Do Aspies have an optional fashion sense?

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It seems to me that Aspies can take the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover" and take it literally--totally ignoring how they dress and how they judge others. But, NTs are hard wired--they can't stop jumping to learned standards no matter how hard they try--any more than they can stop breathing. This gives Aspies a huge advantage for creativity--it takes a huge effort for NTs to look past convention--something Aspies can do with ease. Is this a possible test for people on the autistic spectrum--a blind spot in the ability to automatically judge others by appearance?

Evidence at hand says - there IS a fashion sense but it does not align with the in. With any of the ins. I always worked at avoiding anything in - but though the outside world feels I am indifferent I have always had very specific standards, dress codes.

I LOVE FLARED JEANS. I wear slacks too. I also like abstract shirts. But it can't be itchy material, and since I'm always having troubles with finding things that fit because of my weird figure, I always try cloths on, and have always never worn something that is going to distract me all day.

But most of the time, I can't help myself but to wear a tshirt and some comfy pants that are worn down. I even usually wear a big shirt and some mens sports shorts though they can be quite bothersome for their oversize, but are still comfy. Was known to wear large tshirts to bed as a kid too.

I prefer classic, unisex clothing.

At my old job, I felt like I was somehow looked at as a trend setter(maybe just in my mind). A couple examples:

I was usually the first one to start wearing shorts when it got hotter, other people followed suit right away.

I was the first person at my work, that I noticed, to start wearing plaid looking pants or shorts. People would ask me if I came to work from a golfing outing. Someone even noticed that people started wearing the same stuff shortly after I donned it. I told him that I was doing it on purpose, like I was actually influencing peoples fashion decisions. I would regret saying this.

If I got my hair cut shorter, other people that had long hair would too, if I grew a goatee, so would other people.

I got tired of messing up my shirts at work, so I started buying work aprons. People initially thought it was weird, but it caught on.

Now I don't think I'm some kind of fashionista but I just can't help but think that I was influencing how people came to work.

I think it has more to do with the fact that I'm not very fashionable at all. I'm not very good, in my opinion of picking out clothes. I usually just buy what is cheap and looks comfortable, but I guess my fashion sense has lead to some strange combinations that might be confused with really knowing how to look? IDK?

My typical dress style (in summer time)is plaid shorts with/out vector art, but the colors are dull, and shirts that are the lightest a shirt can be without being see-through. I usually have a hat, but nothing that has to do with sports. Shoes are typical gym shoes or boots.

I think if we take an interest and have the resources we can be fashionable, but most of us don't care by default.

I barely take notice of what others wear, but I do like to dress nicely myself. A nice sweather with a small logo (of my favorite brands like tommy h, gant, jean paul, poco loco, state of art) with a shirt/t-shirt (with collars) and a some jeans to go with it (preferably dark/black). I picked up on this style in early highschool, thought it suited me and I've used this dresscode every since.

There are certain fashions that I like, but when it comes to my own I just throw a bunch of stuff on that I like. If it looks good to me, great.

I do care what I wear. I do not care what others wear.

I don't think it's true that people on the spectrum never judge by appearance. I think it's more that the judgements just don't tend to fit those of the general population - they tend to be based more on personal association than conventional dress codes. For instance, someone on the spectrum can have a bad experience with someone who looks/dresses a certain way, and then may automatically have an instinctive dislike and avoidance of anyone else who looks/dresses in that way. I've observed this pattern quite a bit in people with lower functioning autism.

I am almost completely indifferent/oblivious to the way I dress and I always have been. I was picked on enough about it (and everything else ) when I was in school. I used to wear "floodwater" jeans/corduroy pants to school before my peers unkindly pointed out to me that this was considered "nerdy", "dorky", or whatever.


I never understood the importance of this sort of self-expression and I still don't. I have always worn what was comfortable and practical for me and that's about it. I hardly own many clothes right now as it is and I often wear the same thing for days Maybe this has something to do with what is said in the DSM-IV about people with Schizoid personality disorder (which I have been Dx-ed with) being indifferent to the praise and criticism of others. All I can say is that I truly don't get the human obession with clothes and fashion. It seems like a very petty, meaningless and irrational thing to waste so much time, energy and expense on. Like countless other things...this whole thing with clothes/fashion is utterly alien to me and really does make me feel like i'm on the "Wrong Planet".


The only rational reasons to wear clothes AT ALL IMO is to protect one's self from the elements and because it's illegal not to in most societies. I think our lives would be so much easier if our society didn't ostracize, refuse to hire, etc....those who do not meet up to some abitrary, subjective and irrational standard of dress.

I think so? But I'm not very good with my fashion sense and it occasionally, it would take another person for me to actually give me the right common sense, but I think the tip is to see which clothes goes with which and then write it down as a note so you can easily remember so the next time you want to change styles, hopefully it should improve dress sense?

I wonder if I'll see a bunch of Mods walking around Langley, in a few months.

Well I try to dress like NT's a little bit to maybe fit in and not look bad but I still have troubles with it-I dressed for so long like I am always at work and when I lost a lot of weight I was able to get clothes from a normal clothes store like jeans and polo shirts and just regualar clothes and gradually on weekends dress differently than I do during the week for work. I like all different brands of stuff but I buy clearance and stuff on sale and have amassed quite a collection of clothing and sneakers-which during the week I wear work shoes so its a treat to wear the sneakers I have (skater type sneakers with flat bottoms-they help with my balance) so I guess I look like a preppy skater dude or something goofy like that-so hopefully people don't make comments about the way I dress as I still have self esteem issues and can't stand being made fun of-I think I look ok but I cant read peoples minds to know what they think.

My step mother always complained why couldn't I dress like normal girls and wear things with winnie the pooh, tweety, or something. But most of the clothing was always so itchy and unbearable, I'd just jump right back into my one piece dress/shorts.

I don't know, I've known plenty of NTs that don't dress well.