Fashion & friends

[ultramarine]

Like maarit, I've never found myself discussing fashion or mentioning anything other than fashion week/police as a random joke. they know i have an interest on it but i doubt they know it's a creepy obsession.

Same to me .. except when I met Ale .. when i first met my friends ..they liked my style and asked me if I was into fashion ... I told em is that I know best ... they immediately thought of having me meet Ale whos heavily into it ... the first time we met I didnt know she was the fashion buff and our friends wanted us to break the ice, so i asked her "You'll have my admiration if you know who Rei Kawakubo is" and she did ... later she told me she was totally shcoked that I knew "more" fashion than her ... we love each other!
Whenever we're out with other friends and we see each other .. they totally know they wont get a word of all the fashion gossip we talk about !!!

 

[visconti]

My situation is similar to most others here, but there's a divide between my classmates and the people I see out on weekends. Most of my law school friends are more interested in buying utilitarian stuff, but a lot of the ladies'll read fashion magazines. I only discuss fashion issues with one of them. She's normally amazed by the "obscure" lines I end up looking at in class.

One of my gay friends is very particular about what he wears, but surprisingly, the others admit that they put less effort into clothes than your average straight male. There's a running joke about one guy's mythical "trunk of Diesel jeans". He claims he's saving them for when he gets back to a 29 inch waist, but we've known him for 3 years and it's been carpenter jeans for the duration.

My non-school friends are generally far more interested in style and more adventurous films/music. This is logical because unlike people that I was initially forced to spend time with, we've become friends based on these mutual interests. One girl is interested in collecting vintage Westwood, Marc and vintage stuff. I was amused/horrified a few weeks ago when a girl I know from a local store started a discussion on designer clothes with me. She noted that her current favorite was the very Show Girls-esque VersAce. I never have the nerve to correct people when they make those silly mispronuciations.

Fortunately, regardless of which group my friends fall into, they all have enough fashion sense not be tacky or under-dressed when it isn't appropriate. They're all aware of what flatters their figures. That's really all you can ask for.

 

[Ianastar]

Most........if not all of my friends are clueless. They are strictly jeans and tshirt people. I tend to always be overdressed compared to them.

Plus when I talk about something............they are usually like "Huh???" and thier eyes glazed over.

Plus they think Im crazy for the amount of money I spend on stuff sometimes. LOL!!

 

[fashion_boi_01]

My friends are exactly like yours, Ianastar. They just don't "get" fashion. They can spend $200 on a pair of nike basketball shoes (they don't even play basketball ) but don't understand how I pay $150 for a pair of jeans.

 

[mademoiselle_]

Yeah I totally am

my friends dress cool but they don't dare to wear things
but sometimes they call me to ask me if I can go to their place and help them to see what to wear or how to wear it (cause I'm assistant of an stylist lol )
and other times they make fun of me and after 3 months they're wearing the same (when I'm wearing a totally different thing)
and you know they're always to each other omg I love your new LV bag you're so fashion (I just laugh I mean what's the point on telling them you're wrong or you don'tknow nothing about fashion , each one with they're own style)

one thing is for sure they have style
cause I don't like people who doesn't have style

anyways my friends always tell me I dress like a magazine or like paparazzi (that's how they call it)
hahaha they've no idea

 

[unspoiledbird]

I'm probably the one who puts more effort into clothes. Like maarit, I've never found myself discussing fashion or mentioning anything other than fashion week/police as a random joke. they know i have an interest on it but i doubt they know it's a creepy obsession.

That's the case with me, although it's only somewhat recently that I've become freakishly obsessed with fashion (I blame you, Claud )

Still, it's pretty normal for my friends to not really be that style-conscious...we all come from a small town in Venezuela and people don't really pay attention to fashion that's not local/extremely well-known. Living abroad has given me a different outlook on fashion that I wouldn't have had I stayed in Venezuela...what's beautiful/cool/stylish for me probably won't be for my friends, which is why they constantly make fun of what I like and vice-versa

When I'm in Belgium, it's different...most of my friends are boys and they probably look better than me most of the time

 

[shutterbug]

My friends aren't really concerned with fashion. I have only one friend who is daring enough to rival me haha.

 

[Baizilla]

Most of my friends have a sense of style.. they never wear anything that doesn't compliment them...

some of them are more interested in the shopping part, rather than fashion...
and others are, in fact, interested in fashion, but unlike me they are interested in street fashion/culture, whereas I am more keen on high fashion.

