On lisap's thread (https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....what-to-do), Greyscale said the words 'false positives' talking about near-miss styles on the way to determining one's own and ... ding! ding! ding!! ... I have so many of those.
Probably first up is Punk... I'm only punk in the way Deborah Harry is punk... sorta frowsy DIY normcore motivated by philosophy...
Next is Preppy... because my fam is Preppy and my parents dressed me... and that's just on autopilot.
Third is Hipster... because the power of the $5 donut is overwhelming... eat one and you're wearing a mustard sweatshirt under a denim smock pinafore...
Fourth is Country because Hipsterness leads to Urban Farming and gets entangled with Prep in the Country... and I still hang on to that, driving around in a station wagon with faux corgi...
Then comes Swedish Milkmaid and Alice in Wonderland in Black and White... it's an easy leap with the smocks...
Fifth is Rocker... when I try to get back to punk and miss ...
Same with UWP and Steampunk and Post Apocalyptic and Lagenlook and Avant Garde...
Which brings me back to Native Wear... because that's practical and is influenced by all of it...
And all the while I'm really too cheerful and light in my loafers to be as angry and sober and sophisticated as I aspire...
The result is really none of those things and is as Angie describes... Quirky Folksy...
... So I want to know what all y'alls false positives are/have been... and what you do to stay on track...
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