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Alex C:
Yeah, in my first job right out of high school I ended up working very closely with a cute girl of the same age since our low level positions required pretty much constant collaboration. We came from similar backgrounds, had a lot of the same interests and our senses of style were about as similar as you can get without crossdressing. New coworkers tended to treat us like some kind of matched set and a few even grumbled about the company dating policies, which was really sort of funny since we absolutely could not stand eachother at all.
Moral of the story: Two people can have a lot of superficial things in common and still fantasize about killing eachother with boxcutters. God, I'm never working in another mailroom again.
ViolentDove:
People who have an interest in fashion or clothes and spend money on it are no different from people who have an interest in music and spend money on vinyl imports of the slightly different Japanese edition of some band's seminal first album, or any other hobby or interest, for that matter.
For the record, there are lots of old people in certain sub-cultures. Such as goths, hippies of various types, and there seems to be a fair few older people in the rockabilly scene, too.
Don't see to many older punks, though.
Jackie Blue:
Are you kidding? There are tons of old punks. They just stop bothering to dress up.
Old hippies never stop dressing like hippies because hippie clothing is cheap.
Old goths keep dressing that way because they're afraid of looking old and not getting laid any more.
Trust me, I know a hell of a lot of old hippies and goths.
MadassAlex:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 31 Jan 2008, 05:54 ---Right now I'm wearing a Dinosaur Jr. shirt and army surplus camo pants. I do own a black trenchcoat. I wear prescription sunglasses at night when I go out. I am not "above" fashion, but I do not make any effort to meticulously wear an easily identifiable uniform so that people can look at me and say "Oh look, a goth/metalhead/indie rocker/whatever".
--- End quote ---
I think people over 21 being less prone to altering their visual appearance so much has more to do with holding down a solid job than anything to do with "maturity".
BTW, most "looks" are easy and not very time consuming to achieve - the exceptions are generally the ones that appeal to the younger teenage demographic and are sold via the most popular bands of the time. Pop-punk emo, for example, or gangster. Anyone can grow their hair long/er and wear band t-shirts. Point being, most people who looks metalhead/rocker/indie rocker/most subcultures aren't "meticulous" about it at all.
Jackie Blue:
No, I know many older goth/hippie people who hold down steady "straight" jobs while still dressing up in public, on the weekends, or even at work.
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