Style Progression Thread
Hey folks
Some of us have been in this niche to long for awhile so thought it would be cool to bring back a classic style progression thread to show some newer users what that can be like.
Started getting into fashion back in 2016ish. Started learning about more brands than the gap, leaning into street wear (uniqlo, super dry, cdg play)
Soon in 2017-2019 I became pretty Rick Owens pilled and started moving my wardrobe towards that direction, Some horrible fits but a great time for experimentation
Eventually got tired of it. I didn’t feel like the clothing fit well on my body, so I wanted to experiment more with different looks and brands, particularly Yohji, so I started acquiring more Japanese brands like YY, CDG, Kapital, etc. it took a lot of experimentation to understand how to make it look nice and proportional and color coordinated, but I was a lot happier in flowy and oversized garments.
Then in 2020 started getting into Demna’s work and mainly started acquiring Vetements and Balenciaga, really enjoying how many types of classic looks were totally remixed and reworked. Accrued a collection at this point.
Finally here we are today where I acquire from a pretty wide variety of brands, if it’s good I buy it :3
Overall my suggestions would be experiment experiement experiement! try shit on, keep iterating on your outfit in the mirror, especially when playing with silhouettes, and buy everything designer secondhand
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this is good content
And now the current from this past month for reference 🙂 I am exploring femininity more lately but overall am pretty happy with how I dress
this rocks
seeing guidis twice already is a sign 
amazing progression! I can’t look at my outfits from a decade ago
amazing progression! I can’t look at my outfits from a decade agolove that you stopped smiling after the first pic lol
LMAO
PL2s for everything
i do love my pl2s..
sold all my other gweeds
but i kinda miss the 992 derbies lately.
Every once in a while I miss my 988s
but they were slightly too big on me and had a lot of heel slip
yeah thats kinda like my pl2s tbh. i think about sizing down but they run narrow and don't actually hurt my feet so meh,,, one day maybe.
oh why do you say you're pretty happy w how you dress though? anything you think is lacking?
i feel like style is always changing and evolving! so i can always dress cuter :3 but im happy with where it is right now
something i'd like to fill out more is accessories, i have some now but don't have much esp in terms of jewelry
That cgd (I'm guessing?) priest look is just perfection in my eyes. I really appreciate you sharing the progression too, as someone very much still working to embrace my queerness is my own style
mine is the kiko asics with plants in the background 🔥🔥🔥
ooooh yeah finding nice jewelry that isn't $$$$ is such a pain
yeah, for me its like either high end silver from a cute brand or just like, etsy/random market tier
oh thisll be funny
these were from when i was abt 15-16ish? wasnt really into fashion, lurked around /fa/ a bit.
these are just abt all i could salvage from the rest of high school, got really into a sort of mori boy clothes, japan type beat
first 2 years of college i became goth and a woman, had really cringe hair, started talking to people abt clothes online
then i got really into demna and japanese twink rocker clothes, kind of settled into my current state of twink simulacrum
also got some rick
Dang these are all really good too! Tbh I think your early ones aren’t even bad at all
and started dressing a bit funny all the time
i also transitioned and detransitioned and semi retransitioned
@bri.d my goat
couple more bangers from recent times
damn i dont think i saw that fifrst one
so good
w2c miffy tee
Skirt with the bow absolute banger
Big Boots good
I have similar and cowash with a bunch of cheap silicone free conditioner and use a DevaCurl mousse
Full disclosure idk if I'd pay for the mousse, my friend shoplifted it and gave it to me :P
cowash, condition, mousse or gel, plop
Damn I’ve had some goofy fits. 2015-2023
This looks great! What's the checkered coat/scarf(?) under the peacoat?
Neon Wave
3D Scarf
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Haha I was thinking of Byborre because of the 3d pattern! Thank you
Welcome. Byborre is cool, I wish I had more of their stuff
Similar to Yurt. I have thick hair so I tend to mostly cowash with conditioner and shampoo when needed (too oily, product build up, etc) which is usually about once a week or two these days. I’ve also been using biolage defrizz leave in conditioner to help deal with humidity
Can I ask what the red pants in the last pic here are? Great thread and excellent photography btw. Super cool to see the beginnings of personal touches as you go :)
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Anglan balloon cords. I actually have them for sale haha.
Thank you! and huh, second thing to pop up when I googled, haha. I'd be on that immediately if we were the same size, but alas...
They fit huge in the waist and have a drawstring! But yeah haha
some stuff from over the years. trying and failing to find some earlier fits
2 more
any advice on finding/matching over-the-shoulder shirts like this? i'm intrigued
u mean the one in the last pic?
