# What idiosyncratic "fashion" quirks are you prone to?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 15, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-idiosyncratic-fashion-quirks-are-you-prone-to/754857 "2016-05-15T17:27:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-idiosyncratic-fashion-quirks-are-you-prone-to/754857/1 "2016-05-15T17:27:14Z")

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[Inspiring post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19331869&postcount=94) (which I disagree with, most folks probably do buy based on deeply subjective factors).

I know I do. Almost every article of clothing I own is blue, usually sky or deep sea blue, my favorite colors. When I am in a clothing store, my eye naturally gravitates towards those shades, and off I go.

You?

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-idiosyncratic-fashion-quirks-are-you-prone-to/754857/2 "2016-05-15T17:35:30Z")

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Layering. I consider an outfit to consist of three pieces – the bottom, the inner top, and the outer top. Unless the external temperature is over 80 degrees F, I would never wear only one piece on top, even if it had long sleeves. About 80% of the time, I’m wearing two long-sleeved pieces: button-down shirt and jacket; long-sleeved t-shirt and cardigan; long-sleeved knit top and pullover sweater, etc.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-idiosyncratic-fashion-quirks-are-you-prone-to/754857/3 "2016-05-15T17:42:44Z")

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If clothes look like they could be period costume, I love them.

I have a denim pinafore that secretly reminds me of a viking dress, ( [this is not me, and my dress has modern clasps, but you get the idea](http://www.othalacraft.com/files/Red%20Viking%20apron%20dress%20from%20hand%20made%20diamond%20wool%201.jpg))

I love to wear long warm dresses and skirts in winter. And I also like to wear, as my friend calls them, “loose pieces of fabric wrapped around stuff and flowing from wherever”.

If the clothes could be sold in a museum shop, I want them. T[his is me ( the blond one) in authentic Iron Age clothing](http://imgur.com/U0iu22p), last summer, in a Danish open air museum where we vacationed as historical re-enactors.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-idiosyncratic-fashion-quirks-are-you-prone-to/754857/4 "2016-05-15T17:57:07Z")

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Being Aspergers, I tend to wear pretty much the same thing all the time. Jeans, construction boots, a short sleeved button shirt, snap-brim cap… Nothing conspicuous or attention-getting, but I do allow my shirt colors to vary, even including plaid…