if you're not into fashion/brands, what do you wear

[BaffledPiglet]

This kind of doesn't fit in Style & Beauty, because placing it there sort of presumes we all already love fashion and style and I'd rather get a good sample from the regular population!

If you don't care for typical fashion/trend stores such as Me&Em, Baukjen, Whistles, Toast, etc, but you don't much care for supermarket stuff either what do you wear?

I like fashion, theoretically, but just don't care enough to follow trends, even though I don't want to look dated and stand out like a sore thumb either. For years I decided to use mostly outdoor gear, so leisure-wear, leggings, hiking stuff, boots.
However, I have recently moved to a large market town and the weather and environment are somewhat different to what I'm used to, and I am growing really bored with my wardrobe.

If you are anything like me at all, what do you wear and where do you buy it? It's not that I want to opt out of regular clothing, but I tend not to care for it much and it's never all that great for the price or quality.

I got a shape and colour analysis, and that’s helped me buy clothes that suit me. It included ideas about your ‘personality’ as well, so I wear clothes I like, and it could be from anywhere. The last two purchases were New Look and M and S.

I’ve never purchased anything from the shops listed in the op, because they just not me.

Useful article about shapes and styles to wear

theconceptwardrobe.com

I hate clothes shopping but I do like to look nice. I like block colours and will vaguely follow styles, e.g wide legged trousers if that’s the fashion or whatever. I buy from a mix of places - Sainsbury’s, Matalan, M&S, New Look and oh, I’ve had a couple of gorgeous dresses from Amazon recently.

As a plus size girl who wears mainly dresses I wear Disturbia and Killstar if I'm going for a night out, but day to day I like Joe Browns, Yours, Roman, Peacocks and Friends Like These.
If it's black and comfy, I'll wear it!

Bought this cord dress last week at this bargain sale price. Hangs nicely. Midi on me and I'm 5'4. Size down. https://www.brakeburn.com/products/lilliput-dress-aw25

Today I wore baggy jeans, converse, a long sleeved white tee, with a short sleeved grey tee over, and a navy hoody.

Just basic clothes I've had for years, I don't care if they're in fashion or not.

Leggings and polo shirts (+fleece in winter) is fine for my daily activities.
If I go out, then jeans and a top.

I have zero interest in fashion. The jeans and tops I wear are high street cheap and are ‘in fashion’ by default, although I wear things for years so eventually they go out of fashion. I do know which colours suit me best though, as we had a colour consultant come to school as part of a business/careers link event (and as I organised it, I got my colours done for free).

In my book ‘clothed is good’.

Jeans and t-shirts from Next and cardigans. I know exactly what size I am. I just re-order the same things when these get holes in them. Occasionally, I buy a nice top or knit jumper from Fat Face. I’m really predictable.

I buy clothes I like how they look - couldn’t care less whether someone else would consider them fashionable or not. I don’t buy from any particular shops.

I don’t live in the UK but wear jeans most of time with a T-shirt and hoodie when it’s cold (many months of the year here). I live in shorts and T-shirt over the summer months.

@BaffledPiglet and @Echobelly I'm 5ft 2 and although a size 8 I have a classic hour glass figure with 30E breasts but a small waist. So many clothes assume either small breasts or no waist so they fit just under the bust and then float out.

I always look for dresses/tops that are either composed of panels or fabric or ones with darts in to model around the shape of my torso. If I like the fabric but the shape isn't quite right I alter it/ get my mum to alter it.

I find 50s style dress suit my shape best and love Lady Vintage and as a bonus a lot of their dresses have pockets!

I'm an "ooh, I like that" person. And it depends on the day: weather, work, weekend, how I feel, type of activity.

Friday was: white cropped wide legged trousers, green tank top with orange Basque flag, black sandals.

Yesterday was: dark blue cotton midi skirt, white/blue flowery belt, short flared maroon linen spaghetti strap top, pinkish sandals with a block heel.

Today: dark blue thin cotton trousers with giant flowers on the outside seams, frilly white blouse/top, same sandals.

Tomorrow probably: fuchsia linen maxi dress with spaghetti straps. Quite probably same sandals!!

It's still hot, in the 30s here, and I can't stand anything on my shoulders in this heat (thanks menopause) so lots of strappy tops.

I wear a mix of: Zara, Mango, Massimo Duti, Adolfo Dominguez, Skunk Funk (Basque company, hence the flag) got lots of their stuff. And then a whole bunch of second hand stuff that could be from anywhere - the flowery trousers are Women's Secret I think (Spanish brand,).

I've got a fab black midi shirt dress with tiny great polka dots that I love wearing in autumn.

I love cowboy boots, doc martens, camper shoes. I love goth, I love whacky, I hate ditsy prints, Breton stripes, giant 'statement' jewellery, pioneer -style tradwife dresses, denim shorts.

**On ME, what anyone else wears is none of my business - so knock yourselves out with insta-beige or Breton stripes with a wolf fleece - I'll still talk to you at the bus stop!

I'm tall and top heavy, I find unfussy things suit me best. And I feel like fashion hates me, but I love nice, classic clothes. I think half my wardrobe is from uniclo now. Great basics in nice materials. Although I don't find the sizing that reliable, I have from an S to and XL.

I like plain, good quality, basic, not fashion, in natural fibres, so tend to just trawl who's got those year on year. I have a mix of Boden, Fat Face, Nobody's Child, Crew, Gap, White Stuff, White Co. Personally never found anything in M&S or Seasalt, and just wouldn't buy in a Supermarket..... It's a me thing, just seems wrong.

I wear trousers with long tops/midi dresses.

This is because I'm a lard arse and it somewhat hides my rolls of blubber.

I buy them from Yours because lard arse.

Vintage - a mixture of true vintage and reproduction vintage.