I like truejersey.com. I also find fun tshirts at local vendor popups. Etsy has some cool stuff too! Check out New Jersey Isn't Boring. She's got a lot of cool NJ-themed merch
I have a tote bag with the jersey devil on it (as a cryptozoological park system Pine Barrens poster-type style) but no tees. What ever am I doing wrong?
Cropped weirdly for reasons, but this is the design, and it’s on a white tote with black handles, it’s built really well and has stood up to lots of abuse (it looks a little duller than it started from being so well loved), and I just really enjoyed the existence of that store as a concept, I’ll be bummed it I can’t find it again :/
https://preview.redd.it/fi2lupuq1n8d1.jpeg?width=2662&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c60eaf597857cb6fd613a6cc769e85ddec273c1d
Edit: what’s so funny to me about this too, each state/park had a couple normal things listed and then the cryptid, and for NJ it’s just… h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g lol
☹️ this might be how I find out that store isn’t online anymore
It was either on Etsy or Redbubble but it’s not coming up, even in my past orders. It had a couple different cryptozoology-related park system type designs
I am from the east coast US with all four seasons so I dressed very differently for each season. In my area, women and men also dress up/dress nice for going out and generally dress more gendered (men dress masculine, women sress feminine to be extremely broad. Yes of course not everyone but you know what I mean).
I moved to the SF Bay Area for almost 4 years and my style definitely changed. First of all, there are no seasons there is one season 40-65 degrees F. It was like perpetual spring/fall every day. Also, people generally dressed exceptionally casually, and men and women dressed the same. Literally everyone looked like they were about to go on a hike or they just returned from a hike lol. People did NOT dress up, groom nicely. So naturally my wardrobe changed to fit the weather but also the local vibe aka very casual. I've since relocated back to the east coast and I am so happy to have all the seasons back and also happy to get back into a wardrobe that is fun to wear and get dressed up!
similar trajectory. east coast and then west coast. i though do feel west coast might embrace casual vibe but they do judge on how ‘premium’ the clothing looks.
I think there is a higher emphasis on elevated casual. Like someone could have a very casual jeans + T-shirt outfit, but the shoes are vejas, jeans are MOTHER, and they're also carrying a Chanel bag. Or, it's casual, but not so much that it looks bad -- hair and makeup and nails are all still done.
Either that or they have so much money they don't really care. The guy who has unkempt hair, baggy Hanes tees and Levi's jeans is actually a software engineer making $300k 😭
Lol, at the SF Bay Area style. I live there and it’s so true! On a trip to NYC a few years ago, I did enjoy seeing how nice everyone dressed. But if you dressed like that here, people would just be like, “what are you doing?”
I'm a New Yorker who moved to SF and I hate the way people dress here!! I love everything else about this city but the "stylish hiker" look just doesn't do it for me.
same! the bay fashion really hurts me, people either dress like they crawled out of an apocalyptic video game or like they need to charge into the woods at any moment. And the “status products” aren’t beautiful well-made designs, it’s finding the soylent of bags that can survive a nuclear meltdown but also comes in greige and burnt orange with padded electronic pockets. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s like non-practical things have no place at all even though most people aren’t using these super-practical products to do anything terribly rugged.
I’m from the northeast but a lazy POS and moving to Colorado was such a welcome change - I lived in NYC beforehand and everyone is hot but there’s pressure to be hot, whereas in CO people are *so* natural. I literally wear boys’ clothes and as long as I put on the bare minimum of makeup I get a ton of attention 😂 I prioritize being comfy over everything and I love wearing sweatpants to work, I don’t personally find it sloppy.
I love love love regional styles! My style has absolutely changed as I've moved around. Visiting family last summer in the midwest I was really taken aback by how foreign the styles seemed to me at a big summer event--so many polo shirts! so much pastel!
Another thing that I find super fascinating is how our personalities morph just like our fashion styles! A friend who moved to Colorado was talking about building a sustainable tilapia farm in their yard and I was like, no way would they be talking like that if they'd stayed in Ohio!
I moved from NYC to Tokyo about 5 years ago and kind of immediately felt like a slob -- I retired all my not-in-best-condition clothes, pretty much stopped wearing jeans (until recently, when I moved to Kansai lol), and stopped wearing low-cut tops (like v-neck t shirts) as that is very much not a thing here. I've started tucking in my shirts. I also hardly ever used to wear skirts and I still don't especially like wearing them, but casual long skirts are way more of a thing here (at least in the circles where I used to spend my time, long skirts always felt very "fancy") and there are some days in August where I just can't bear the thought of wearing pants, so, a long skirt it is.
On the other side, as a white person who is a little on the shorter side in a US context, I am now tall for the first time in my life, and by now I've gotten used to having a baseline level of visually just looking different. I think I've developed a bit of an immunity to low-level feelings of self-consciousness about how I look as a result, so I've been having fun wearing somewhat bright/loud prints (on my buttoned-up shirts) that I definitely would have felt way too self-conscious to wear in the US (I figure I might as well go all-in on being a henna gaijin -- although, colors and prints are also more of a thing here than they were when I was in NYC).
