neck length w/bangs, lipstick. lipliner, skin corrector and blush/tanner. Born shoes and socks OR Teva leather sandals depending on the season.
Nothing, to my mind, that would ever attract attention either neg or pos. I like yellow, pink, black, beige, dark green.

I suppose I have. I wear mostly dressy clothing, e.g. suits with matching jackets and skirts or pants, dresses or just skirts with dressy blouses and coats if needed. I have some Gucci suits, blouses and shoes. I’m Italian, and I love Italian designers. I have several nice watches and cars.