Fashion - I don't get it.

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Is this a female only zone?

My brother is into fashion so long as it includes a ridiculously tight tee-shirt so he can show off his muscles and flame tattoo that he acquired when when he had even less imagination than usual, however I do not give a damn about it for the most part.

I would much rather wear some craghoppers, a good sweater and boots as well as a fleece jacket, I am all about practicality at the end of the day...and since I live in the hills it is generally raining anyway so at least i do not look too out of place.

Some people do wander around this town endlessly in tracksuits though and I find that choice idiotic, one time the local bully was whining about being cold one day...I don't think he appreciated it when I told him that was probably because he was too stupid to have any foresight and realise it generally gets colder the longer the day lasts.

I understand practical clothes, not fashion.

I forgot to mention I don't like conspicuous makeup on girls. I prefer plain, simple and neat appearance. I wonder if others of my gender think alike.

Have you tried:

'Meh.'

Assuming you are of the male persuasion I have to agree, a little make up is nice, a girl that is caked in it...not so much.

Same goes for a really unnatural looking tan. There is one girl that works in the shop I am at and it looks like she has had the entire 2011 Crown paints orange collection thrown at her.

I only wear concealer, to hide blemishes, unless I'm going to something special, like a wedding. Even then, I won't wear eyeliner or mascara. I'm actually quite good at applying makeup, but I think it's a bit weird and pointless, unless it's inconspicuous.

Here, in the West of Scotland, a very high proportion of teenage girls and younger women, have that look. They appear like they're on their way to a sci-fi convention, instead of school. My mum saw a lady, with a large brown mark on the bum of her trousers, and she said, 'I think you've sat on something'. The woman looked at it and said, without a care, 'Oh, it's just my fake tan leaking through'.

Don't get me wrong, I do like a tan BUT it has to be natural, I like Latina and Asian girls, a couple of friends are Argentinian and Brazilian and one or two who are Korean, and it would be equally a turn off if they were wearing the doused in flour look of 2011, just as it would be a turn off for women if I was sporting a 1985 lobster red sunburn. (Which incidently happens to me far more than I like to admit)

Fashion to me is a collective hysteria! I wish that there were uniforms and we could just wear those without having to think about it.

There's a part of me that will always be post punk and likes to spin with androgyny. I hate frou-frou. Patterns annoy me. I favor simplicity. Give me cotton and silk. Nothing heavy, itchy, scratchy, or constrictive. I remove labels. I like a little makeup, but mostly keep it down to lipstick and powder. Mineral makeup is great.

I get severe sensory overload with any make-up, cream or cosmetic on my face. I was once told I had dry skin, so I put some cream on and it felt like I was smothering engine oil all over myself. I tried six different creams and they all made me want to scrub the cream off me until it was all gone.

Fashion is a form of communication. NTs use it to signal each other at a distance. If you don't conform, the signals you send are confusing, and they don't like that. The sociopathic ones will target you for it just like they'd target you for anything else.

Best to just send a bland message, IMO. Plain pants, plain shirt. Those pretty much say, "Yeah, I'm dressed."

I usually wear cargo cotton trousers as they're really comfortable, can't stand wearing jeans or leggings, I prefer loose
fitting clothing and a cotton t-shirt, I tend to go for 100% cotton clothing if I can so my skin doesn't get irritated, leather trainers
(can't wear synthetic too uncomfortable). I don't care about fashion I prefer to be comfortable then I feel better in myself.
I don't wear jewellery or make up (unless I have to go out for a special occasion) hate having it on me.

I'm an NT female. And twice a year I glue myself to the computer for days and can't get off. Why? Mercedes-benz spring fashion show, and mercedes-benz fall fashion show. I'm also an artist, and a complete nature freak. Half my computer is filled with images of outfits that I would like to die in. But a good half the time I leave the house in pajama pants and a T-shirt. Especially to classes.

It's all about how the world perceives you. If you don't care, then good for you. I know that when I doll myself up, put on my bollywood star face (Can't pull off Hollywood, too brown-and-proud) and my pumps, the world is an entirely different place. Women don't make eye contact as much because I am superior to them, men make it more because in every way they cry for my attention. I am shouting to the world who I am in every way. My legs free up to a dangerous point because I'm not modest and heck i just don't like pants, every piece and layer pressing on my body tells everyone something about me.

I rouge my lips when I feel prim, and authoritative. When I just want to laugh and run around they're glossed so the light bounces off my smile. When I want to kiss they're bare, and faintly lined, looking puffier and vulnerable. I'm giving signals out into the world, freely for all to see. It's a mask of my true expressions. And it broadcasts to all a small story about me.

And it tells me more about them. When I present myself as an elite to society, in expensive clothes and at my most attractive, people smile more at me, other people won't look me in the face. It tells me so much more about the esteem and situation of every person I see in my day.

It's a choice. Gazing into a jeweled kaleidoscope at will. It's addictive too, and that's when it's a problem. Especially the teenaged girl conception that MORE makeup gets you further into that pretty jeweled place. It takes them farther away but it doesn't matter, because most of why they wear it is to improve how they see themselves. The pretty people live vastly different lives, where the world is unnaturally accommodating and bad things rarely happen. There are no deadlines and no boundaries keeping you where the normal people need to be. I like fading into the background just as much as I like lighting up a room, so many days it's a comfortable sundress that doesn't cover up entirely the fact that I have no patience to wear anything other than a sports bra, and no makeup.

But others, I yearn for the double-take people will do to try to meet my eyes just one more time before I pass.

THAT IS ALL THERE IS BEHIND THE ACTUAL REASON NT FEMALES BOTHER LOOKING HOT. Whether they know it or not.

As a younger teen, I couldn't have cared less... I regret that I never thought more about my self-image, it might have helped my self-esteem a little. When I was 17, I started becoming more well-dressed, and now I have a good-sized wardrobe worthy of mixing and matching.

As for makeup, I wear none at all. The most I put on my face is acne cream after a shower... helps keep it nicely clear.

Nope.



I wear things that range from Ratchet and Clank t-shirts and skinny jeans, to sweats and a tank top.

I think fashion is important, if there's this much money in it and so many regular people like it it must be good. I usually just wear crap. I don't like designer things that much, they look weird.