'What's Your Style' is now a marketing brand for Davids Furniture & Interiors and I wanted to put myself in John Q Public's shoes. How does one really figure it out on their own? So I took some online quizzes that ranged from superficial to hilarious (interestingly, my personal style is "Asian Bauhaus"...yeah, no clue...)
...more importantly, not very helpful. Online you're also told to take to your closets for style cues - a little more relevant maybe, but I apparently share a closet with Jackie O, an earth mother and a rock star...hmm, what to infer?
...okay, got it: classic silhouettes, some organic-zen touches and a couple over the top accents...dear god, please don't let me ever get me for a client...
Lastly, you're told to start a file or Pinterest board to collect images that resonate...now we're getting somewhere! ...although like a Rorschach Test, the results are open to wide interpretation and an hour of clicking later, you have hundreds of images ...aarghh...
Sooo, it's not that easy to do on your own. My advice? Don't - that's why there are design professionals...ask friends for recommendations; what you want is someone who asks a ton of questions. We all listen, but you want someone who can hear the music behind the words, too...yeah, you want me :)
