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Ridiculous Decadency
Darkbluerabbit:
I use the words style and fashion the exact opposite way. "Fashion" to me is more of the 'this is what is in right now and you should wear it regardless of how expensive or ridiculous it is.' while the word "style" seems more like a general sense of what looks good, which can be adapted to the individual. Some people have style without necessarily following what is fashionable, but a person who wears something that is in fashion doesn't always demonstrate style.
Liz:
Maybe that's what I was thinking. I think that's why it didn't sound quite right to me.
Barmymoo:
That's exactly how I see it too. Style is how you wear your clothes, how they're put together and what you wear with what. Fashion is the actual clothes you buy, not how you wear them. Tomorrow I'll be wearing blue jeans bought several years ago (nicely cut but faded), tatty old trainers coloured with highlighters to make them more interesting, an old orange hoody that used to belong to my mum and is really a bit too small, and a gorgeous maroon tweed jacket with gold buttons. It works, as far as I'm concerned anyway, but none of the clothes are remotely fashionable.
Then again, style is very individual whereas fashion works the same for everyone. When someone goes into New Look, or whatever the equivalent is in other countries, and buys a new jacket or a dress, what they're buying is the comfort of being dressed how most people their (my) age are dressing. Style only works for the person it's on. I could never wear a suit, I'm too short and squidgy. Same with miniskirts. And yet some people can do just that and look great.
I know a girl who spends a fortune on clothes, and is always wearing designer stuff. She goes mad if anyone gets it mucky or even touches it. And yet she's barely remarkable. The only reason she's noticable is because she has a good bone structure and is strikingly pretty, but her personal style is fairly non-descript. She's an example of where fashion is supressing style. It's possible to have both, and some people do, but I think style is more important and it's definitely longer lasting.
RedLion:
While I make every attempt to make myself look presentable, my problem with fashion is that I would be most comfortable just lounging about in boxers all day.
I like wearing suits, though, particularly at places where they're not called for.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 16 Mar 2008, 11:54 ---Fashion to me is a man standing next to a river and every so often he declares that the water flowing by him at that exact second is the best water you will ever taste and everyone pays $500 to taste the water before it goes past him because once it's past him it doesn't taste as good.
--- End quote ---
I drink water from a distiller. I can't taste the difference between that, Perrier, and a goddamn garden hose (something I would not like to test, though, as I would not like to contract hepatitis).
I do not care about fashion and I do not care about what style is popular. I just wear what I think looks good. It gets me mixed reviews, sure, but I really don't give a fuck about half of them, because that's the half that is bitching at me "Oh that outfit is unflattering". The other half is like "Oh you look great in that!" and I still don't care.
I will just put it out there, however, that my ridiculously inexpensive clothing looked awesome last night while I was performing. I got hit on. Twice. BOOYAHHHHHH TAPERED JEANS AREN'T OUT YET MOTHERFUCKERS.
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