Have you ever felt like a fashion outsider?

[evulgoddess]

Have you ever worn something that was out of your time but you knew it just looked good on you?

I had this cool shirt back when I was in 8th grade, that was indescribable, (it was plaid, but not in a bad way, then again I like plaid) but because the fabric was different, I got picked on soooo much when I wore it, so in order to avoid humiliation, I stopped wearing it. (hey, I was an 8th grader, and I actually cared what people thought then! lol)

Besides, everyone in North Dakota has no smell of reality, or fashion for that matter.

 

[Erin]

goddess,

I can't totally relate. I live in Iowa, so I'm often feel waaay out of place if I would dress the way I dress when I go to..Chicago, for example.

I'll have to dig up my own tidbit...

 

[evulgoddess]

*sigh*, What's one to do? lol

My husband is wanting us to move back to North Dakota temporarily, and I've often wondered should I "dare" wear all the clothes I've bought here in California back home?

 

[LolitaLuxe]

Originally posted by evulgoddess@Oct 17th, 2003 - 11:46 am
*sigh*, What's one to do? lol

My husband is wanting us to move back to North Dakota temporarily, and I've often wondered should I "dare" wear all the clothes I've bought here in California back home?

oh do it evulgoddess! you'll shake up the town! who cares give them something to talk about! actually my aunt and uncle just moved to pheonix, when my mother and i went to visit, i got soooooooo many stares and gawks, i say let them stare! i was probably the most exciting thing thing to happen all day keep your head up and dont let geograohy dictate your personal style

 

[Alejandro]

LOL

The same happens to me here!!

 

[ultramarine]

Me too!
Thought there's the bright side .. you may become a trend-setter ... in my personal experience it happens!
You'll be the ultra-hip person in everybody's mouth!

 

[bluecherry]

Not a fashion outsider in terms of that I find things hard to wear but I am a fashion outsider in terms of fashion school.

I go to a fashion school where everyone, everyday without fail will be wearing very fashionable clothing, make up done, hair done. I just CANNOT do that everyday at 8am...seriously! I will dress up when I am going out or sometimes I will think ok today I will make an effort but not for a special reason.

Yet when i design I will design very colourful items, I have tried to attach an example of my work... if you can see it, it's worked if not I'm sorry I am still a noob! The project is based on SS/10 trends and we had to pick a high street store to design for. I chose H&M.


I find it difficult to dress the way I design. Has anyone else been through a similar situation.

 

[MulletProof]

I used to some years ago, but in recent years, now that fashion is.. in fashion and everyone throws even a dead pelican for a bag so they can look like trendsetters, my look is kind of irrelevant.. and then I don't dress like I used to anymore.. when I was younger I was really attracted to extravagant pieces or outfits, things that were very theatrical or childish.. that got me plenty of stares that obviously made me feel like a total outsider.
I'm more quiet now, I really prefer expressing myself through simpler pieces.. I still get stares anyway, I live in a culture that only considers women to be women when they wear kitten heels, figure-hugging clothes in matching colors, ****** makeup and wig-like hair so I'm definitely a confusing image with broken boots, old sweaters and bed hair .. and then I'm tall and no one's tall here, I think I'll always feel like an outsider just for the fact that I tower about 99% of people on the street.

 

[Vangel]

This reminds me of design school when I went.

My university had great designs but the students although I adore them; most had dressed a bit daggy (as in sporty tracks, graphic tees, dull and mismatched colour palettes.) I remember my first day at uni when I wore a basic, clean short jacket and classic pants with a Rado watch (nothing out of the ordinary; just very clean and classic). But when I entered the faculty, there were a lot of stares and silence from people. It was s surreal like in a movie! A random student just gasped, lifted my hand to see my watch and just stared at it like he was hypnotized!

It took a few days before I finally met with some girls who were more on the fashionable side to hangout with.

 

[Yasmin]

Yeah, always. It's a combination of:

a) disliking obnoxious trendy girls so avoiding anything they gravitate towards, often even if I would have liked it otherwise, so I guess I'm intentionally outsider to a degree,
b) having my own peculiar fashion sense (which is my own unique multiple fashion personality disorder, mostly classy/edgy/earthy, not an easy blend), and
c) generally being too busy to go shopping properly to dress how I really want to, (and having to stay within a work-appropriate range that reduces my playful-edgy expression) so sadly, it's too often a somewhat schlumpy girl looking back at me in the mirror =/

It's only that last one I really want to change! Let me be an outsider, but let me look in the mirror and smile

 

[BibiRose]

I used to feel, I'm living in a rather small city, most of people here are just coming to work here from small villages around. Their clothes are always the same, without any style, just t-shirt, old jeans and some trainers, if I have to be honest. Or worse: most of the boys wear oversized tracksuit with hood. Same in my class. I always felt a little different when it comes to personal style: I have my own style, I try to watch the trends, and every day I choose different clothes. Sometimes people in the street just stared at me because i had high-heel shoes when most of them wear pumas. Now it's changing, maybe because people are caring about themselves more than before, and they've opened a shopping mall. But still there is a very small amount of people with a real personal style.
But IMO, when you really want to, you can buy cool clothes in a second hand and look stylish.

