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A girl walks through a forest, slowly making her away across a soft bed of leaves that covers the floor. Streaks of light dance through the trees above, eventually making their way down below to illuminate her dress as it flows in the cool breeze.
I can't help but find it incredibly interesting that this single bit of imagery has been the foundation of one person's entire sense of style. From early on, LM Ellzey, a sophomore at Scripps, found herself being drawn to this idea of wandering alone through forests (I, too, could go for some tranquil thickets and cool streams right about now). This idea took a hold of and stayed with her as she discovered how she wanted to project herself onto the rest of the world. Having a single moment or image to be able to trace one's style to is still a foreign concept to me, as I feel that most people have an accumulating libraries of influences that eventually manifest themselves through one's aesthetic sense. Quite interesting.
And while these forest strolls may have initially sparked this sense of whimsical vivacity, LM's style has gone on to become what she describes as "romantic."
She makes a clear distinction between dressing "romantic" and "girly." To her, both incorporate a sense of feminine allure, but the latter involves things like bright colors and loud prints. Meanwhile, her sense of dress follows more along the lines of blacks and whites, understated dramaticism - the stuff of old Hollywood. It's all about developing a sense of elegance, she explained, that is reminiscent of women in paintings - not necessarily lusted after, but appreciated for their beauty and timelessness.
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