I would say overall that the mainstream fashion for women here is a lot more feminine than what I am used to (both seeing and wearing in NYC). That's something I have not absorbed at all, and in a somewhat contrarian way I've leaned even further in to plain / androgynous cuts of clothes (ruffles and puffy sleeves will just never look good on me, and sometimes I'm actually even buying men's pants because that's just what fits.)
One thing I am really happy about here is the range and availability of summer clothes that are both weather-appropriate and office-appropriate, especially ones in natural fibers like cotton and linen. I had a really hard time finding summer clothes I liked in NYC, but now I have a pretty solid collection.
I also notice a difference between the styles in the Tokyo area and Kansai -- I see more outfits here that "resonate" with my own fashion sense (where I think to myself, "that's a cool outfit!") and I think there's a bit more of "fashion as self-expression" here in daily life (as opposed to as a hobby or in fashion subcultures). There's also more wearing of loud prints (I am not the only one on my commute or in my office wearing them now!)
Japan in general has SUCH a distinct look and style for women's fashion, especially in the 25 and up age range. Like, I'd be in Tokyo looking to buy work outfits to bring back with me to Sydney and it just would not work on me or in my general surrounding. And one could look at the way certain clothes are styled and it comes across as Very Japanese. It's so interesting.
My face is Asian but I'm sure they clock me as a tourist every time I'm in Japan just from how I'm dressed in general lol. And the fact that I actually wear my sunglasses.
It's so true!! I think at this point even I can mostly guess tourist vs. local just based on clothes. And oh yeah, I am definitely not giving up my sunglasses!!
How would you describe the 25 y.o. Japanese fashion style? I have such a generic face/look that in most of the places I've traveled in Europe and Asia, I've been asked for directions by at least one local, in the local language/dialect. Except for in Sweden or in The Netherlands. I'm not tall enough. But directions in France, Spain, Italy, UK, Japan, China, Taiwan, etc? Yes, they thought I was a local. I was honored that they thought so, and I would pull out my phone and try to map it for them. I probably should have been recruited to be a spy.
> As you prepare to return to the US this summer,
Sorry, as I what?? Do you know something I don't? 😂
Seriously though, I have to ask -- what exactly was the motivation to post a long block of obviously AI-generated text here?
Definitely. Lived in LA for a decade, moved to suburbs outside NYC a couple years ago. My entire wardrobe has changed, for the better I think. Since the northeast has actual weather and seasons that aren’t just hot, even hotter, on fire, and windy. Ended up cutting wayyyy down on my maxi dresses, got a few new pairs of jeans, have a LOT more jackets/sweaters/blazers for outfit layering, etc.
Tbh I’d say make the move, get settled, and adjust your wardrobe slowly/naturally as you settle in and get a feel for the style you’d like to have in accordance with the weather and culture.
Good luck with the move!!
NYC: my wardrobe was 85% black, and tight fitting.
Moved to Florida: Colors, patterns, florals, more white than black, almost no black at all, and everything is flowing!
I moved from Western Canada to NYC and I’ve started wearing a lot more bright colour and being more bold with my fashion choices! In my small hometown it’d have stuck out like a sore thumb but in NYC I’ll never be the most interesting outfit on the streets even if I tried my hardest. So it gives me the freedom to express myself a bit more and explore fashion more creatively. The exposure to more inspiration all around me also helps.
Kinda. It definitely changed after spending almost a year in the Caribbean. I opt for way more colors now and am not afraid to be the only person in a room wearing anything non-neutral. Everybody else looks weird to me for barely wearing different colors lol
I moved from the U.S. west coast to a midsize city in Japan about 15 years ago. I had brought only one suitcase of clothing with me so my fashion changed a lot, I wanted to try anything and everything. I've since then moved to Tokyo ugh. Not sure yet how my style will change since it's only been a few months since the move, but so far it feels more bifurcated than when I lived in western Japan: now I'm more likely to wear nicer biz caz to "go out" (i.e., get on a train) but on the other hand, wear much more casual sloppy things for "one mile wear" --running little errands within 20mins walks or so around my residential area. In my old town I consistently wore less prim than office wear, but def nicer than that "one mile wear" in my day to day.
One big difference I do remember when I first arrived was the stark differences in having 4 seasons...or 2 at least (temperate spring and fall are very short, more's the pity!) with temps below freezing every day in very dry winters, and above 33C/90F in very humid, rainy summers. It simply requires one to have lots of clothes, minimalism be damned lol since most items won't work year-round. Don't wanna wear jeans in summer for one thing. Outerwear in the cooler months is also a nicer part of your whole look, not just a practical "it'll do" afterthought thrown on top.
Another aspect that surprised me is the speed and completedness at which trends are adopted. Like when the iPhone came out, it went from a rare sight to suddenly overnight it seemed everyone and their grandma had one. When trends switched around 2015-16 or so from opaque tights+mini shorts to cropped culottes, and then to the current long wide bottoms, it was like a switch flipped in one season lol suddenly that's the silhouette everyone wears. So I found I either have to be open-minded to try the next dramatic change in silhouette, or else very stubborn to insist on continuing to wear the old trend I liked better lol.