 

[Paraskevi]

No not really, but maybe how i wear some things and never see something in school wear also.

 

[YoninahAliza]

I live in a small town where fashion is not a big priority so yes sometimes I do feel a bit like an outsider.

 

[lozenges62]

When I was twelve, for my school uniform, there was a choice between a grey gaberdine trench coat or a grey anorak. I was the only one out of maybe 600 kids who wore the trench coat. People thought I was very weird but I'm glad - I'd probably still wear it today if I had it and it fit!

 

[Priestess]

In my area I'm definitely a fashion outside. "Fashion" where i live consists of muffintops, mullets (on both male and female) and ugg boots (or crocs). Camel toe is also a frequent star in one's outfit. And I really wish that I was joking.

If I wear a nice pair of fitted dark jeans, knee high boots over the top and say, a long sleeve, white, button up business shirt, people will stare, and everyone asks why I'm all dressed up and where am I going. I can't really tell them that I don't like wearing clothing that is so small on me I have a camel toe, they get offended.

So, fashion wise, I really am an outsider in this area. I just don't fit in.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Ouch, Priestess, that sounds painful having to look at all those horrid styles all day!

 

[fouroclock]

I did neo-grunge one or two years before it came back (2002-2003), wore crappy ties before Avril Lavigne.

Normally I'd get fashionably left out when it's not summer. I like those season better because I can cover up with random good stuff like a copper trench coat or military jackets. But everyone else, depending on where I am in town, is too hipster or too boring.

And the hipsters are too skinny, and I'm a 30-32 waist.

Sorry for the rant, guys.

 

[CrisGalaxy]

I remember freshman year (2007 I think) I wore studded belts, tight jeans, and band t-shirts, I was sorta like an emo-skater-wanna-be kid, haha because where I live everyone dressed so gangster and ghetto and so people would stare at me when I walked down the hall way but actually they liked the way I dressed! Then sophmore year everyone started wearing the studded belts but during sophmore year I got over the skater style and so I decided to go with a more fashionable style and guys would ask me where I shoped and I got alot of compliments from what I wore. I would wear a plaid red shirt, dressing pants, a black leather jacket, and a blue scarf lol. One day my Geometry teacher even asked me if I was going outside cos I was wearing so many layers! But now my junior year I have no style really, those past years I was searching for what my real style was but now I ended up with nothing. I'm not devoted as I use to be to wake-up every morning and wear something that would make an impact on people because now I'm lazy and also I don't have that any clothes... Back then I sorta considered myself a trendsetter now I'm just a regular guy.

 

[wekilledcouture]

In my area I'm definitely a fashion outside. "Fashion" where i live consists of muffintops, mullets (on both male and female) and ugg boots (or crocs). Camel toe is also a frequent star in one's outfit. And I really wish that I was joking.

If I wear a nice pair of fitted dark jeans, knee high boots over the top and say, a long sleeve, white, button up business shirt, people will stare, and everyone asks why I'm all dressed up and where am I going. I can't really tell them that I don't like wearing clothing that is so small on me I have a camel toe, they get offended.

So, fashion wise, I really am an outsider in this area. I just don't fit in.

hahaha! agreed.
brisbane is a hole.

I get screamed at walking through queens street and every second person has a smart a** comment to say.

i constantly feel like an outsider because i dont wear high waisted denim underwear (no way they can be called shorts) thongs and a singlet with my bra showing and a million anklets on my ankles.

 

[Priestess]

Oh my god. The denim shorts. Don't even get me started on those. They're so short their cheeks are hanging out, and sometimes you can see their underwear. At the FRONT! That's how short they are. One of my co-workers used to wear them to work!

Ooh, and the bra showing. Seriously girls, can't you just wear a strapless bra, or maybe a crossover bra so the straps are hidden? It's not that hard. Or, instead of wearing a strapless bra they were the ones with those clear plastic straps that you can still see and look just as horrible. Blergh. I won't even go down to Woolies with my bra hanging out.

Oh, and don't forget thongs (flip-flops) with EVERYTHING. They wear a perfectly nice outfit, only to top it off with a pair of dirty, rubber thongs. Ruins the whole outfit.