How does a typical aspie dress?

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Comfortable jeans and 100% cotton T-shirts in different colors but with no printing on them. Used to be only blue or grey, but I've branched out to different colors. Polo shirts if I need to look nicer, as long as I can keep the collar from touching my neck.

I like dressing for comfort and like my clothes to last more then a couple of months. I find allot of the cheaper clothes to not fit well and the materiel is cheap and I can feel the difference. I do buy allot of my clothes from the thrift store. However every once and awhile I will spend over $20 for a pair of jeans, dress pants, or athletic clothing. I do like Adidas, there fitness wear is so comfortable and last along time. I prefer to wear men's clothing. Occasionally, I will buy something someone else is wearing because they told me it was so comfortable. I do own over 30 plain men's t-shirts because they go on clearance at Walmart for $3.00 dollars. I will spend over $50 dollars on shoes. They have to be comfortable. I can not wear flats, heels, or anything made really cheap. I've been known to spend close to $100 dollars for a good pair of shoes. KEEN and ADIDAS, shoes are my favorite. I like digital watches. I set it to beep on the hour. This helps me keep track of time. I wear herringbone silver with gold necklace chains. I like dolphins and wale tail pendents. I do wear earrings but they have to be silver or gold. When I was a teenager I wore band t-shirts and Levi Boys jeans. I made them into skinny jeans by taking in the straight legs by hand.(This was not the style back at the time.) with high-top basketball ADIDAS shoes. I had a friend that liked my style and dressed like me.
I have my own style.

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I wear snarky t shirts, preferably cargo pants (cords not jeans!) and the obligatory dark monochrome hoodies of hackerdom.

That of course is when I can be bothered to put a shirt on...

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Not sure but I think most would dress casually or anything fine they find in front of them
I only wear what I find as long as it doesn't look stupid or ugly but I mostly wear traditional clothing at home because it's what my parents would get me mostly and I never go to get clothes

Comfort beats style here. I get most of my trousers and shirts from charity shops. The stuff is so cheap that it doesn't matter much if it turns out not to suit me.

The main thing I look for is softness in the material, so I'm mostly dressed in cotton. I hate clothes that are too tight or too loose, so the only clothes I wear fit me pretty well. I've got about 3 changes of good clothes, and tons more that aren't quite right, which I haven't been brave enough to get rid of yet (I find it very hard to throw anything away).

The trousers are always casual, jeans or similar, black, blue or brown. I don't do shorts and I never will, they always look completely silly to me, though I can see why people in countries hotter than England might need to wear shorts for comfort reasons. Don't get me started on those hip-hop trousers that some kids wear halfway down their butts so they can show off their designer underwear. We seem to be living through a golden age of silly trousers.

Shirts - again, casual. Usually those cowboy-type ones, or one plain colour, black, brown or red. Can't stand it when the sleeves are too long (which they usually are, they seem to make shirts for monkeys), I like to be able to see the time on my wrist watch without pulling my sleeve back. I also get ordinary t-shirts online, black, red, yellow, or white.

Shoes - one pair of ordinary black boots. New shoes are often uncomfortable, so I just run one pair into the ground, and if I ever find a really comfy pair, I'll probably stock up because I hate choosing shoes and I get anxious when my only existing pair is wearing out.

Socks - usually thick ones, to help protect my feet from the shoes, and I hate having cold feet. Generally grey or black, for some reason I don't like wearing gaudy socks.

As I say, comfort beats style, but I still try to look reasonably nice, and I like to put a bit of colour into the mix, I don't like my clothes to look too drab and boring. So if I'm going to wear a dark shirt, I'll usually put a bright t-shirt under it. I like browns and greens, they seem to go with my eyes. I also like to dress completely in black from time to time. I don't wear light coloured trousers or shirts - they don't seem to suit me, though I don't know why. I know light colours make people look fatter, but I'm fairly thin, so I don't think it's that.

I avoid formal gatherings and places that have dress codes, so I don't usually have to wear formal clothes. I'm not completely against wearing a sharp suit, and one day I might buy one, because I kind of like dressing up. I'd be very picky about the cut though. Bottle green or burgundy, velvet material, probably. Most formal clothes just look silly to me, I dislike grey business suits, tuxedos, and those American prom outfits. If I wore a tie, it would probably have to be a light-coloured one, with a dark shirt. I prefer collars to have a bit of length to them, button-down is nice (keeps it under control).

So I guess I'm a fairly typical, practical Aspie when it comes to clothes, though I do seem to have a lot of strong preferences about what clothes look like. If I had the time, money and nerve, I'd probably dress mid-Victorian, as long as it was physically comfortable.

Anything comfortable regardless how it looked like. I care less about brands or how it costs.
It's no different apart from NTs. Difference is, if they prefer their own kind of presentation over comfort, whichever is physically practical or socially practical to them in their own choice.

In my own case, I hate exposure. So no short sleeves, skirts, or anything revealing because exposure to me is uncomfortable. Even at hot sunny days and especially at cold days. I don't walk on heels because I can't walk around with it properly and I end up breaking them by walking for hours on. And I don't like anything too tight to move around, too loose that keeps falling off, or with any rough clothing materials, and tags. I don't care much if I mismatch anything, as long as it's comfortable.
I don't buy much or focus on clothing...

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I wear a T-shirt and jeans every day, unless it's something I need to look nice for. Occasionally, I'll wear a polo.

I'm rather trendy, and I like to wear clothes that make me blend in.

Only, I'm hypersensitive to the cold, so when it's what we call ''jacket weather'' I still like to wear a thick coat, scarf and gloves, because I get chilly, and when I'm chilly I get irritable. There seems to be a pathetic rule that everybody has to put their winter coats and their scarfs, hats and gloves away by March, even if the temperature is still pretty low for March and April. I don't think that should be a rule. I think the rule should be ''go by the temperature, not the month''.

I dress for comfort first (I think that's a theme here), so cotton or silk preferably, since artificial fabrics or wool are extremely uncomfortable. I used to make my own clothes when I had time, because I did like to look stylish but didn't want a fabric that drove me crazy. I love clothes with patterns (they just make me Happy), especially beadwork, embroidery, or organically patterned prints like batik, paisley, tie-dye, or Indian motifs. I don't like geometric patterns like plaid or houndstooth for some reason, though, they just feel harsh. Solid colors feel blah to me. I used to drive my Mom crazy when i was a teen shopping for clothes because i couldn't tell her why some clothes just felt WRONG WRONG WRONG to me.

I guess what it all comes down to is that autistics/aspies place comfort first above all else, with what's fashionable being largely irrelevant.

I often see people in places like shopping centres wear clothing that must, I believe, feel like wearing a straight-jacket or a suit of armour; way too tight. How do they even move? Lycra should be banned, because absolutely no one looks good in it. It's just horrendous.

T-shirt and jeans or cutoffs for me.

I dress comfortably. I don't care how I look to others. I wear jeans, a t-shirt, and a jacket/sweater/hoodie. Never shorts and never shirt with a collar. I don't like turtle necks either. My mother and sister try to convince me to do my hair in the mornings and wear more stylish clothing... but I don't care enough to put in the effort.

I wear anything that I am comfortable with wearing. I usually wear shorts(basketball or cargo), t-shirts(They HAVE to be red), I wear the same pair of shoes until the ones I usually wear are significantly worn out because I get used to the ergonomics, and I usually have a sweatshirt or a loose jacket that I keep in a backpack. I don't like wearing tight cloth because it raises my level of anxiety and I start to not feel good. Also I hate any cloth that hugs my neck.