To think that people who dress quirky are more often than not uninteresting

[Coldcoffeekindamorning]

Just on observation, I work in a creative field and I find that when I meet people who dress very quirky they are often very uninteresting and not very creative. I find the most creative and interesting people are those who are not really bothered about how they dress. Has anyone else come across this?

dress sense/ quirkiness and being interesting are two entirely separate constructs. A interesting person won’t necessarily express that through dress.

i often find quirky dressers to be marginally chaotic and having no real aesthetic eye

The only people I know who dress quirky live in Stroud and Totnes..it’s the culture to dress that way, they think it’s alternative.

It depends on what you call quirky. I have all my life tended to the more unusual while not dressing as an absolute clown. I have been like this since my teens and am now 70. I make my own clothes so they are not like anything you can find in the shops. I like vintage style 50s style dresses with a gathered skirt as I feel they suit my body shape but I like flat comfortable shoes, like DMs or Hotter. My knitwear is colourful as I enjoy Fair Isle type stranded knitting and use a lot of Scandinavian patterns in non-traditional colours. I have lots of interests and do a variety of activities so I don't think I'm boring but I don't really care what other people think.

Edit: I've never been to Stroud or Totnes.

100%. This is a recent change.

Back in the 1990s someone dressing different was a sign that someone thought differently and had different views and attitudes. Charity shop chic for example, or people who looked gay / lesbian (and tended to have a slightly more interesting outsider perspective due to homophobia).

Now when I see someone dressed different they have blue or punk hair, are badly dressed, very often unattractive, and you know they are joyless idiots pushing the misogynistic and homophobic idea that a straight an can put on a dress and become a lesbian, and that female lesbians are bigoted for not dating him.

I think I’ll make it :D

Far better to be assumed to be uninteresting than to be proven to be judgmental and close-minded. I believe the saying is “Never take criticism from someone you wouldn’t ask for advice” :)

I don't know their motives, it's an observation. Their dress sense and quirky don't match.

Yes, I think this might be where I've made a mistake, that they are connected.

I think I more mean quirky like when someone puts on a uniform of "cool" that they've bought rather than what you're describing. You sound genuine in your fashion choices.

I used to work in a busy pub, we had a whole mix of clients but predominantly punks/goths. They would be dressed up in all their clobber, high platforms with the crazy makeup and piecing's, they were the most insecure group of people I ever met. Literally shaking as they ordered & not comfortable in their own skin. I always thought it was rather sad

Noticed that stereotype as well

Anyone that judges others by their clothes is pretty dull in my book. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Possibly an over-generalisation but I think there’s a grain of truth in this.

I do find that people who adhere slavishly to youth “tribe” codes (goths/emos/metallheads etc) are often very dull and have nothing to talk about other than where they buy their clothes.

Often the dress code is an attempt to compensate for the lack of anything more interesting in their heads. Shoot me but I do think there’s something in this.

Ironic how all the people on this thread saying “People who dress differently from them are just boring/insecure/unhappy” come across as being desperately threatened by anyone who doesn’t look like them.

It’s also very obvious that a lot of people’s idea of ‘quirky’ isn’t actually anything particularly unusual at all.

I’m not sure its that exactly. I have no problem with people dressing as they see fit and think genuinely quirky and different dress can be really interesting. But I have noticed a correlation between people who dress in a self consciously “alternative” uniform and people who are socially anxious and insecure and often a bit dull.

I'm a middle-aged woman who tries to appear interesting via the medium of grammar pedantry. "Quirky people dress quirkily." I feel better now, not to mention pretty enigmatic.

I have been told I am a quirky dresser before bit I don’t think I am a particularly interesting person! I just like playing with clothes and have done since I was pretty young.
Quirky has a different meaning to different people as evidenced on this thread. As an example I wouldn’t wear a Popsy but to some they count as quirky.

I have pink hair am 47 and don’t think it makes me more interesting. I’ve been dying it since I was 16 and don’t really know what my natural colour is anymore.

I sooooo agree @Coldcoffeekindamorning

i am an interior architect and there is this belief that you have to dress quirky/very design/very creative. And more often than not they have not much originality in the way they approach layouts/layering out/bespoke pieces and colour scheme.

but of course there are a few exceptions. I know personally a couple of very high end interior architects who are extremely talented and their precision, creativity and eye for details is second to none.

but overall? I compeltely agree

I don’t think there’s a correlation one way or the other. This feels a bit goady to me.

Ive often found people who judge others by what they wear uninteresting.

So I'm not the only judgemental one on here then 😉

Exactly! The creative thinking doesn't usually match up with the creative outfits!

No I've found the opposite.
Someone wearing the standard beige attire from the high street, big puffy coat in plain colours etc tends to be boring.
Those in (for example) a vintage dress tend to have put more thought into the clothes they've sourced, won't be wearing the same outfit as someone else and has gone to a bit more trouble than say a beige top from John Lewis. I'd assume that person was much more interesting.

Disagree. My friend dresses wildly- everything from vagina earrings through to flamingo jumpers. She’s incredibly outgoing and eccentric, performs in the theatre, comes out with some outrageous statements. I think dress sense often matches personality. I dress mostly in black and almost always formally because I’m anally retentive.

I think that people who dress quirky (extremely quirky) like multi coloured hair, bull ring nose stud, flamboyant clothes and out there make up, seek attention. I think they often don’t fit the typical beauty standard, so to stand out they have to dress to stand out and it clearly does get attention. If they didn’t like attention they would dress in a way so they would blend in, so I assume they don’t want to blend in, which is fine.

Whether they’re interesting or not is a different story.

he dresses quite ordinarily though ? Jeans and a t shirt.