Fashion prisoner or style chameleon — take the test
There is a fine line between being a fashion prisoner and a style chameleon — what is your fashion quotient?
When you get dressed for work, you:
A. change clothes six times before you choose the perfect look, and then you get another speeding ticket on your way to work
B. put on a great new tie you bought over the weekend
C. grab something off the floor and smell it before you put it on your body
If you didn’t get an invitation to the Neiman Marcus opening night party, you:
A. would offer someone who did get the invitation $1,000 for her ticket
B. would be relieved that you saved $200
C. wouldn’t have known about the event
You are at an event and someone arrives wearing the exact same outfit as you’re wearing:
A. you go immediately up to him and request that he leave because you were there first
B. wink at him and say, “You look awesome”
C. wouldn’t have noticed if your best friend didn’t tell you
At an event someone accidentally spills some red wine on your flawless white jacket:
A. you make a scene and demand that he pay for the jacket on the spot
B. are concerned about the stain, but it wouldn’t ruin your night
C. would say, “no biggie, shit happens” (besides, you wouldn’t even be wearing a flawless white jacket)
Your great aunt Lucy dies and leaves you $50,000, you:
A. would be at the mall within 10 minutes of cashing the check and it would be spent within the hour
B. would invest $48,000, but spend $2,000 to spruce up your look
C. it would never occur to you to buy clothes
The last film you saw is a masterpiece for which you think every Oscar should be awarded, it is:
A. “The Devil Wears Prada”
B. “Brokeback Mountain”
C. you don’t know yet, you wait until they’re on DVD because the closest theater is in a mall
You and your partner and your best friend and her partner each adopt two children within one month of each other. They name one child Dolce and the other Gabbana, you:
A. are so furious that they chose your secret names that you name your son Proenza and your daughter Schouler
B. giggle and think, “How ridiculous”
C. ask, “Where did you come up with those names?”
You visit Florence for the first time:
A. you spend each day in the outlets 30 minutes outside of Florence
B. stop sightseeing for one hour to shop on Via Tornabuoni
C. it never occurs to you to buy anything but Chianti, art and pasta
You win the opportunity to have one hour to spend alone with anyone, you choose:
A. Karl Lagerfeld
B. Bill Clinton
C. Hillary Clinton
When you go to the gym, you:
A. wear a full face of waterproof makeup
B. cleanse your face and put on moisturizer and lip balm
C. dress in the gym and shower when you get home
If you were forced to guess the number of jeans you owned:
A. you wouldn’t need to guess, you have exactly 27 pairs
B. would guess maybe six, but it could be five
C. would answer three, and that’s just a guess
My screensaver is:
A. the latest Louis Vuitton bag
B. pics of your favorite friends, pets or family
C. whatever came loaded with my computer
If you answered mostly As…
You should consider rehab and a life. Fashion should be fun. It should never require this much effort. Your style icon is Paris Hilton.
If you answered mostly Bs…
You’re aware of fashion, but you have a life. You know the difference between trend and style. Your style icon is Sean Connery.
If you answered mostly Cs…
You want your clothing to cover your body parts. Maybe you should spend some time considering how you look to others. Your style icon is Howard Stern.
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