Why is DC fashion so boring?

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Anonymous wrote:You sound very young and very insecure. And not terribly self-aware.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, or "health goth" person (you are one and the same, right)... a question for you? What areas of DC to you frequent? If you walked down certain stretches of U Street or H Street or Columbia Hts with that gray stretch outfit, no one would blink an eye. I saw a woman with green hair on the bus last night from Mt Pleasant to Dupont, and yes I noticed her, but mostly b/c she had a cute little boy with her. I hardly looked at her askance.

I mean, if you're trying to succeed on K Street in all your funky glory, that's not going to work. Neither would it on Wall St in NYC.

You sound pretty clueless.

I live in Dupont and frequent all the areas youve named and I can assure you that I get a TON of looks. I know I'm not imagining it- as I've said, others have pointed it out and gotten downright angry at the reactions of people. Of course, going out at night you get a younger crowd thats more accepting, but I'm talking in day-to-day life getting stared at no matter where I go. In an unsavory, irritating way.

Maybe you're just ugly.

Or very pretty. Or self-conscious.

I think maybe I could be too pretty. I know DCUM will jump on me but I dont care. I am an almost dead ringer for Isla Fisher, I've gotten stopped by people asking if I'm her a few times. I think sometimes the fashion-forwardness combined with good looks is kind of a shock in DC. Most of the women here kind of look really mousy? So I think it's a shot. Generally I detest getting attention but I also like to express myself creatively so I guess thats what I'm torn between- I feel like being an attractive/super fashion forward young woman in LA, no one would look twice, but being one in DC makes you a complete outlier.

Well what are you waiting for? Go be avant garde and gorgeous in a fab city where you can get the positive attention you so crave and leave DC to we mousy work obsessed drudges. Or do you enjoy being an outlier? Big fish in a little pond and all that...

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Anonymous wrote:OP, or "health goth" person (you are one and the same, right)... a question for you? What areas of DC to you frequent? If you walked down certain stretches of U Street or H Street or Columbia Hts with that gray stretch outfit, no one would blink an eye. I saw a woman with green hair on the bus last night from Mt Pleasant to Dupont, and yes I noticed her, but mostly b/c she had a cute little boy with her. I hardly looked at her askance.

I mean, if you're trying to succeed on K Street in all your funky glory, that's not going to work. Neither would it on Wall St in NYC.

You sound pretty clueless.

I live in Dupont and frequent all the areas youve named and I can assure you that I get a TON of looks. I know I'm not imagining it- as I've said, others have pointed it out and gotten downright angry at the reactions of people. Of course, going out at night you get a younger crowd thats more accepting, but I'm talking in day-to-day life getting stared at no matter where I go. In an unsavory, irritating way.

Maybe you're just ugly.

Or very pretty. Or self-conscious.

I think maybe I could be too pretty. I know DCUM will jump on me but I dont care. I am an almost dead ringer for Isla Fisher, I've gotten stopped by people asking if I'm her a few times. I think sometimes the fashion-forwardness combined with good looks is kind of a shock in DC. Most of the women here kind of look really mousy? So I think it's a shot. Generally I detest getting attention but I also like to express myself creatively so I guess thats what I'm torn between- I feel like being an attractive/super fashion forward young woman in LA, no one would look twice, but being one in DC makes you a complete outlier.

Well what are you waiting for? Go be avant garde and gorgeous in a fab city where you can get the positive attention you so crave and leave DC to we mousy work obsessed drudges. Or do you enjoy being an outlier? Big fish in a little pond and all that...

I am thinking about moving but it takes months to get everything in place. For now I am stuck here

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Anonymous wrote:You sound very young and very insecure. And not terribly self-aware.

And at the same time narcissistic and attention craving. Typical millennial.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, or "health goth" person (you are one and the same, right)... a question for you? What areas of DC to you frequent? If you walked down certain stretches of U Street or H Street or Columbia Hts with that gray stretch outfit, no one would blink an eye. I saw a woman with green hair on the bus last night from Mt Pleasant to Dupont, and yes I noticed her, but mostly b/c she had a cute little boy with her. I hardly looked at her askance.

