Do you really care what people think of your clothing choices?

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Just been reading a couple of threads in the Style board. It seems that there are people out there who really care what people think of their clothing/style choices, and also lots of people (me included) who wear what they like and really couldn’t care less if their clothing is deemed unstylish, inappropriate or otherwise tasteless.

For context, I’m a skinny 70 year old with charity shop tastes and budget, who lives a very outdoor type of life (rural home, dog, horse, garden) so a lifestyle where practicality and function trump elegance and style. But I do enjoy dressing up for social occasions - even if that means my choices are a bit eclectic 😀

I’m very much in the “if I love it, I don’t care what you think” camp, but fully accept that to other people their choices are much more considered.

So which camp are you in?

I wouldn’t want people to think I look inappropriate or tasteless no.

Not really. I wear bold, alternative clothing and it's certainly not to everyone's taste. But I very much like to wear exactly what I like.

No I meet a normal way of dressing as in I wouldn't wear pj's to the office type thing other than that no not at all never have

Beyond being dressed appropriately I don't care. I don't really suit a lot of the current fashion, stuff like beige and bare midriffs and I'm completely the wrong shape for skinny jeans. I dress reasonably comfortably and I like wearing a variety of colours.

Couldn’t care less, my main priority is comfort. I’m a size 8 and live in size 18 jumpers. I almost find it sad when people ask “what do you think of this” it’s such a personal choice so other people’s opinions really don’t matter to me

I dress for me, I’m not trying to impress anyone, my style is “bag lady chic” and I love it

I don't care what people think of my clothing choices , and how I put them together. I'm a former alternative dresser, so I'm less high fashion/ mainstream.

However, I would hate to think that people thought I looked unkempt, dirty , or that my clothes were badly fitting. I always try to be dressed appropriately for the weather.

But I couldn't five a toss if people like my outfit/ style.

I always thought i didn’t care, but then i realized that if there were no men around I would wear pyjamas and a dressing gown all day everyday even to the shops. So while I THINK I dress however i want, I am conscious of dressing for an audience

This is difficult. I like clothes, follow fashion and buy new stuff regularly. I enjoy deciding what I will wear when I’m out (at work, at friends, nights out etc) and I like the challenge of balancing what’s appropriate/suitable with some nicer element that feels fun. However, at home or walking the dog in the country, I’ll be very scruffy and wear whatever’s comfortable/warm. I also don’t really care what others think of me - all the thought that goes into my outfits is in my head only, like a game I’m playing with myself. If I like it then I’m happy. That said, I’m very pleased when someone compliments my clothes!

I don't really notice what people wear but I have a friend that could tell you what everyone was wearing at a friend's get together a month ago !
She recently told me I had on a pair of trousers I'd owned the length of our friendship ( about 5/6 years )
I didn't tell her I've had them longer than that !

I wear clothes to be warm/cool, and I wear what is comfortable. I don’t care who does or doesn’t like it.
Ive seen people on S&B saying not to wear leggings, but I wear thick leggings every day as they are far more comfortable than jeans, and I’m not a fan of wide legged trousers that flap around you ankles. So I’ll keep wearing my leggings and no one needs to look.

I’ve often wondered if I lack the part of my brain that cares about what I look like!

I am comfortable, beyond that I don’t care.
My boss at work is part of a group that hugely cares what they look like, he thinks I'm very weird, I think I’m doing him a service to expose him to life beyond looks and materialism 😂

For the record I am clean.

I love looking polished and together and fashionable. I also have to do it with clothes from charity shops and supermarkets- so on the whole I think it’s a creative outlet for me.

No but I think I do dress for the occasion.
I wear smart clothing for work and black for funerals. A nice dress and heels for weddings.
Of course not everyone will like what I wear, otherwise everyone would be walking around dress exactly the same.
I dress for the weather too. So today I will be in boots and a big, warm winter coat with gloves and scarve.
Summer and I’ll be in sandals and a dress- weather permitted.

Yes I love the creativity of clothes and make up. I’m a very visual person and clothes are a part of that for me.

Generally I don't want my clothing choices to attract much attention, which means fitting broadly with the range of normal for the occasion. I'd want to be seen as eg nicely dressed at a wedding, and to go unnoticed on the school run or popping to the corner shop. So up to that point, yes. But no further. And comfort is a bigger priority.

I must care to an extent. If I could, I would wear baggy sweatshirts and joggers every day. I'm autistic and this is my go to. But I worry I'm scruffy in joggers so often put up with jeans and a jumper for work instead

Yes and no. I wouldn't want people to look at me and think I looked like a clown or looked unkempt; but beyond that as long as something is comfortable and I love it then it doesn't bother me. I think being interested in style and fashion is fine though, your post comes off a bit like you feel it's superior to not be bothered when I don't think that's the case.

I do care, but not enough not to be comfortable.

Nope, don't give a shit.

My look is sterotypical art/English teacher, social worker, librarian. Bright colours, dresses and boots, dungarees. Couldn't give a toss if no one else likes it, it makes me happy.

I mean to be fair if there was a current fashion that worked for me I'm sure I'd be all over it. I wouldn't say I deliberately reject current fashion for the sake of it.

I doubt very much that someone living your life - rural home, dog, horse, garden - has to care much what others think of their clothes.

But it’s painfully disingenuous to pretend that these things might not matter for other people.

I’ve spent much of my more than six decades being ‘the only’ or ‘the first’ - and if you think my appearance and self presentation haven’t played a huge part in how people with an influence over my life respond to me - you’re woefully disengaged from the real world.

Fortunately I love getting dressed, playing with my ‘image’ and subverting people’s expectations - and I’m never happier than when mixing high and low. I don’t care what anyone thinks of individual items I’m wearing, but it matters that the whole ensemble conveys a sense of me.

As for other people - I barely notice their clothes unless they’re exceptional (for good or ill). I’m probably more conscious of peripheral things like posture and skin and attitude - and primarily voice / tone / accent.

@Sugarflub Not at all superior I can assure you and that was not the intention. I’m just comfortable with my own choices. As long as my clothing is appropriate for the occasion and clean (not always easy when you’re looking after a horse!) I’m totally relaxed about my look. Having said that, I do admire my more stylish friends who seem to be able to make being stylish look so effortless.

I like to choose clothes that suit me, fit me and meet my idea of what nice/stylish is
It's not for other people primarily, but it's definitely part of my outward facing identity. It's not about designer labels at all, style isn't a spend related thing. It must be quite freeing to genuinely not care about clothes though.

I’m another, dress comfortably but appropriately person and go for simple leggings/jeans/fleeces/hoodies type outfits.

I just don’t understand ’fashion’, not in a condescending, I am so above that kind of shallowness, way, it’s more of a complete blind spot and failure to grasp the nuances of what makes a piece of clothing or an outfit fashionable.