How Style Tells a Story – Story Behind The Cloth

How Style Tells a Story.

Behind the clothes we wear are countless stories of who we are, who we’ve been, and who we want to be.

But HOW does style tell a story? How can we use our clothes to tell a tale we’re proud to call our own?

Style is an art; a deep form of expression that may often be difficult to put to words, but is meaningful and full of feeling.

Behind our choice of fabric, color, texture, and fit are memories, emotions, and ideals that we share in code.

Whether consciously or subconsciously, we’re remembering things about ourselves and sharing it with the world through our outfits.

Here you will discover how fashion tells a story and how to use it to tell your own.

Blog Posts About How Fashion Storytelling Works:

How to Make Your Clothes Tell a Story – Fashion, Storytelling, and Symbolism

by Alissa Ackerman | Dec 11, 2017 | Symbolic, Story Pieces, Fashion-ology, How Fashion Tells a Story

How can you tell a story through your clothes? What we wear hints at who we are. It’s a powerful experience when we wear clothes that tell a story. Unfortunately, the meaning isn’t always clear to all who see your outfit–Often times leading to misconceptions based off of stereotypes. But using symbolism is a good start to bring more clarity.

How to Analyze and Recreate a Character-Based Outfit

by Alissa Ackerman | Oct 6, 2017 | Fashion-ology, Costume Analysis, Featured Blog Posts, How Fashion Tells a Story, Symbolic, Story Pieces

Whether it’s for Halloween, Disney-bounding on vacation, or just for the fun of putting together an outfit that’s inspired by a favorite movie, TV, video game, or book character–I think we all enjoy getting into somebody else’s shoes every once in a while.

This post will be looking not only at how to get the aesthetics right, but also at how to use character traits and storyline for inspiration, so we can get to the heart of the character we are portraying.

So, here are 8 aspects of costume and character design to consider before creating your character-based outfit:

The Story Begins – Fashion as a Form of Storytelling

by Alissa Ackerman | Nov 21, 2015 | Fashion-ology, How Fashion Tells a Story, Musings

I believe fashion is a form of storytelling…. Delving into that idea is the core purpose in starting this blog… What you wear tells people who you are and what you love–It tells a story. It’s personal and you bring it with you wherever you go. What if we could make our clothes declare, with even greater strength, the truth of who we are? What if our outfits could be a catalyst for conversations about the things we’re passionate about?
The plan is to explore the depths of these ideas….