Now after covid restrictions and the awfully weak yen, Japan is an extremely popular tourist destination, and I'm seeing reels and tiktoks etc in my feed about what people wear here, including odd misinformation like "Japanese women wear baggy clothes and long skirts because of all the SA here" --like no, SA perps are out there yes but that's not why the fashion is how it is. It's because it's trending, and when a trend catches on, it spreads like wildfire lol. Pepperidge farm remembers when everyone dressed like [this](https://imgur.com/a/8VcfdjK) with tons of tiny miniskirts and shorts, boots for days, couldn't browse rakuten without millions of ads for pushup bras...this is how I dressed when I first arrived...pretty sure the same amount of perverts were unfortunately around then too, now it's just that long, loose, oversized silhouettes are in.
It's true, for many Asian ethnicities, body fat is distributed in a generally less dramatically curvy manner than in some other ethnicities, and clothes here are constructed to reflect that regardless of trends, but the fitted skinny look had a long run for a decade or more, and the wide loose look is having an equally long run this decade. Remains to be seen what comes next! Since I like trying new trends I'm sure my style will change again. Apologies for the long ramble!
I grew up in a super white area but now live in Asian majority place, so I randomly wear salwars for outings and have worn a saree to work for festivals and my birthday
Having lived in Florida for many years and had a job that provided a uniform, my wardrobe had totally dwindled to bike shorts, oversized tees, waterproof shoes and a couple cotton dresses.
I recently moved north and got an office job and I'm struggling to find my style again. Trying to create work & play wardrobes for all 4 seasons is overwhelming...
I moved from Brooklyn NYC to a rural area in Michigan. Went from a mostly black wardrobe to a lot of white and bright/light colors bc most neighborhoods here don't have street lights and wearing all black after dark makes you invisible to cars!
Grew up and spent my young adulthood in the high desert southwest. Lots of denim, big jewelry, weird vintage, boots, and wool coats. Spent years in the south Texas sticky heat in cheap dresses that laundered easily, baggy linen (admittedly still more of a southwestern coping mechanism), and sandals. Moved to the Sierras and my wardrobe is a lot of fun loud art clothes mixed with denim, flannel, bold functional pieces like an orange puffy coat and color contrast sole snow boots.
It's pretty casual and weather performance focused here, especially during the winter, but there's a pretty high threshold for individual expression. When I feel like blending in it's just jeans and dark solid colors or flannels.
A few years ago I moved to a smaller town in the mountains, and I definitely started dressing more casually because I felt overdressed in the clothes that I brought from Vancouver, even thought it is considered a very casual city. I slowly changed to wearing flannel, leggings, and hiking boots and I blended right in with the population. Now that I am back in a larger city, I feel the urge to wear more classy pieces again and try a little harder with my appearance. I think it is normal to want to blend in with your surroundings in a new environment. It helps you win the approval of others and it gives you the opportunity to try new things and discover more about yourself.
Yes and I hate it! Finding my own style has been such a pain because I feel so influenced by whatever city I’m in.
For reference, grew up in the Midwest and it was mainly jeans and tshirts. Eventually it turned into leggings and tshirts lol. Moved to Japan and finally felt like I liked my style, mainly skirts and dresses but also baggier jeans and tops with fun designs. Back to the Midwest and the change of seasons meant no more skirts in the winter. Then the UK was all punk/grungy-er and lots of basics. Oh and shorter skirts.
I’ve since purged my closet and am slowly rebuilding it and trying to not let my surroundings influence it but I think the main villain in this story is always weather and cookie cutter stores. I’ve definitely kept the skirts for example but it’s impossible to find cute ones here and I prefer shopping in store. So that’s forced me to buy higher quality and keep pieces for longer. I fight against the outside vibes every day.
I would say yes and no.
Up until the end of March I have lived in the PNW for most of my life; I found myself in flannels, some beanies, our known dreary colours, and matching a lot of the teenage fashion my peers and others were in.
Now I'm living in Florida and I've adapted to wear some shorts and wearing not just black...but I refuse to give up my black shirts, deep reds and dark dreary colours, and flannel. But opposed to everyone else around me I definitely look different in my fashion.
I moved from very fashionable and upscsle urban city area to a house in suburbs. My style is still as it was before and I stand out here like a sore thumb.
Yes! I moved from Washington DC to the southwest and my wardrobe turned into what you describe, very outdoorsy. I was hiking a lot too. Then I moved to NYC and it became like my old wardrobe in DC but more fashionable and I bought a black wool winter coat.
People in Northern California don't usually wear cowboy boots and don't usually wear tank tops when it's 65 degrees out...
For people in North Idaho that's common
I used to live in South America, many colors, prints, clothes for all occasions. I moved to the USA and my clothes are black, white and few colored pieces. When I wear the dresses I used to wear before, I feel so uncomfortable, I don't feel like myself, I also always feel like I'm exaggerating. I used to hate sneakers and all I buy now are sneakers. I am loving to try new styles and see how much I have changed. But I have to be honest that I'm enjoying it because I feel much freer now and no one cares about what I'm wearing.
