《Style, Not Fashion》
Style goes way beyondfashion: It is the distinctive way we put ourselves together. It is a uniqueblend of spirit substance-personal identity imposed oil created throughthe wld of things. _____ (1) It is what people really want when they aspireto be fashionable. (if they aren"t just adningthemselvesin status symbols).
Through clothes, wereinvent ourselves every time we get dressed. Our wardrobe is our visual vocabulary. Style is ourdistinctive pattern of speech, our individual poetry.
Fashion is the least of it.Style is, f starters, one part identity: self-awareness self-knowledge._____ (2) And style requires security-feeling at home in your body, physically mentally. Of course, like all knowledge, self-knowledge must be d as yougrow evolve; style takes ongoing self-assessment.
Style is also one partpersonality: spirit: verve, attitude, wit, inventiveness. It dems the desire confidence to express whatever mood one wishes. Such variability is notonly necessary but a reflection of a person"s unique complexity as a humanbeing. _____ (3) In der to wk, style must reflect the real self, thecharacter personality of the individual; anything less appears to be acostume?
Lastly, style is one partfashion. It"s possible to have lots of clothes not an ounce of style. Butit’s also possible to have very few clothes lots of style. Yes, fashion isthe means through which we express style, but it takes fewer clothes to bestylish than you might imagine.
Whatever else it is, styleis optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person of interest:that the wld is a place of interest that life is wth making the efft f.It also shows that you are mally responsible. It shows that you don"t buythings at the whim of the marketplace the urging of marketers. _____ (4) Styleexposes people"s ambivalence over good looks. It always demonstrates that appearancesdo count. Deep down we suspect this, since we ourselves make judgments aboutothers from how they look.
No one should be penalizedf not having style, of course, but those who have it are distinctive thusme memable. _____ (5) They announce to the wld that they are in commof themselves.
词汇：
adn v.装饰，使更美观
wardrobe n. (个人的)全部服装
suspect v.怀疑，猜想
wit n.风趣，说话风趣的人
blend v.混在一起，混合
ambivalence n.矛盾心理，矛盾心态
注释：
1.aspire to be fashionable:渴望赶上时尚潮流
2.an ounce of style: 一丁点的风格
3.atthe whim of:心血来潮(突发奇想)
练习：
A It is a way of capturing something vibrant,making a statement about ourselves in clothes.
B Fashion is part of sty1e.
C Rather, you focus on what is personallysuitable expressive.
D You can’t have style until you have a senseof who you are.
E They create a unique identity f themselves express it through grooming a few well-chosen clothes.
F People want to be themselves to be seenas themselves.