There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
In short, when people ask for advice about what to wear, it seems they aren't often sure what exactly what it is they want to look like. My stock answer is always: find 15-30 pictures of outfits you like you like, what really speaks to you. Don't think too hard about why you like it; just find and collect those examples. After you do, look at them all together and try to draw out common themes. Those themes likely are a very good representation of your style preferences.
I like this approach because it, to a large degree prevents our preconceptions of what we think we should wear from influencing our understanding of a unified style (or styles) that speak to us.
Of course, just because a person is able to discover his style in this manner, that doesn't mean he can successfully execute it. That requires an understanding of why the pieces work together to create the effect that he finds so appealing. But it is a necessary first step.
Alright. I'm going to try posting an example in a separate reply. This is where it crashed last time.