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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not talking about "DC" stylish a la Tory Burch or South Moon Under or fresh from some Tyson's shopping spree! Like, obviously not from around here or been here long super chic style. There's a mother I see at my DC's school who's style is just really, really chic and I don't think she's actually more than 4 or 5 years younger than me (I am 35, so she's late 20s or early 30s) but without the kid walking along next to her she could easily look like she stepped out of one of those New York Fashion Week street snaps I always see on Pinterest!! Granted, I think they just moved here from LA and I think they are international.... honestly, I see her and I think to myself, I am wearing all J.Crew and I hate myself![/quote]

I think two things...

1)  She hasn't lived in the area very long

and

2) "what a fuckin' idiot."  - seriously, if a women moves to DC and can't pick up that this isn't a town for high fashion than she must be dumb as rocks.  It's DC. You aren't going anywhere cool, hip or interesting nor is anyone else. DC is not a fashion town. It is a tiny city bordered by suburbs.  
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Agree.  Being "stylish" whatever that means signals you don't know what you're doing here.  This is place where brains and connections and what you can do, not how you look matters.  [/quote]

I disagree.  I like people who are comfortable in their own skin and true to themselves in any environment.  They are who they are, and they're not trying to pretend to be someone else for the singular purpose of impressing others or even fitting in.

So yes, I agree DC isn't a "fashion town."  But I don't expect someone to check her sense of style or her interest in fashion at the door.  If that's who she is and what she enjoys, I think it's great.

However, if she's adopting high style fashion in an effort to impress others here in DC, then yes, I totally agree that that would be a mistake.  First, because it's inauthentic and silly -- a "costume" in the truest sense.  But also because it's likely to fail miserably for all the reasons you all describe above.  Fashion is not the currency people value here.[/quote]

I think if you look sloppy you have to prove yourself 10 times more. Sloppy looks make me think you do sloppy work. If you are so smart why is it so hard to put on a decent outfit? [/quote]

This is so true![/quote]

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