The Style Equation

In my non-Napkin Dad life I also consult, design and develop websites and blogs at times.  I have recently been contracted to redesign and expand a style, fashion, and shopping blog and it has been great fun. It included a number of long conversations with the client about how to  get just the right mix of elements into the website.  That in turn got me thinking about what style really consists of and I came up with the Five I’s.  I think I will spend some time digressing about the I’s eventually but before I do I would love to hear your understanding of the I’s as they apply in your own and other’s styles in fashion and other areas.  Or add in new I’s or whatever other alphabet letter fits!

In addition, Let me know what you think style is, where it comes from, how you know it when you see it, and how it differs from fashion, trends, fads, etc.

Drawing, quote and commentary by Marty Coleman, who got 3 new hats this winter.