I have always lived in PNW but I have always dressed more like a European or New Yorker (since I was a teen) all black and avant garde. I don't fit in here except at certain concerts and art shows, lol! I dress for myself, not for others so this will always be what I do.
Thats awesome!! My style is very minimal/parisian and also quite modest. I visit Seattle every summer, and I feel overdressed most of the time 😅 Just gotta embrace it so my nice clothes dont go to waste!
My style is also quite modest and overdressed-I don't like to expose skin to sun (I'm very fair and prefer a moon tan to a sun tan!) and just like the mystery and historical styles of modest apparel. Much better to meet life in our fineries & celebrate art and beauty! At least in Seattle, there are many lovely places to visit that are various sorts of fine establishments. I was in Portland for a few decades and miss that aspect of life quite a bit. With very few exceptions, there are only sandwich shops and pubs where we are now. Of course, I dress up anyway! :) What part of the states are you moving to? The style varies so much across the country!
Most definitely, born & raised in Chicago I had a heavy amount of dark colors & clubwear. All that changed when I moved to SoCal ten years ago.
Now, I wear lighter colors, whites and summery bright vibes. More sandals and hoodies for breezy nights by the beach. 🩴
I believe it changed both after I moved and after i got a job. Lived all my life till uni in small half-village-half-town, so used to wear something cute but comfy, without choosing any style, just "looks good, wearing that today". Moved to capital, found a job, now look more stylish, in basic colors, still comfy, but choosing clothes more diligently, i guess?
Most definitely! My style has adapted to my environment, while still maintaining a core that's still "me". I went from living in the western U.S., where I wore pattern-on-pattern, very bohemian outfits, heeled shoes, and looking very different from my jeans-and-Tshirt counterparts, to a European country. I instantly noticed that I stood out, in a bad way, and took steps to tone the look down a bit. Funny story: In the States, I was going for the trending dewy makeup and flushed cheeks look; I went to two different pharmacies for suggestions on skin care, and both times, I was offered a mattifying cream and an anti-redness cream. Shiny and red don't fly in this town :) I'm still myself though; my clothes are still interesting and you can still pick me out in a crowd, but in an acceptable way :)
My style changed after I moved because I went from Alaska to Las Vegas, NV.😂 I got rid of all my thick heavy sweaters, long coats, thick scarves, heavy gloves and snow boots. It doesn't get as cold in Las Vegas as it used to. I have a thin pair of gloves and a thin scarf to wear when the wind is really blowing. I do tolerate the heat better so I can wear jeans in 100F weather no problem. I wear a lot of T-shirts because I don't work anymore.
I mobed from PNW to Southern Nevada, and absolutely my style changed. I think if you land somewhere with a similar weather climate to SK, it would be reasonable to think you'd keep wearing the same clothes for a while, but if you move somewhere with a different climate it stands to reason that at least some things would need to be adjusted.
Moved from the rural South to Denver. I’m more comfortable with wearing my weirder clothes that I was less likely to wear in the South. It’s not that my style has changed but I’m less self conscious about it.
Definitely! Living in the suburbs tones down my outfits because I don’t want to stand out. I’m more expressive and playful with my style when I live in a bigger city.
Moved from northern Europe to southern Europe. I previously only owned two summer dresses and two pairs of shorts, while over here it's 30 C all summer long, so I have bought a lot of summer clothes since I made the move two years ago. I feel like my style has become more colorful, polished, and feminine as well - I wear more dresses now and started wearing "dressier" shoes like loafers and nice sandals instead of just sneakers, Birkenstocks, and flip-flops all the time. A lot of women here dress beautifully all the time and it made me want to be more like them, while the place I grew up is extremely casual and pretty much a sea of neutrals and very oversized fits.
100%! Which is natural! The weather and the fashion around me has a huge influence on my style. Of course, I live in Seattle and don't own any Northface or flannel so...
I have significantly more graphic tees with pictures of the Jersey Devil than I'd imagine people from outside NJ own, so...yeah?
Where are you getting these tees? I haven’t seen any around. Am I not looking hard enough?!
I like truejersey.com. I also find fun tshirts at local vendor popups. Etsy has some cool stuff too! Check out New Jersey Isn't Boring. She's got a lot of cool NJ-themed merch
Thank you so much!
I thought we agreed large gold hoops and leopard print were our signifiers? I guess I have to add local cryptids to my list.
I've lived in NJ for many years, and I don't remember ever seeing a T-shirt with images of the Jersey devil.
Then you clearly haven't encountered me in the wild XD
Wtf I need all of these
I have a tote bag with the jersey devil on it (as a cryptozoological park system Pine Barrens poster-type style) but no tees. What ever am I doing wrong?
Please tell me where you got that beautiful thing??
