Let’s Get Started
Let’s move into the activities for Module 1: Your Authentic Style Pathway. We’ve got some ideas to share with you and a bunch of questions for you to reflect on and respond to. Use your physical workbook or electronic file to capture your responses.
The definition of authenticity is to
be true to one’s own personality, spirit, or character • is sincere and authentic with no pretensions.
When applied to style, this becomes an intriguing and significant issue to reflect on. And that’s what this entire program is about – you being true to yourself in your unique and personal way when it comes to your style. So it makes sense that we’d start our 12-Module journey here, getting first principles in place by talking authentic style!
Each woman’s authentic style journey can only ever truly be defined, charted and travelled by her. This is not to say that significant other’s don’t have an impact – they clearly do.
But how others inform and shape your authentic style journey is up to you, and part of what we’ll be exploring in this material coming up is who those influencers are and the impact they have had on your style journey so far – and how you want them to influence you moving forward.
So what do we mean when we use a term such as “authentic style”? Firstly, you can interpret it any way you wish or that you find helpful. We don’t believe there’s a single or correct way to define the term.
Our definition is centered on the idea of being true to you – rather than blindly following fashion. Your authentic style pathway is the steps you take to get there – the journey. Your authentic style journey will hopefully be dynamic and alive, because style is most definitely a journey – not a destination.
How your style journey morphs and changes, or perhaps transforms altogether, is entirely up to you. And those changes (large or small, infrequent or often) includes the details of what choices you make, and the overall big picture of where you’re headed and any vision you hold for your style.
This part of the program – the very first steps of this 12 Module journey — is helping you to get clear on the defining characteristics of that journey.
Your pathway to authentic style is yours to define.
It’s time to move onto your first explorations for this module. Open your Module PDF Page 7 to start.
