# Do you follow fashion trends? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790 "2010-01-28T18:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790/21 "2010-01-29T00:16:48Z")
I’ve been a _Vogue_ subscriber for more than a quarter of a century, though you certainly can’t tell it by looking at me. I enjoy the visuals and generally have a pretty good idea what’s in style, but stick to (my idea of) classics – skirts and sweaters, simple dresses, lots of solid-color turtlenecks in the winter and tees in the summer. And flats – I’m another “thanks, I’m tall enough, and life is too short for uncomfortable shoes” type. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790/22 "2010-01-29T01:34:12Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > I like to be _aware_ of fashion trends. I like fashion. The trends that I feel would suit me well, I keep in mind while shopping. I seldom head out with the intention to purchase something in particular because it is a trend, though. This describes me as well. For example (speaking of ballet flats), a couple of years ago, I noticed that lots of women around here were wearing ballet flats with jeans. I thought it looked cute. I was at the shoe store, and saw some ballet flats that I liked. They were comfy and inexpensive, so I bought them and wore them with jeans, and hopefully I looked cute too. It’s not that I bought them because they were “trendy.” It’s more that it wouldn’t have occurred to me to wear ballet flats with jeans unless I had seen other people doing so. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790/23 "2010-01-29T03:40:51Z")
I USED to follow trends, slavishly, when I was younger. Now, I wear only what I like, mostly classic styles with a few cheap-o updated pieces; and it also has to be comfortable. I like skirts and dresses, woven (not knit) tops, own 18 pairs of flats (including ballet flats), a dozen cashmere sweaters that I rescued from thrift stores (they have spoiled me for any other kind of sweater), and I own a lot of pretty vintage items that I just like to look at (if not too costume-y I’ll wear them out in public!). I currently like, in cold weather, gray, several shades of blue and green, and winter white; sometimes it’s impossible to find items in my favorite colors. One year I needed a navy blue skirt. I couldn’t find ANYTHING anywhere navy blue. I did find something that looked like a wide headband in H&M :rolleyes: - luckily I can sew and I made a skirt. I don’t like t-shirts and jeans, I look short and blocky in them, and unless they’re stretch jeans, they’re too uncomfortable to wear on a daily basis. I like to look at fashions on TV and in magazines, but there’s not much out there that I just gotta have. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790/24 "2010-01-29T09:13:25Z")
I can barely dress myself without my wife’s help. When I was a kid, My Mom and I went to a western-style store (cowboy shit, and whatnot), and all I wanted in the WORLD was for her to buy me red jeans and an electric blue and white checked shirt. I looked like the marquee of a porno theater. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790/25 "2010-01-29T16:13:56Z")
I never followed trends really but when I thought I should dress a little more fashionably I actually found “Lucky” to be quite helpful. You see a lot of stuff and it’s not all haute couture – they actually show inexpensive clothes and accessories you can get at Target, The Gap, etc. Their little sticker tabs for marking items you like are kind of fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-follow-fashion-trends/526790.md?page=1)