Based on the popular DISC system, here is my first real breakthrough in using an established personality profiling system to suggest style personality.
Essentially what you have here is DISC (the quadrants described by the labels on the axes) overlaid by Tori Hartman’s style personality divisions (the six italicized style designations) from the book Fabulous You with a few modifications by me.
The little pink fleur de lis is me. 🙂 The breakthrough came when I realized that if I flipped the axes on the DISC model and plotted myself that the result would occupy the same position on a graph as my style personality, if there were a tool to test and graph it.
So, my question to you is: can you see yourself in this model?
Interestingly in DISC I’m a high C but my style personality is a D – so I think I’d have to look much closer – I’m also the LEAST sporty person you’ll ever meet but I am an introvert.
This is so interesting… It’s been a long time since I took the DISC test and I was a strong D with S and C tied and a very low I. However, that was in a different life stage, and I bet if I retook it I would lean towards being predominately S with a fair share of D – which would be in line with my style personality – classic with a touch of drama. 🙂
That’s fascinating. I’ve never heard of DISC so I’ll have to study it a bit more. Does this mean you’re a glamorous dramatic? I’m not quite understanding the graph.
I don’t think clothing (or personal aesthetic) choices correlate consistently or neatly to personality, I’d be interested in learning how you’ve arrived at this assertion.
Other (and I suspect equally or more formative)r formative factors are culture, class, aesthetic sensibility, attitudes and beliefs about the body and sexuality, occupational choice, financial resources, and personal interest in clothes, The reinforcement given (or withheld) by family, peers or the workplace is also extremely important in shaping choices.
If you are a glamourous dramatic, I’d never have guesses from the photos of you or your clothes, which look “sporty natural”. (I am also thinking of your wedding ensemble, which I thought was terrrific, but would not call glamourous dramatic.)
Intuitively, I felt that I was low on S and C. I took a free test online here
http://gregwiens.com/scid/
You can print out the graph results of that test by choosing the Resource page.
This particular test gives 2 results. One is for your natural behavior and the other
for your adaptive behavior. My S and C natural scores were almost nil and very low.
My adaptive scores for both these were much higher. heh. I think this shows me to
be very calculated. 😀
My natural I score was markedly high but the adaptive scores showed I and D about the
same – highest.
Have not figured me out on the graph you did – but really admire how you figured this out and put it together. I got rid of that book but see, I didn’t need it after all when you can do the
original work!
I’m probably about where you are on the graph but further to the right along Assertive. I’m
definitely Dramatic in the sense of being very theatrical. Though I don’t want to be stared at as outre, I think of my clothing as costuming.
Thanks for the link, Vildy! I’ll have to check out the two different results.
For the record: my “cupcake” is contemporary classic, “frosting” is sporty natural, “sprinkles” are innovative (and are presently primarily hibernating because of family considerations). Those percentages would graph out approximately at that spot, while not being glamorous.
Clearly this is not the whole story. Still, there are a few people who have no clue where to start and something like this could be helpful. There will probably be multiple versions and updates, if for no other reason than that I think it’s fun to think about!
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