Why do you dress in the style or styles that you do? - Topic of the day 12/15/24
What drives you dress in the style or styles that you dress in? Does it reflect who you feel you are as a person or do you see it as an act of rebellion? Trying to stand out or blend in?
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okay so i’ve always been a sucker for the punk aesthetic, but as i’ve gotten older i’ve come to resonate with the values associated with it too
i dress gay bc i like boys
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so fucking true
I think i just dress like this cause it feels right
i think fashion is a really intimate form of self-expression and i love being myself
Cause I enjoy subversion I think
i just also like including elements of whimsy and funny things because it keeps the depression at bay
it clashes with my personality but we ball
Honestly...at this point habit is a big part of it. Early in life it was "What can I afford" (cheapest crap AI could find at Target, Old Navy). Then it became "What do I need to wear for work". It's just been like two decades of momentum from that point. I blend in the overall aesthetic, but have always tried to have some pieces that stand out (e.g., bright color dress shirt). Could I explore now? Probably, but I'm happy with it and think this approach suits me.
I started dressing the way that I do mostly because for me it was a way to blend into a crowd I knew little about and didn’t really belong to - academia.
Growing up bang on in the lower middle class, I didn’t understand much of the cultural norms that were prevalent in the circles that I started frequenting at Uni, so I started emulating what I could, and that included dress.
Once I felt more at home in that environment I started being more myself and discovered that the way I was dressing, being somewhat unpretentious and inoffensive just worked for me, so I just kept going the way I was, while starting to insert some more personal notes. The house style here also just worked very well for me in that regard.
I don’t like to stand out too much, but these days I don’t try to blend in by emulating others that for whatever reasons might decide I don’t belong.
It sounds super dumb and pretentious but I consider the things I wear to be almost a parody of what I’ve seen some of the biggest assholes in academia wear, and I do it with pride, because in the end class doesn’t matter.
That actually sounds familiar to me too. Grew up very blue collar and to my knowledge am one of only two people in my entire extended family with a bachelor's, let alone a graduate degree. Had no idea what to do early on but "dress for the job you want" was something I'd heard. Here I am. Not sure dress actually impacted anything, but I got the job I wanted 🤣
I want to have control over a lot in my life, and I like being able to demonstrate my own reflections on the life I lead through the clothes I wear. You choose to be the art piece of your own making
I just like going for a super casual look
And I tend to focus on the quality of the actual garment
I know a lot of people that only focus on looks and try to get pieces that look good but lack in quality
fundamentally I like how it looks and feels, but philosophically i like dressing “other”
idk lol
i think it looked cool
there's some aspects of self expression or self discovery or wanting to be subversive involved but at its crux i just kinda like it aesthetically
I dress a lot of different ways so when I’m deciding what to wear a good portion is “what is the context and how do I want to present in relation to that context?”
I'm not even close to dressing in a specific way or style but since I've started consciously thinking about how I'd like to dress and what clothes and aesthetics I like I realized my relationship with myself is not the way I want it to be and it is more complex than I thought
A witch cursed me to dress like this every day and if i dont i’ll be turned into a salamander
would be wild to see a salamander in killshots
I watched Inherent Vice a lot at a very impressionable age
i put clothes on because i like them and if i like the way i look in them then i keep putting them on
yea
my style is such a weird amalgam and i think it’ll always be that way
I like texture and geometry and interesting art, and have to synthesize that with my love for sustainability mixed with history. I’ve come to appreciate the basics but in new and interesting ways. Patchwork, sashiko, natural materials with texture and feel is a bit rebellious in a world of plastic and fast fashion. It’s the closest I get to the cryptid inside of me that says I should dress in rags and bones and antlers and leaves. Somehow I make this work in a professional environment.
i liked looking cool and experimental and confident even tho i was really none of those things when i started dressing like this and have slowly started to become those things
I like colors and patterns and I'm contrarian. Or at least I think I am.
jfarrell
i like corduroy and earth tones because i have been convinced by algorithms and discord users, i am simply a vehicle of the internet
this feels like something I'd have to start my own blog and write a 5 part series to answer lol
Another big factor, now that I think about it, is that I am constrained by clothes that are available to buy at prices I am willing to pay. I find a lot of men's clothing extremely boring. I should learn to sew...
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Multiple reasons really. Always had a strong contrarian streak and dressing somewhat differently is another expression of that. Also, music, I like metal and the metal/biker/western fashion aesthetic ties in nicely. Also tailoring looks good and I would like to be part of a movement where more men wear things that look good. Also, what's available in standard men's fashion stores is somewhat limited so I started getting into designer clothes and wearing the odd women's clothing piece as well. Also, I like owning high quality objects and repairing them.
Also, I like the attention that some outfits provide
Late to the party, but.. It's a mix of things I grew up with, stuff I was into, and things that inspire me. Thats mostly ended up with things that are pretty cheap overall (lots of workwear/military/bits of western). There's not much on the high end designer that really interests me in a way I want to wear myself, which is a blessing for my wallet.