For example, I find it frustrating when discussions about the boringness and lack of self-expression inherent in modern men’s clothing leads to alternative men’s clothing that is effeminate (another taboo that should break, but not for me) but not expressive.
Generally it does, but IME higher-status people can pull off a higher level of “weird” than lower-status people. A very unpopular guy wearing a fedora wouldn’t look more “interesting”, but many (most?) guys would.
EDIT: There also are geographical differences. In certain cities pretty much all guys in the same age group dress and groom more or less the same way, in others there’s much more variation.
The third way is retro style.
Yes although you have to go back a very long distance before you get to a very high level of interestingness and it just starts to look too wierd.
Generally it does, but IME higher-status people can pull off a higher level of “weird” than lower-status people. A very unpopular guy wearing a fedora wouldn’t look more “interesting”, but many (most?) guys would.
EDIT: There also are geographical differences. In certain cities pretty much all guys in the same age group dress and groom more or less the same way, in others there’s much more variation.