The Secret of Style Success
November 13, 2010 by Arash Mazinani
Filed under All Content, Gentlemen, Style Tips
My usual schedule of posting as been effected by the passing of my grand mother on thursday evening. It’s weird how a death to someone close to you can impact your perspective on life. Fashion can often be quite a fickle, materialistic affair where you can get caught up in the wants and need of items that in the scheme of things don’t really matter. That is not to say I still don’t love fashion, it’s more that life can sometimes give you a wake up call. I apologise for my non sensical ramblings if you have managed to stick with me this far I applaud you.
So what is the point of this post?
“Style is the Perfection of a point of view” Richard Eberhart
It’s a nice quote and echoes back to the post I did a while ago exploring ‘What is Style?’. Essentially I’m drawing from that post and my current experiences this week and taking a break from the more fashion related topics. Style is about the way you communicate to the world. What I want to communicate to the world is that I mean business, I’m a driven motivated person that cares about the details. When I’m confronted with tragedy or sadness my knee jerk reaction is to succeed. It stokes that drive and passion inside of me, issuing a wake up call from the slumber of mediocrity that I may have slipped in to.
I hope what you want to communicate to the world is that you won’t allow yourself to be anything less than the best person you can be. And you communicate that through everything you do, from the way you walk down to the little details on your clothes. For me this is one’s style and as soon as you let up and stop giving 100% in whatever you’re doing you start to compromise that.
The thing is it is easy to let up, it’s easy to stop caring and go with the flow. But in my opinion that’s not stylish. Why wouldn’t you want to harness that potential of awesomeness that you have inside you and apply to everything you do? So the next time you do anything no matter how small ask yourself this question. Am I being stylish?
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I’m so sorry to hear about your grandma my condolences to your family…
You are very true about style, it is how you communicate to this world.. For example singer M.I.A she has a very odd style which has nothing to do with fashion, but when you look at her you can see that she is stylish cause every thing she wares reflects her personality… which makes her fashionable and stylish in my eyes…
xoxo
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what a heartfelt post. my sympathies are wth you but i love how this tragedy makes u drive even harder to suceed. i’m sure your grandma would be v proud.
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your grandmother. I definitely do know what you mean, how something like that can cause you to take a step back and look at life differently. I did this when I lost my grandmother too, five years ago, who I was so close to. I know she would have wanted me to be the best that I could be, and I am hoping that she would be proud knowing what I’m up to now! (I think your grandmother was probably very proud of you as well!) I also completely agree about style. It is just showing you care in all aspects of your life. When you look pulled together (and when you ARE pulled together), you feel better about yourself and you start to exude this confidence that is absolutely magnetic. People around you will take note. Some will be in awe, others will be jealous. But why stifle it? I love that quote, something along the lines of, Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, it is that we are powerful beyond measure.
So, exactly what you said. Everyone should just go be STYLISH and live up to your potential of awesomeness!
Jenna
Thanks for all the comments guys. I really appreciate it.
Condolences on the passing your loved one. . Stay strong in the meanwhile. .
Style is communication and the essence of what you are– nothing more solid or true than that. That was a though-provoking piece
smart post
I’m sorry for your grandma
Diane
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss.. I really love this excerpt though:
“The thing is it is easy to let up, it’s easy to stop caring and go with the flow. But in my opinion that’s not stylish. Why wouldn’t you want to harness that potential of awesomeness that you have inside you and apply to everything you do? So the next time you do anything no matter how small ask yourself this question. Am I being stylish?”
Well put! xo
Hey, I’m very sorry to hear about your grandmother, my condolences.
I agree with your “definition” of style, I also use my clothing as an expression of myself and think it’s important, however I have to admit there are days when I just really don’t want to care about what I’m wearing. Weird.
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