NT's and fashion...

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What I don't understand about NT's is their obsession with the latest fashion trends. I asked one of my school buddies what was so obsessive about colored woven or knitted fanrics, and she told me it was a "artistic" thing. But I told her that I thought it was a biological thing, and that females wear high fashioned clothing, like high-heels, etc in order to attract a mate. But she told me that was not correct, although High-heels are worn in order to make your legs look longer in order to wrap them around a mate during sex. .

She told me that it was a artistic thing, and that you wear it to make yourself look nice and to give yourself a heightened self-esteem. But she also told me that my outfits were not artistic in that way and they don't look nice, and that I would have to follow a more NT dress code to look nice to other people AS WELL as myself...

But why can't I just look nice for myself and not care what other people think?

this confuses me...

It helps if you consider fashion to be an art form. A designer making a dress is no less an artist than a painter or a sculptor, IMO. For better or worse, women judge each other on their ability to appreciate that kind of 'art'. It's the same kind of snobbery you'll find with film critics and guys who only like bands that nobody's ever heard of.

And high heels were originally made so men could more easily get on a horse back in the olden days.

NTs give better service to folks that dress well--which is why women often dress up to go shopping!

I'd agree with your friend about mating and fashion--they dress up for themselves, not to attract guys.

I don't get it either. I'm perfectly happy wearing my cargo scrub pants and my new military boots, which most NT's find appalling. Not to mention I'm into function over form. Fashion never looks comfortable. Why be uncomfortable all day?

Being fashionable to me is kinda just another way of saying I want to copy others and dress boring like everyone else.
My own wardrobe seems pretty drab to me right now (AKA Average/Plain).But that's mainly cause I have no money,and buying cheap clothes from Walmart keeps me from running around naked

If I can get a sizable amount of cash that doesn't need to be spent on bills;I want to completely overhaul my wardrobe with all kinds of wild and random combo's.
Because I don't like dressing normal

People do consider fashion to be an artform because you are creating a look by putting pieces together to give off an impression. But then NTs are being fashionable in order to attract an mate and to make themselves look good in comparison to other girls.

well the opposite sex usually gets considerable consideration... if they find it repulsive, no matter how much of your personhood it represents, consider it gone... especially for the female as men grade them more on attraction then their social value. You might be the hbic(or the one who lights up the room and the life of the party) but if you don't look good, men won't care and easily take the less socially valuable female whose supper hot over you.

Perhaps this is why I can't get a date? I don't dress fashionably at all. I know I'm not, but I don't like the stuff that's fashionable. I can't wear capri's because they hit my legs wrong, I only wear knee length shorts or full length pants. I only wear short sleeve or long sleeve shirts. Long sleeve shirts can be rolled up to create short sleeve shirt, but 3/4 length shirts are a no-no. I don't wear high heels either. They're not comfortable and I don't have the balance to wear them. Guess I'll be single forever. Sigh.