/fa/ - Fashion

>>15299001
Going back to Brick Lane, the underground market tends to have a few vendors who have hyperspecific merchandise. Off the top of my head, I know one or two always sell Harris Tweed jackets, as well as a few others having a lot of old military coats and ~1940s tailoring. If you're polite with them, they're happy to talk about what they know and give you advice on your purchases. Even if you're not willing to spend too much, it's worth a trip just to see everything and interact with the vendors.

>>15000974
>>15000973
You're projecting onto me pretty hard here.

>You are always yourself. You cannot be anything but yourself. The you at work, the you at school, the you at home, the you with parents/family, the you with friends.
This part I 100% agree with. However, the advice I was replying to implies that you should be taking specific actions to look like yourself, which is reductive advice. Being yourself ultimately isn't a question of 'do x and y,' because then you're still following someone else's instructions.

>The secret to not looking like a LARPer is to be able to pull off your look and make it look believable. It doesn't matter how "comfortable" you are in it. People either buy the image you're projecting as natural or they see it as contrived.
Again, I think our thoughts here are the same, and we're both trying to give the same advice, but what you've said here isn't helpful. 'the secret to not looking like a larper is to not look like a larper' doesn't explain anything.

The most literal answer to the question 'how do I dress authentically' is literally just wear what you like, but that's not the real question being asked. The underlying question is 'how do I figure out who I am?' Any person that knows who they are doesn't need advice on how to be themselves, they just do. It's an unthinking action. I've tried to give a combination of advice that answers both questions.