Cropped weirdly for reasons, but this is the design, and it’s on a white tote with black handles, it’s built really well and has stood up to lots of abuse (it looks a little duller than it started from being so well loved), and I just really enjoyed the existence of that store as a concept, I’ll be bummed it I can’t find it again :/ https://preview.redd.it/fi2lupuq1n8d1.jpeg?width=2662&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c60eaf597857cb6fd613a6cc769e85ddec273c1d Edit: what’s so funny to me about this too, each state/park had a couple normal things listed and then the cryptid, and for NJ it’s just… h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g lol
Ah hah! Sorry for triple posting, but I fouuunnnnndddd ittttt 😁😁😁 https://society6.com/product/cps-pine-barrens-nj_bag
☹️ this might be how I find out that store isn’t online anymore It was either on Etsy or Redbubble but it’s not coming up, even in my past orders. It had a couple different cryptozoology-related park system type designs
Well shit I’m doing my own state wrong, damn
I am from the east coast US with all four seasons so I dressed very differently for each season. In my area, women and men also dress up/dress nice for going out and generally dress more gendered (men dress masculine, women sress feminine to be extremely broad. Yes of course not everyone but you know what I mean). I moved to the SF Bay Area for almost 4 years and my style definitely changed. First of all, there are no seasons there is one season 40-65 degrees F. It was like perpetual spring/fall every day. Also, people generally dressed exceptionally casually, and men and women dressed the same. Literally everyone looked like they were about to go on a hike or they just returned from a hike lol. People did NOT dress up, groom nicely. So naturally my wardrobe changed to fit the weather but also the local vibe aka very casual. I've since relocated back to the east coast and I am so happy to have all the seasons back and also happy to get back into a wardrobe that is fun to wear and get dressed up!
similar trajectory. east coast and then west coast. i though do feel west coast might embrace casual vibe but they do judge on how ‘premium’ the clothing looks.
I think there is a higher emphasis on elevated casual. Like someone could have a very casual jeans + T-shirt outfit, but the shoes are vejas, jeans are MOTHER, and they're also carrying a Chanel bag. Or, it's casual, but not so much that it looks bad -- hair and makeup and nails are all still done. Either that or they have so much money they don't really care. The guy who has unkempt hair, baggy Hanes tees and Levi's jeans is actually a software engineer making $300k 😭
Lol, at the SF Bay Area style. I live there and it’s so true! On a trip to NYC a few years ago, I did enjoy seeing how nice everyone dressed. But if you dressed like that here, people would just be like, “what are you doing?”
I'm a New Yorker who moved to SF and I hate the way people dress here!! I love everything else about this city but the "stylish hiker" look just doesn't do it for me.
same! the bay fashion really hurts me, people either dress like they crawled out of an apocalyptic video game or like they need to charge into the woods at any moment. And the “status products” aren’t beautiful well-made designs, it’s finding the soylent of bags that can survive a nuclear meltdown but also comes in greige and burnt orange with padded electronic pockets. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s like non-practical things have no place at all even though most people aren’t using these super-practical products to do anything terribly rugged.
I'm so adding "the Soylent of...(Whatever)" to my lingual library.
As a native from the Bay, I grew up on the casual vibe but now that I’m older I tend to dress more like the East Coast do - it’s more fun!
I’m from the northeast but a lazy POS and moving to Colorado was such a welcome change - I lived in NYC beforehand and everyone is hot but there’s pressure to be hot, whereas in CO people are *so* natural. I literally wear boys’ clothes and as long as I put on the bare minimum of makeup I get a ton of attention 😂 I prioritize being comfy over everything and I love wearing sweatpants to work, I don’t personally find it sloppy.
I love love love regional styles! My style has absolutely changed as I've moved around. Visiting family last summer in the midwest I was really taken aback by how foreign the styles seemed to me at a big summer event--so many polo shirts! so much pastel! Another thing that I find super fascinating is how our personalities morph just like our fashion styles! A friend who moved to Colorado was talking about building a sustainable tilapia farm in their yard and I was like, no way would they be talking like that if they'd stayed in Ohio!
I moved from NYC to Tokyo about 5 years ago and kind of immediately felt like a slob -- I retired all my not-in-best-condition clothes, pretty much stopped wearing jeans (until recently, when I moved to Kansai lol), and stopped wearing low-cut tops (like v-neck t shirts) as that is very much not a thing here. I've started tucking in my shirts. I also hardly ever used to wear skirts and I still don't especially like wearing them, but casual long skirts are way more of a thing here (at least in the circles where I used to spend my time, long skirts always felt very "fancy") and there are some days in August where I just can't bear the thought of wearing pants, so, a long skirt it is. On the other side, as a white person who is a little on the shorter side in a US context, I am now tall for the first time in my life, and by now I've gotten used to having a baseline level of visually just looking different. I think I've developed a bit of an immunity to low-level feelings of self-consciousness about how I look as a result, so I've been having fun wearing somewhat bright/loud prints (on my buttoned-up shirts) that I definitely would have felt way too self-conscious to wear in the US (I figure I might as well go all-in on being a henna gaijin -- although, colors and prints are also more of a thing here than they were when I was in NYC). I would say overall that the mainstream fashion for women here is a lot more feminine than what I am used to (both seeing and wearing in NYC). That's something I have not absorbed at all, and in a somewhat contrarian way I've leaned even further in to plain / androgynous cuts of clothes (ruffles and puffy sleeves will just never look good on me, and sometimes I'm actually even buying men's pants because that's just what fits.) One thing I am really happy about here is the range and availability of summer clothes that are both weather-appropriate and office-appropriate, especially ones in natural fibers like cotton and linen. I had a really hard time finding summer clothes I liked in NYC, but now I have a pretty solid collection. I also notice a difference between the styles in the Tokyo area and Kansai -- I see more outfits here that "resonate" with my own fashion sense (where I think to myself, "that's a cool outfit!") and I think there's a bit more of "fashion as self-expression" here in daily life (as opposed to as a hobby or in fashion subcultures). There's also more wearing of loud prints (I am not the only one on my commute or in my office wearing them now!)