also wdym 'matching'
yeah, and idk, putting it with other clothes in a way that looks good
ah ok
so that shirt is ann demeulemeester
u can find them secondhand pretty frequently
styling wise its just like
a gay t shirt
just style it as u would any other t shirt
maybe put a flowy top over it
like a big overshirt
or an equally gay sweater
otherwise just like wearing it half tucked w any pants or skirts u like
should be fine
its just a neutral colored t shirt
this is helpful thank you, i did not know how to style a gay t shirt
for stuff like that i think u just gotta not overthink it
if it seems like it looks good it /probably/ looks good
i cant really think of another designer that does tees exactly like that
so if you want a tee that specifically looks like that look for the ann one that is asymmetrical with a huge ass neckline
they look like this https://jp.mercari.com/item/m78555081071
アンドゥムルメステール ボーダーアシメトリーTシャツ
アンドゥムルメステール ボーダーアシメトリーTシャツをメルカリでお得に通販、誰でも安心して簡単に売り買いが楽しめるフリマサービスです。新品/未使用品も多数、支払いはクレジットカード・キャリア決済・コンビニ・銀行ATMが利用可能で、品物が届いてから出品者に入金される独自システムのため安心です。
アンドゥムルメステール 半袖 カットソー
アンドゥムルメステール 半袖 カットソーをメルカリでお得に通販、誰でも安心して簡単に売り買いが楽しめるフリマサービスです。新品/未使用品も多数、支払いはクレジットカード・キャリア決済・コンビニ・銀行ATMが利用可能で、品物が届いてから出品者に入金される独自システムのため安心です。
or this
in case you want to know that outfit specifically is with lgb jeans and a beauty:beast necklace
This is tight I wanna do this
yessss yours is great lol
in high school I was a scene kid (I have pictures of that somewhere but not included here) Around 2011 I started dressing really preppy, got super in to that + workwear for the next 4 years and also faded a niche internet famous(??) pair of jeans.
In 2014 I found out what Rick was and got really obsessed but also couldn't afford very much of it and also dressed pretty bad
By like 2017 I think I was wearing almost entirely rick, just cycling a very small wardrobe of basics. In 2021 I got my first non-Rick item in a very long time (Balenciaga lol) And started to loosen up a bit and get some diversity in there
But overall I'm still obviously pretty heavy on the Rick, I just got a lil funkier with it.
I saw your Vogue video 
Right yes and there was a couple vogue articles about me. Throw that in the style progression
full rick is one of the only uniform looks i can get behind
Nah there's plenty o' good uniforms. Rick is just ez mode
RICHARD
OWENS
obligatory gib beeg shorts
Obligatory which pair 😈
I’m a blue eyes historian and you are correct
Thank you Michael
I’ll do mine too, though it’s not as crazy because I never had a Rick era. Early MFA era, real ones remember the “copy” identity protection
Then a long break and mostly wearing the same thing everyday, then covid and I got bored and started going back on the fashion communities
u look crazy without a beard. cool progression though you stayed true to ur style tbh
Then making my own stuff and modifying clothes
More cropped tops (still wearing my teeny apcs)
Wider fits and more experimentation playful stuff
And current era, more different silhouettes, more fun, more new pieces and a lot of old ones still just worn better
The actual fade king
Simply wear only one pair of jeans nearly every day until your ass is out
it's ridic to realize these are chronological bc that first fit of adult me is from 2012 and 3 pics later in the intarsia is in 2017 (still 6 years ago) and feels like it's largely representative of what I wear now
ten years of wanting to wear Rick or casual techwear -> actually just wearing that now (outside of my Gap Kid childhood and Undercover phase)
Take us to church
is it weird if i save the pic of u as a kid for inspo LOOL
seeing pics from your workwear era always throws me for a loop lmao . that denim jacket is fire honestly
LMFAO
The one with the brass clips? It’s from H&M lol
honestly pretty cool i'd rock it now
go for it, it's all in a public album of myself I keep for lifelong stuff
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sJH4XT1qx42XpqX16
the 231 photo progress album
incredible
there's shit in there that's fun cringe but isn't full fitpic
Sorry, I didn't realize this thread existed until today so I posted some photos of my style progression but I love being nostalgic so I'm doing a little more in-depth post here. I really can't remember a time before I was interested in fashion. In elementary school i wore a black velvet cape, pearl choker, and knee-high converse and I really haven't changed much since then. I only have good photos of my clothes starting in high school when I joined instagram.
Phase 1: pov you live in the suburbs
In high school started getting more serious about fashion, I was reading Susie Lau's blog, manrepeller, Keiko Lynn, and buying vogue every once in a while. I had really limited access to clothing since I was a) poor b) living in the opposite of a fashion metropolis, so I started making my own clothes (I made the blue and pink dress in the middle).
Phase 2: the marvelous mrs maisel or something
I went to film school to study production design, so I started picking up influences from film & TV. Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love and Sienna Miller in factory girl were my biggest influences. I was really into the costume of fashion and dressing in head-to-toe decade vintage, mostly the 50s-70s.
Phase 3: online fashion
I joined reddit, discord, and facebook communities for fashion in 2019 and it opened my eyes to so many fashion subcultures I had never explored before. I started working in fashion and making friends with people who were similarly interested and inspired me in real life. Instead of dressing in all one style/decade, I tried to switch it up and be more eclectic. Still made a lot of my own clothes. This is also when I realized I was nonbinary so I started dressing more masc occasionally, leading up to present day. ty all for inspiring me every day 🥺 ♥️
waow ur famous (to me)!
Sequined dress with Chucks at Skee Ball is v punk
I was a baby punk at the time 🥺
is this in the substack? i love this post and could see myself coming back to it for a while
I'm too early into this fashion thing to have any distinct changes in style between my high school jeans-and-a-hoodie era and finding something that is actually somewhat concrete to record in this thread. maybe one day
We’re planning on archiving it somehow