I mean, if you're trying to succeed on K Street in all your funky glory, that's not going to work. Neither would it on Wall St in NYC.

You sound pretty clueless.

I live in Dupont and frequent all the areas youve named and I can assure you that I get a TON of looks. I know I'm not imagining it- as I've said, others have pointed it out and gotten downright angry at the reactions of people. Of course, going out at night you get a younger crowd thats more accepting, but I'm talking in day-to-day life getting stared at no matter where I go. In an unsavory, irritating way.

Maybe you're just ugly.

Or very pretty. Or self-conscious.

I think maybe I could be too pretty. I know DCUM will jump on me but I dont care. I am an almost dead ringer for Isla Fisher, I've gotten stopped by people asking if I'm her a few times. I think sometimes the fashion-forwardness combined with good looks is kind of a shock in DC. Most of the women here kind of look really mousy? So I think it's a shot. Generally I detest getting attention but I also like to express myself creatively so I guess thats what I'm torn between- I feel like being an attractive/super fashion forward young woman in LA, no one would look twice, but being one in DC makes you a complete outlier.

Well what are you waiting for? Go be avant garde and gorgeous in a fab city where you can get the positive attention you so crave and leave DC to we mousy work obsessed drudges. Or do you enjoy being an outlier? Big fish in a little pond and all that...

I am thinking about moving but it takes months to get everything in place. For now I am stuck here

You poor thing. In the meantime there's always the option of hanging out with your bestie, the mirror.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, or "health goth" person (you are one and the same, right)... a question for you? What areas of DC to you frequent? If you walked down certain stretches of U Street or H Street or Columbia Hts with that gray stretch outfit, no one would blink an eye. I saw a woman with green hair on the bus last night from Mt Pleasant to Dupont, and yes I noticed her, but mostly b/c she had a cute little boy with her. I hardly looked at her askance.

I mean, if you're trying to succeed on K Street in all your funky glory, that's not going to work. Neither would it on Wall St in NYC.

You sound pretty clueless.

I live in Dupont and frequent all the areas youve named and I can assure you that I get a TON of looks. I know I'm not imagining it- as I've said, others have pointed it out and gotten downright angry at the reactions of people. Of course, going out at night you get a younger crowd thats more accepting, but I'm talking in day-to-day life getting stared at no matter where I go. In an unsavory, irritating way.

Maybe you're just ugly.

Or very pretty. Or self-conscious.

I think maybe I could be too pretty. I know DCUM will jump on me but I dont care. I am an almost dead ringer for Isla Fisher, I've gotten stopped by people asking if I'm her a few times. I think sometimes the fashion-forwardness combined with good looks is kind of a shock in DC. Most of the women here kind of look really mousy? So I think it's a shot. Generally I detest getting attention but I also like to express myself creatively so I guess thats what I'm torn between- I feel like being an attractive/super fashion forward young woman in LA, no one would look twice, but being one in DC makes you a complete outlier.

Well what are you waiting for? Go be avant garde and gorgeous in a fab city where you can get the positive attention you so crave and leave DC to we mousy work obsessed drudges. Or do you enjoy being an outlier? Big fish in a little pond and all that...

I am thinking about moving but it takes months to get everything in place. For now I am stuck here

You poor thing. In the meantime there's always the option of hanging out with your bestie, the mirror.

Nope, I have many friends. Mirror aint one of them, though I dont hate it.

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Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

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Well I've always thought that Isla Fisher looks like a terrorist. Soooo......

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

You frequent Columbia Heights? Then you must know there are plenty of AA teenagers rocking outfits similar to that grey stretch thing that Rihanna was wearing (maybe not in this weather, but certainly in warmer weather). No one looks at them askance; some men may look at them appreciatively though. I think this nonsense is all in your head.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the funniest threads on here recently.

