How do you dress?

I've often made a few questionable choices with my clothes through the years and have often got it wrong. In the last year or so I've decided to go for comfort over conformity, and I've always been more attracted to bright colours rather than black, grey or beige and the muted tones that seem to be popular these days. I don't want to look like everyone else anymore.

My partner and I recently discovered a shop in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, and they sell all sorts of cool clothes. It's hippie style so there are patchwork trousers, harem pants, and loose shirts and t-shirts, printed designs etc. I absolutely love it and it's what I wear now. I'm happy to be the weird guy wearing the hat, assorted coloured clothes and sandals or barefoot shoes.

What's your style and what do you like wearing?

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  • During my teens I dressed to impressed. Tried to copy the fashion of the cool kids so they would accept me as one of them. That sadly never happened, I was too different and even if I had had the very latest fashion I still wouldn’t have been ‘cool’.

    So eventually I stopped trying to copy everyone else and focused on being true to myself. I wore the things I enjoyed, mostly t-shirts with cute animated characters on them, and jumpers. I’ve never liked the feel or style of jeans so I avoided them.

    Not cool though, so I got bullied a lot for that, as well as being autistic.

    My style now mostly consists of dresses, skirts, leggings, t shirts and jumpers. Sometimes leather jacket if I’m feeling it, but I don’t wear leather much because my skin is so sensitive. I don’t wear wool for the same reasons.

  • I need some new clothes, I've either lost enough weight that many are to big for me, or they're falling apart. Bits of me are a totally different shape to what they were which is making it even harder to ind anything that fits, let alone anything I like.

  • I have this issue. Most of my clothes are from when I was like 13 and I've gotten taller since then and now a lot of it doesn't fit and then my mum says to go to the shop and talk to the woman and to try on a few clothes which sounds easy to her but to me that's a road that will take me to a meltdown.

    I've ordered online but the sizes are so hard to get right and the materials can be a bit funny as well.

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  • I have this issue. Most of my clothes are from when I was like 13 and I've gotten taller since then and now a lot of it doesn't fit and then my mum says to go to the shop and talk to the woman and to try on a few clothes which sounds easy to her but to me that's a road that will take me to a meltdown.

    I've ordered online but the sizes are so hard to get right and the materials can be a bit funny as well.

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