Japan in general has SUCH a distinct look and style for women's fashion, especially in the 25 and up age range. Like, I'd be in Tokyo looking to buy work outfits to bring back with me to Sydney and it just would not work on me or in my general surrounding. And one could look at the way certain clothes are styled and it comes across as Very Japanese. It's so interesting. My face is Asian but I'm sure they clock me as a tourist every time I'm in Japan just from how I'm dressed in general lol. And the fact that I actually wear my sunglasses.
It's so true!! I think at this point even I can mostly guess tourist vs. local just based on clothes. And oh yeah, I am definitely not giving up my sunglasses!!
How would you describe the 25 y.o. Japanese fashion style? I have such a generic face/look that in most of the places I've traveled in Europe and Asia, I've been asked for directions by at least one local, in the local language/dialect. Except for in Sweden or in The Netherlands. I'm not tall enough. But directions in France, Spain, Italy, UK, Japan, China, Taiwan, etc? Yes, they thought I was a local. I was honored that they thought so, and I would pull out my phone and try to map it for them. I probably should have been recruited to be a spy.
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> As you prepare to return to the US this summer, Sorry, as I what?? Do you know something I don't? 😂 Seriously though, I have to ask -- what exactly was the motivation to post a long block of obviously AI-generated text here?
Definitely. Lived in LA for a decade, moved to suburbs outside NYC a couple years ago. My entire wardrobe has changed, for the better I think. Since the northeast has actual weather and seasons that aren’t just hot, even hotter, on fire, and windy. Ended up cutting wayyyy down on my maxi dresses, got a few new pairs of jeans, have a LOT more jackets/sweaters/blazers for outfit layering, etc. Tbh I’d say make the move, get settled, and adjust your wardrobe slowly/naturally as you settle in and get a feel for the style you’d like to have in accordance with the weather and culture. Good luck with the move!!
NYC: my wardrobe was 85% black, and tight fitting. Moved to Florida: Colors, patterns, florals, more white than black, almost no black at all, and everything is flowing!
I moved from Western Canada to NYC and I’ve started wearing a lot more bright colour and being more bold with my fashion choices! In my small hometown it’d have stuck out like a sore thumb but in NYC I’ll never be the most interesting outfit on the streets even if I tried my hardest. So it gives me the freedom to express myself a bit more and explore fashion more creatively. The exposure to more inspiration all around me also helps.
Kinda. It definitely changed after spending almost a year in the Caribbean. I opt for way more colors now and am not afraid to be the only person in a room wearing anything non-neutral. Everybody else looks weird to me for barely wearing different colors lol
I moved from the U.S. west coast to a midsize city in Japan about 15 years ago. I had brought only one suitcase of clothing with me so my fashion changed a lot, I wanted to try anything and everything. I've since then moved to Tokyo ugh. Not sure yet how my style will change since it's only been a few months since the move, but so far it feels more bifurcated than when I lived in western Japan: now I'm more likely to wear nicer biz caz to "go out" (i.e., get on a train) but on the other hand, wear much more casual sloppy things for "one mile wear" --running little errands within 20mins walks or so around my residential area. In my old town I consistently wore less prim than office wear, but def nicer than that "one mile wear" in my day to day. One big difference I do remember when I first arrived was the stark differences in having 4 seasons...or 2 at least (temperate spring and fall are very short, more's the pity!) with temps below freezing every day in very dry winters, and above 33C/90F in very humid, rainy summers. It simply requires one to have lots of clothes, minimalism be damned lol since most items won't work year-round. Don't wanna wear jeans in summer for one thing. Outerwear in the cooler months is also a nicer part of your whole look, not just a practical "it'll do" afterthought thrown on top. Another aspect that surprised me is the speed and completedness at which trends are adopted. Like when the iPhone came out, it went from a rare sight to suddenly overnight it seemed everyone and their grandma had one. When trends switched around 2015-16 or so from opaque tights+mini shorts to cropped culottes, and then to the current long wide bottoms, it was like a switch flipped in one season lol suddenly that's the silhouette everyone wears. So I found I either have to be open-minded to try the next dramatic change in silhouette, or else very stubborn to insist on continuing to wear the old trend I liked better lol. Now after covid restrictions and the awfully weak yen, Japan is an extremely popular tourist destination, and I'm seeing reels and tiktoks etc in my feed about what people wear here, including odd misinformation like "Japanese women wear baggy clothes and long skirts because of all the SA here" --like no, SA perps are out there yes but that's not why the fashion is how it is. It's because it's trending, and when a trend catches on, it spreads like wildfire lol. Pepperidge farm remembers when everyone dressed like [this](https://imgur.com/a/8VcfdjK) with tons of tiny miniskirts and shorts, boots for days, couldn't browse rakuten without millions of ads for pushup bras...this is how I dressed when I first arrived...pretty sure the same amount of perverts were unfortunately around then too, now it's just that long, loose, oversized silhouettes are in. It's true, for many Asian ethnicities, body fat is distributed in a generally less dramatically curvy manner than in some other ethnicities, and clothes here are constructed to reflect that regardless of trends, but the fitted skinny look had a long run for a decade or more, and the wide loose look is having an equally long run this decade. Remains to be seen what comes next! Since I like trying new trends I'm sure my style will change again. Apologies for the long ramble!
