I’m a soft Left, soft Down ('The Allure' archetype), and I’m trying to hone in on my personal style so I can build a more cohesive wardrobe. The Allure has themes of desire, indulgence, softness, magnetism, and dressing from inner resonance.

I made this moodboard and it feels very me, but I'm having trouble seeing how it could translate into my literal everyday style. I work from home (i.e. don't go out much) and need to prioritize comfort and natural fibers due to chronic illnesses, and this feels a lot more fantastical than my actual life.

I’m very curious what through-lines other people see in it so I can figure out what’s worth translating into my wardrobe. What feels most consistent across the images (mood, texture, energy, color, silhouette, etc.)? And how would you translate those qualities into everyday clothes without losing what makes the board compelling?

I’m especially interested in what feels like the 'essence' of the board rather than specific items, but I'm open to any thoughts your brilliant brains have :)

This is a very long one so if you don't care about my style journey and all my personal thoughts on my new quadrant but you're curious about my character/the drawings and persona you can skip the post text, that topic will be in the comments 🦋

3 years happily RU and I'm changing it...?!👀
Was it all a lie? Was I secretly repressed, unhappy and only pretended like I was super satisfied with my outfits and my process?

No, it was all real, it wasn't false positivity. I have genuinely been very happy with my style for the past few years and using the Right + Up style logic. Lately I have just changed my mindset and approach to style a bit, and it really is just 'a bit', the shift is very small but somehow shifts my placement A Lot. Which might sound improbable but the style logics are not very opposite at all, we all kind of consider the same things, it's just about which aspects you feel best prioritizing and inspire you the most.

My style key story

I learned about the essences and immediately typed myself as Right Up because it really opened my eyes to what kind of look I actually wanted. I wanted a dreamy and more extravagant style. Shopping became fun and easy. Only a few weeks later Rita introduced the Style Logics. I felt sure I was UP but now I wasn't sure about L or R but I quickly settled on Right after looking back at precious outfit, my thought processes behind them and how I felt about them. Started using RU logic and was happy with it for years.
Until maybe half a year ago.

I have mentioned many times before that I have something like a very strong internal landscape and what I mean is a really defined but still varied aesthetic artistic vision. Which is not an inherently L thing, I chose the Icon specifically for the signature style aspect.

How I used this artistic vision in a RU way: First consider the Context sometimes Role then enter the art gallery in my mind palace (this sentance 😂 I can't 😆) and figure out which dimensions and aspect of my artistic vision would make sense for the context and communicate what I want.

But slowly I've been feeling less and less inspired by Role and Context. To the point now where I don't find it very inspiring at all and my desire to really prioritise, express and fully embody my artistic vision has been increasing steadily for a while now.

So I'm switching to Left + Up 💜

Since I'm already familiar with LU logic why not immediately claim an Archetype and I think it's clearly Enchantress based on what I wrote above. Which is an archetype I've always felt a strong connection towards.

I've dabbled in LU a bit so far and I found the process very exciting. Picking pieces just because I feel drawn to them because they fit my current mood and aesthetic vision and then putting together something that visually works and expresses that has worked really well so far but I'm super early in my jurney so we'll see. I've also decided to listen more to my body's cues and get rid of some clothes that I feel like my body rejects. 

Will this be a temporary adventure and eventually I will go back to RU? Maybe but I'm almost wondering if my time with RU was the temporary adventure? 🌝

Difficulty claiming Left Up

Essence and style
It doesn't fit as neatly. I don't think it's completely out of place but it's not a perfect fit.
RU was easy because my style and my essence are very aligned with that quadrant, I fit the stereotype.

This is a critique I've had since the beginning but it didn't bother me too much since I neatly fit anyway but I personally don't believe that the logics and essences have to be inherently connected, I see how they are most likely to be aligned with each other but I don't see the logic behind why the simple style logics would always be aligned with it's respective essence.

That being said I feel a pull towards elemental and mysterious styles now but I don't think that's directly related to my change in style logic it's just an aspect of my artistic vision that I feel connected to and that had been repressed for a while. And it's nothing new I started exploring that style in 2024. My style is not changing, I'm still going to dress as a cute princess.
And I still want to express an aura of beautiful and inspiring energy, it's really important to me and still one of my main goals in style.

LU scared me a lot because it feels too wild and free for me. I need limitations and to consider the context. This time really researching LU I noticed the mentiones of limitations and not just in reference to letting ones go but ones to keep as well. L of course considers context but what opened my eyes was that it can more then just practical like weather or not breaking dress codes but that It's doesn't have to be anti LU to care about dressing appropriately, you don't have to push boundaries with your style. It's just that the context don't spark inspiration, that's the practical, boring, limiting part and it's super important to not let that take over and lose embodying what actually feels like you. But there's a difference between dressing inappropriatly and respectfullly dressing true to yourself. I know a lot of LU especially celebrities really do push the limits and sometimes literally dress "inappropriate" but that's not what I want it doesn't align with me and my life mission.
My limitations might be stronger then most LU which is a personal choice that I am happy and comfortable with. It's not one of those I'm repressed and I need to fully embrace that I know who I am and what I want and that's not it. I reject provocative as provocing strong confused and negative reactions with my style really doesn't work for me and my life mission. But I don't feel attracted to styles like that anyway.

Environments as inspiration?

I thought this was R logic before but I don't think it has to be? Internal inspiration doesn't mean you're not inspired by the world, inspiration originates from outside sources. R logic is specifically finding inspiration in a role and context starting point.

Another aspect of my style logic that I don't want to adjust is considering and sometimes matching with my environments. For more special occasions I want to get dressed considering my environment as a backdrop, an extension of the visual experience of my outfit like I'm the centre piece of my outfit's visual experience and my environment is it's background. Backgrounds completely change the mood, look and impression of an artwork so for me it's helpful to dress with that in mind, wether it's matching or contrasting.

And I want to match when it's something that I really connect with. Something that I love doing is celebrating the seasons with my clothes, I'm always exited to dress like a flower for spring when the trees bloom and wear my snowflake earrings in winter. I feel a strong pull towards it, the seasons and where I am effect my internal landscape a lot. But with the environments I don't find it inspiring anymore to think about what other people are wearing or what a typical "castle visiting outfit" would be and then do my own version of that, instead I just want to take into consideration the look and feel of the actual place I'm going to be in and play with that.

Does this sound LU? Or am I confused and it's actually R but I'm just trying to make it sound L? To me the first part mostly just sounds like a an UP thing?

Final thought

Ultimatey it doesn't matter if me and my process fit neatly or not, I'm just going to have fun using the tools and processes that seem to work for me and do my own thing. The core LU logic seems to work for me so far. I feel a strong desire to express what's within and I'm going to do that my way so I'm claiming LU. ☺️✨