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This is a very odd observation, and I didn't realize until the docent at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum pointed it out to our tour group on Monday. She asked us to pick our favorite dress from the collection (I had two -- a gorgeous Armani Ribbon strapless dress with a full skirt; and an army print slinky one shoulder Dior floor length dress). She then said, almost undoubtably, women tend to pick the dress that would look or has the potential to look the best on them. She was right, I would have loved to have donned either dress, but practically speaking both Armani and Dior dresses are comfortably out of my price range. I wonder if this applies to other things as well. When it comes to my favorite or who I think are the most beautiful celebs, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Salma Hayek… they are olive complected with dark flowing hair and curvier body types… just like me! Oddly enough, I am great at attracting and dating men that find Salma Hayek to be incredibly attractive. One of my girlfriends loves Angelina Jolie, and although she doesn't quite look like her, she does embody quite a few characteristics of her persona, and they do have a similar facial shape.

So is it true? Are our favorite things usually things that we relate to most closely?