 

[gius]

... I meet girls who say they're into fashion, and what they really mean is they're into 'shopping'...

I like this quote It's so true. Sometimes the meanings get mixed up too easily, and also "trying to dress nicely and attractively" gets thrown in there too.

It's neat a lot of people here have friends who are clueless about fashion (the industry). My friends are the same, but they each have their own way of dressing, so I can't say I am the most stylish. I'm just the only one who knows some names and work of some lesser-known fashion designers. And I also try to create something new, like garments and that. But all of my friends I think can appreciate quality and craftmanship...

 

[StellaMare]

My friends all have nice individual styles but I am the fashion obsessed one..
They're H&M girls and I never shop at H&M.
I have one friend who's slightly fashion interested but she still has a lot of learning to do
I consider myself the most stylish person in our little gang, yes, but it's all a question of taste.

 

[snowqueen]

My friends are all into trends they all wear trendy clothes, By this i mean they were the most oviously fashionable clothes, Non of them wear anything particualrily unique also saying that they all always look fab and have a certain style about them. I would say i am into fahsion more then my other friends, they are all interested in it but for me its more then an interest its my life.
MY best friend is into it just as much as me, hense why we get on so well... fahsion for me is such a big part of my life its important that my friends can share this interest with me.

 

[chibi]

yes, they do see me as the most stylish one. but not because i follow the newest style, but because i dress in my own sense of style.
i dress in the weirdest sense to them, but i carried it with me, i love being different.
and i'm also started styling for video clips, photo shoots etc.

 

[Couture_Tribe]

I like this quote It's so true. Sometimes the meanings get mixed up too easily, and also "trying to dress nicely and attractively" gets thrown in there too.

It's neat a lot of people here have friends who are clueless about fashion (the industry). My friends are the same, but they each have their own way of dressing, so I can't say I am the most stylish. I'm just the only one who knows some names and work of some lesser-known fashion designers. And I also try to create something new, like garments and that. But all of my friends I think can appreciate quality and craftmanship...

LMAO strongly agree with both of you! But honestly, I love fashion but hate shopping, because it's very tiring and frustrating also.

 

[woodenhouse]

but it's all a question of taste.

Exactly.

Most of my friends love to shop and care very much about what people think of their clothes. They think they are very stylish (hey, maybe they are!) because they shop at Hollister, Abercrombi, Bebe, Guess, and occassionally splurge on Juicy Couture. Even though I don't have the money to wear the designers I would like, I still know who they are. If I say, hey.. like this Marc Jacobs/Chloe/Stella/ etc. top they would say.. huh? I drive 2 hours to go to Greenwich and shop at the conssignments stores (best place for dessigner clothes- wealthy people's hand me downs!) and they don't get it, at all. They are far more label consscious than me, too. They would probably buy a top from Guess for $60 even if Jcpenneys had the replica for $20. Eh.. TFS is the only place I can go to witnesss fasshion conversations out of the mainstream

 

[gia0202]

My obsession started at birth. I refused to allow my mother to shop for me as early as three/four years old, and refused to wear uniforms to school since preschool. I decided the burgundy was unflattering for my dark olive complexion and opted instead for fabulous creations i concocted the night before. It was always preplanned and inspected infront a full length mirror. Wasn't I the precocious little toddler?

while it can be asumed at this point... of course, I am a New Yorker.

 

[Diorling]

All my friends Id say are very stylish. One in particular dresses so well, it should be illegal how well she dresses. I always get told Im very stylish, I really don't think I dress well at all...that one friend always makes me feel so underdressed

This is going to sound SO BAD, but I disassociate myself from those who don't dress (and act) well. I know, I know. Im an elitist b*tch, but I LOVE IT.

 

[cutxpaste]

I'm probably the one who puts more effort into clothes. Like maarit, I've never found myself discussing fashion or mentioning anything other than fashion week/police as a random joke. they know i have an interest on it but i doubt they know it's a creepy obsession.
I usually dont care how my friends dress but something that kills me is when they show up á la posh spice with uber tight jeans/tiny skirts, boobs at neck heights and giantic sunglasses...I know i may be shallow but that's something i can hardly take, I dont feel comfortable to be getting that sort of attention on the street...and be visually humiliated by the well-dressed ones i happen to encounter.
*sighs* i had to mention it somewhere...

same here