I grew up in a super white area but now live in Asian majority place, so I randomly wear salwars for outings and have worn a saree to work for festivals and my birthday
Having lived in Florida for many years and had a job that provided a uniform, my wardrobe had totally dwindled to bike shorts, oversized tees, waterproof shoes and a couple cotton dresses. I recently moved north and got an office job and I'm struggling to find my style again. Trying to create work & play wardrobes for all 4 seasons is overwhelming...
Ive always lived in places with 4 seasons, and I agree it can be pretty stressful. Especially when the trends change every year.
And limited closet space!
I moved from Brooklyn NYC to a rural area in Michigan. Went from a mostly black wardrobe to a lot of white and bright/light colors bc most neighborhoods here don't have street lights and wearing all black after dark makes you invisible to cars!
Grew up and spent my young adulthood in the high desert southwest. Lots of denim, big jewelry, weird vintage, boots, and wool coats. Spent years in the south Texas sticky heat in cheap dresses that laundered easily, baggy linen (admittedly still more of a southwestern coping mechanism), and sandals. Moved to the Sierras and my wardrobe is a lot of fun loud art clothes mixed with denim, flannel, bold functional pieces like an orange puffy coat and color contrast sole snow boots. It's pretty casual and weather performance focused here, especially during the winter, but there's a pretty high threshold for individual expression. When I feel like blending in it's just jeans and dark solid colors or flannels.
A few years ago I moved to a smaller town in the mountains, and I definitely started dressing more casually because I felt overdressed in the clothes that I brought from Vancouver, even thought it is considered a very casual city. I slowly changed to wearing flannel, leggings, and hiking boots and I blended right in with the population. Now that I am back in a larger city, I feel the urge to wear more classy pieces again and try a little harder with my appearance. I think it is normal to want to blend in with your surroundings in a new environment. It helps you win the approval of others and it gives you the opportunity to try new things and discover more about yourself.
Yes and I hate it! Finding my own style has been such a pain because I feel so influenced by whatever city I’m in. For reference, grew up in the Midwest and it was mainly jeans and tshirts. Eventually it turned into leggings and tshirts lol. Moved to Japan and finally felt like I liked my style, mainly skirts and dresses but also baggier jeans and tops with fun designs. Back to the Midwest and the change of seasons meant no more skirts in the winter. Then the UK was all punk/grungy-er and lots of basics. Oh and shorter skirts. I’ve since purged my closet and am slowly rebuilding it and trying to not let my surroundings influence it but I think the main villain in this story is always weather and cookie cutter stores. I’ve definitely kept the skirts for example but it’s impossible to find cute ones here and I prefer shopping in store. So that’s forced me to buy higher quality and keep pieces for longer. I fight against the outside vibes every day.
I would say yes and no. Up until the end of March I have lived in the PNW for most of my life; I found myself in flannels, some beanies, our known dreary colours, and matching a lot of the teenage fashion my peers and others were in. Now I'm living in Florida and I've adapted to wear some shorts and wearing not just black...but I refuse to give up my black shirts, deep reds and dark dreary colours, and flannel. But opposed to everyone else around me I definitely look different in my fashion.
I moved from very fashionable and upscsle urban city area to a house in suburbs. My style is still as it was before and I stand out here like a sore thumb.
Yes! I moved from Washington DC to the southwest and my wardrobe turned into what you describe, very outdoorsy. I was hiking a lot too. Then I moved to NYC and it became like my old wardrobe in DC but more fashionable and I bought a black wool winter coat.
People in Northern California don't usually wear cowboy boots and don't usually wear tank tops when it's 65 degrees out... For people in North Idaho that's common
Maybe you mean bay area? Because ariats & a tee are def Northern California staple. Most if NorCal is agrarian.
I do live in the bay area, maybe that's it. Cowboy boots are also extremely common in Idaho, especially for men.
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I see a lot really far north but there are a lot of ranchers.