I kinda hope it's a troll, but am afraid it may not be.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

No. They aren't shocked. We've all seen colored hair before. You do realize this "fad" has been going on long before your birth. The fact that you use such dramatic words in you description of other's reactions makes you not believable. You've used "SHOCKED", "terrorist", "nasty looks". If this were some new thing, some new vulgar and offensive thing then maybe. But green hair? People have been dying their hair LONG before your birth. This isn't shocking. It isn't cutting edge. THIS IS NOT NEW!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

No. They aren't shocked. We've all seen colored hair before. You do realize this "fad" has been going on long before your birth. The fact that you use such dramatic words in you description of other's reactions makes you not believable. You've used "SHOCKED", "terrorist", "nasty looks". If this were some new thing, some new vulgar and offensive thing then maybe. But green hair? People have been dying their hair LONG before your birth. This isn't shocking. It isn't cutting edge. THIS IS NOT NEW!!!

Lol. NOTHING in fashion is new, you do realize that, right? Nothing Rihanna or Miley Cyrus does is new and hasn't been done before. But it's still shocking because trends go in and out. You seem to have a very simplistic idea of fashion.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

No. They aren't shocked. We've all seen colored hair before. You do realize this "fad" has been going on long before your birth. The fact that you use such dramatic words in you description of other's reactions makes you not believable. You've used "SHOCKED", "terrorist", "nasty looks". If this were some new thing, some new vulgar and offensive thing then maybe. But green hair? People have been dying their hair LONG before your birth. This isn't shocking. It isn't cutting edge. THIS IS NOT NEW!!!

Lol. NOTHING in fashion is new, you do realize that, right? Nothing Rihanna or Miley Cyrus does is new and hasn't been done before. But it's still shocking because trends go in and out. You seem to have a very simplistic idea of fashion.

Um, so you think green hair is shocking?? Seriously? You think green hair is up there with Rihanna and Miley Cyrus practically masturbating on stage? If you think thinking green hair can come back as shocking then YOU have a simplistic idea of fasion. You have to be kidding me.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think you are waaaaay too self-conscious. I've been in DC for 20 years. I'm in an artistic industry. I just cannot fathom that you are walking around and people are just astounded by your green hair. I just cannot for the life of me believe that. Even in my small, rural home town kids colored their hair. If anything I can see people in DC being completely ambivalent to it. I agree there are a lot of people here that are status quo. But you are acting like green hair is something so unheard of that people are fainting in the street. They just aren't. This isn't happening. They also do not mistake you for a terrorist. I would never think that a terrorist would be into dying their hair green. The Taliban just doesn't seem to get into that kind of stuff. DC people know this. I think you are horribly insecure. I think you are possibly a bit self-involved to think everyone cares that much about your hair. And I'm also curious how old you are. When I was young I also thought a lot of what people thought of me. When I got older I realized how little they did think about me. People aren't that worried about what you are doing!!

At first I thought it was in my head, but others have pointed it out to me. Of course people might have seen green hair before, of course everyone has a tv and such, but that doesnt keep them from giving nasty looks. Again, I've had so many friends bring it up to me, that they are shocked by the reactions I get. You guys can say I am too self conscious but it's not the case... I visited many cities this summer and felt absolutely no animosity or shock directed towards me! In DC, I feel like a criminal walking around with green hair. People seem SHOCKED and dismayed by it. And yes, usually it's the policy-wonk looking types in suit and tie.

No. They aren't shocked. We've all seen colored hair before. You do realize this "fad" has been going on long before your birth. The fact that you use such dramatic words in you description of other's reactions makes you not believable. You've used "SHOCKED", "terrorist", "nasty looks". If this were some new thing, some new vulgar and offensive thing then maybe. But green hair? People have been dying their hair LONG before your birth. This isn't shocking. It isn't cutting edge. THIS IS NOT NEW!!!

Lol. NOTHING in fashion is new, you do realize that, right? Nothing Rihanna or Miley Cyrus does is new and hasn't been done before. But it's still shocking because trends go in and out. You seem to have a very simplistic idea of fashion.

Um, so you think green hair is shocking?? Seriously? You think green hair is up there with Rihanna and Miley Cyrus practically masturbating on stage? If you think thinking green hair can come back as shocking then YOU have a simplistic idea of fasion. You have to be kidding me.

I think it's shocking BASED ON THE REACTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED IN DC. Obviously I dont find it to be shocking personally otherwise I wouldnt have chosen it for my hair. Again, I think the fact that it's considered shocking in DC is strange, which is why I created this thread about the topic.