Understanding the different categories of styles is a skill that demands up-to-date knowledge and motivation.
1. HAUTE (high fashion) This category includes the very chic, one-of-a-kind, the custom-made and designer's collection.
2. ELEGANT This style includes expensive designer's reproduction, but should not be misunderstood as "haute" or high fashion.
3. DRAMATIC (Theatrical) This style creates a glamorous and glitzy impact.
Colour Strong, vivid, and contrasting (black is a favourite colour).
4. CLASSIC This style includes Town & Country or the emphasis of business and corporate look.
Colour Beige, navy, red, blue and black.
Lines Simple and traditional trim.
5. CONSERVATIVE (feminine/demure) This category includes traditional old fashioned, but should not be misunderstood as a classic because of its girlish features.
6. WESTERN (Country) The opposite of conservative. Clothes are reduced from the feminine emphasis.
Colour Earth tones are favourites.
7. CASUAL This category includes denim, feeling at-home, sometimes western.
Colour Any, colour is not an issue (brights, pastels, earth tones)
8. GRUNGE Category which was made popular during the early 90s. It creates an emphasis of younger generations, exaggerated constructions, separates, and coordinates.
9. FUTURISTIC This category did not really make it outside Star Trek epoch and may have gone during the dot-com era. The category emphasises the look of the electronic and the computer age. The design concept is based on galactic or extra-terrestrial inspired clothing.
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