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I'd say most common shoes I see on men in North Idaho (VERY close to the border) are cowboy boots and sneakers. Women it's a lot more varied.
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Sandpoint as well. Have a nice day :D
I used to live in South America, many colors, prints, clothes for all occasions. I moved to the USA and my clothes are black, white and few colored pieces. When I wear the dresses I used to wear before, I feel so uncomfortable, I don't feel like myself, I also always feel like I'm exaggerating. I used to hate sneakers and all I buy now are sneakers. I am loving to try new styles and see how much I have changed. But I have to be honest that I'm enjoying it because I feel much freer now and no one cares about what I'm wearing.
I have always lived in PNW but I have always dressed more like a European or New Yorker (since I was a teen) all black and avant garde. I don't fit in here except at certain concerts and art shows, lol! I dress for myself, not for others so this will always be what I do.
Thats awesome!! My style is very minimal/parisian and also quite modest. I visit Seattle every summer, and I feel overdressed most of the time 😅 Just gotta embrace it so my nice clothes dont go to waste!
My style is also quite modest and overdressed-I don't like to expose skin to sun (I'm very fair and prefer a moon tan to a sun tan!) and just like the mystery and historical styles of modest apparel. Much better to meet life in our fineries & celebrate art and beauty! At least in Seattle, there are many lovely places to visit that are various sorts of fine establishments. I was in Portland for a few decades and miss that aspect of life quite a bit. With very few exceptions, there are only sandwich shops and pubs where we are now. Of course, I dress up anyway! :) What part of the states are you moving to? The style varies so much across the country!
Most definitely, born & raised in Chicago I had a heavy amount of dark colors & clubwear. All that changed when I moved to SoCal ten years ago. Now, I wear lighter colors, whites and summery bright vibes. More sandals and hoodies for breezy nights by the beach. 🩴
I believe it changed both after I moved and after i got a job. Lived all my life till uni in small half-village-half-town, so used to wear something cute but comfy, without choosing any style, just "looks good, wearing that today". Moved to capital, found a job, now look more stylish, in basic colors, still comfy, but choosing clothes more diligently, i guess?
Since moving to Silicon Valley my Patagucci collection has more than tripled...
What is Patagucci? Also happy cake day!
Thank you! Just the ironic way of saying Patagonia 🙃
Most definitely! My style has adapted to my environment, while still maintaining a core that's still "me". I went from living in the western U.S., where I wore pattern-on-pattern, very bohemian outfits, heeled shoes, and looking very different from my jeans-and-Tshirt counterparts, to a European country. I instantly noticed that I stood out, in a bad way, and took steps to tone the look down a bit. Funny story: In the States, I was going for the trending dewy makeup and flushed cheeks look; I went to two different pharmacies for suggestions on skin care, and both times, I was offered a mattifying cream and an anti-redness cream. Shiny and red don't fly in this town :) I'm still myself though; my clothes are still interesting and you can still pick me out in a crowd, but in an acceptable way :)
My style changed after I moved because I went from Alaska to Las Vegas, NV.😂 I got rid of all my thick heavy sweaters, long coats, thick scarves, heavy gloves and snow boots. It doesn't get as cold in Las Vegas as it used to. I have a thin pair of gloves and a thin scarf to wear when the wind is really blowing. I do tolerate the heat better so I can wear jeans in 100F weather no problem. I wear a lot of T-shirts because I don't work anymore.
I mobed from PNW to Southern Nevada, and absolutely my style changed. I think if you land somewhere with a similar weather climate to SK, it would be reasonable to think you'd keep wearing the same clothes for a while, but if you move somewhere with a different climate it stands to reason that at least some things would need to be adjusted.
Not really. I live in Washington, DC, and don't own a single suit. Gray OR blue. Not a one.
Moved from the Midwest to the Southeast & have not switched my style. Wearing “southern things” would feel like a costume to me.
Moved from the rural South to Denver. I’m more comfortable with wearing my weirder clothes that I was less likely to wear in the South. It’s not that my style has changed but I’m less self conscious about it.
Definitely! Living in the suburbs tones down my outfits because I don’t want to stand out. I’m more expressive and playful with my style when I live in a bigger city.
Moved from northern Europe to southern Europe. I previously only owned two summer dresses and two pairs of shorts, while over here it's 30 C all summer long, so I have bought a lot of summer clothes since I made the move two years ago. I feel like my style has become more colorful, polished, and feminine as well - I wear more dresses now and started wearing "dressier" shoes like loafers and nice sandals instead of just sneakers, Birkenstocks, and flip-flops all the time. A lot of women here dress beautifully all the time and it made me want to be more like them, while the place I grew up is extremely casual and pretty much a sea of neutrals and very oversized fits.
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Ugh I know! Im trying to get to that point where I can go out in what I like without trying to fit in. Its hard though
100%! Which is natural! The weather and the fashion around me has a huge influence on my style. Of course, I live in Seattle and don't own any Northface or flannel so...
From Portland and yes lol
100%. I live in a ski town. People wear athleisure everywhere (grocery store, restaurants, running errands, etc)