Do you accessorize? Collecting some accessories that you genuinely like / enjoy / think are cool, and then wearing whichever combination aligns with your mood on a given day, is one of the easiest ways to elicit positive remarks from strangers.
It’s socially acceptable to remark positively on a recent choice that a stranger has made, but things start getting fraught when one remarks on things that aren’t recent or aren’t choices. Therefore, to dress in a way that’s amenable to positive remarks, it’s kind of the bare minimum to include some element which is clearly a choice today rather than your default. When someone dresses to blend in, it’s a signal of “please do not remark on my appearance”, so it can start feeling weird to do so.
For more concrete suggestions, if you’d like to tell me a bit about how you currently dress and what attributes you’re most proud of about your identity (appearance, personality, character, whatever), I’d be happy to offer some suggestions from which you might find a couple that resonate.
“good style” by what metric of good?
Do you accessorize? Collecting some accessories that you genuinely like / enjoy / think are cool, and then wearing whichever combination aligns with your mood on a given day, is one of the easiest ways to elicit positive remarks from strangers.
It’s socially acceptable to remark positively on a recent choice that a stranger has made, but things start getting fraught when one remarks on things that aren’t recent or aren’t choices. Therefore, to dress in a way that’s amenable to positive remarks, it’s kind of the bare minimum to include some element which is clearly a choice today rather than your default. When someone dresses to blend in, it’s a signal of “please do not remark on my appearance”, so it can start feeling weird to do so.
For more concrete suggestions, if you’d like to tell me a bit about how you currently dress and what attributes you’re most proud of about your identity (appearance, personality, character, whatever), I’d be happy to offer some suggestions from which you might find a couple that resonate.