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Originally Posted by afterthefact
But I feel that when you have fooled yourself into believing that you are so different than everyone else, when in reality, you have only chosen to conform to a different style and standard than what you feel is most common, then you have an issue that goes beyond simply caving to what is popular.
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I do agree with this. The danger is when you dress for any reason other than just wanting to dress that way. When it becomes a burden for the person, a struggle to "be different"
or the same, then it's wrong.
The key is to not fall into the trap of either
trying to dress ______ or even, and sometimes especially,
not trying to. I love the "grunge style," but that categorization just happens to coincide with what I like. In fact, I didn't even like the style until I stopped listening to grunge. Still, I sometimes find myself trying to get distance from it, like not buying something I actually want because it's "too grunge," which is really stupid. For that reason, I give people the benefit of the doubt that they just like what they wear.