But I can’t really talk about March or April or covid
lockdown without talking about February 29.
Since I’d heard her on the radio, listened to her TEDx talk,
and been receiving blog updates from Stasia Savasuk, I’d been thinking about
signing up for her style school. I need to get rid of lots of clothes, and I
haven’t bought much at all in the last couple of years because I’ve been desperate
to get rid of stuff before I bring anything more in. I figured style school
would help me get into a better, more educated and enlightened place to conquer
this task.
Style school is hard to explain. I very much encourage you
take 15 minutes to listen to Stasia’s TEDx talk about her journey, inspired by
her daughter’s need and insistence to be her own true self. There a link to it
on her web page, https://www.stasiasavasuk.com/.
There is also information about style school. And yet looking at the page, I’m
not sure that a website can really reflect all that style school is.
Because it isn’t really about proper mixing and matching.
Yes, you are taught some basic style tricks based on your body type (which I
found very helpful!). You discover that most people, in trying to hide certain
parts of their body, are actually drawing attention to those parts. You learn
how to make lines look longer or shorter based on simple changes.
But Stasia’s about inside/out congruency: figuring out who
you are and how you want to show up in the world, reflecting that self
visually. Appreciate your today body. All bodies are good bodies. Love your
body, be in it, claim it, show up.
It’s a 5-week course. There are two online class calls per
week. There is a Facebook page to join to be with your subgroup and post photos
and work with each other. It was predicted that you needed about 10 hours a
week for all of this.
On February 29, I took the leap and signed up.
If I had any understanding about what was truly about to
happen with covid and the rest of my life, I would never had done such a thing.*
I thought I would be alone all day to do this work.
(Introverted. Shy. Remember?) I thought this could be my secret project. I thought
I could really do what would need to be done in 10 hours a week.
The course started March 16, the same day Tim, suddenly, was home full
time.
*So
thank the gods I didn’t know.
I am deeply intrigued by this. I am going to check her out. My cousin I have been writing about does similar things, or did (now I think he's focused on interior design). Making you match who you are.
ReplyDeleteSally Bridge, I'll write more about this. But it was really, really good. Community alone is worth it.
DeleteWow. I'm also intrigued (SB stole my word!). I feel I need to make my body match who I am before I can think about my wardrobe. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s I felt that my style matched who I was for maybe the first time in my life. I loved it. I felt empowered. No longer.
ReplyDeleteMali, sounds like you're ripe for this. You do NOT need to make your body "match who you are" before you can think about your wardrobe. You need to be you right now in your perfect today body. By all means, if you want to do things to be healthier and that might truly make you happier, go ahead, but don't put your life on hold! (Listen to me. So much easier to say stuff like this to someone else, not one's self.)
DeleteTHANK YOU FOR THIS POST. I hate how most of my clothes make me feel: like a schlub. I have fantasized over the past few years about having a personal shopper who will help me find clothes that make me feel good about myself (and do the actual shopping, as I tend to dislike clothes shopping intensely).
ReplyDeleteYou should get a commission from Stasia :)
Helen, you'll enjoy Stasia saying, "I am NOT going to let CLOTHES hurt my feelings."
DeleteIt might be covid-19 era depression, but I don't care how I look, although I do wear loose clothing to hide my ever-expanding waistline -- which I know is not the right thing to do. I think I listened to her TED talk a while back -- or at least read about it. Maybe I will check her out once I care again.
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