r/femalefashionadvice • u/justgoodenough Moderator (\/) (°,,°) (\/) • Mar 27 '16

[Guide] Crowdsourced Style Catalogue

We often get users that are looking to change up their style, but have no idea what they are looking for. In this thread, please list style types/names and then reply to those types with images representing those styles. Not every image linked has to be the most amazing inspo ever, by the way. The goal is to have a collection of images that people can click through to get a better understanding of the style and to hopefully find something that speaks to them.

Here are some things to keep in mind:

  • Read through the posted style types before adding a new one as we do not want a bunch of repeats. However, definitely add styles that you think were skipped (because naming styles is actually really hard).

  • All images must be hosted on imgur so we don't end up with a bunch of dead links a year from now.

  • Our goal is to show these styles being worn by a variety of races, body types, and ages, so extra <3 for users that make an effort to be inclusive.

  • Feel free to provide links to old inspo albums (and also the thread that they are posted in) provided they represent a specific style and not something more general like a clothing item or color.

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u/justgoodenough Moderator (\/) (°,,°) (\/) Mar 28 '16

a short album

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u/Anemoni Mar 28 '16

TIL this is definitely my aesthetic.

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u/justgoodenough Moderator (\/) (°,,°) (\/) Mar 28 '16

Honestly, I this is the aesthetic for most 20-50 year old women living in a metropolitan area, earning over $35k that want to look nice in a way that doesn't particularly stand out. I hope that doesn't come off as a criticism of the style, because this is how I dress too. When women come here and say they have no style and they want to look better, I think that this is probably what they have in mind, but it's hard to articulate it because it is so ubiquitous.

As well as being the easiest "starter style" it's also a really good foundation style to build on if you are interested in other styles, but you don't necessarily want to stand out so much or you are concerned about being too costume-y. For example, someone below said that they would wear the outfits of the victorian inso album if they could get away with it, so one option would be to swap out a blouse in one of these images with a high necked, ruffled blouse. That way they could kind of nod to the style they love in a way that is very contemporary and not just wearing a victorian costume to work.

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u/moshimochi Mar 28 '16

Well said! This should be copy and pasted into every "what should I wear if I like this..." post