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The original was posted on /r/malefashionadvice by /u/androidv1_0 on 2023-10-04 03:17:16.

Hi all, I am evaluating a few questions for my own personal style but have realized that this is a difficult thing !

I am new to finding my own personal style (typically have just had hand me down tshirts, etc and buy clothes from Amazon/TJ Maxx/thrifting without really thinking deeply about my own style). I have recently bought and returned a couple of things from online stores.

As I am browsing through these subreddits, I have found a wealth of information in regards to how some people approach personal style, but knowing myself, I know that the best way for me to learn about a topic is to get real humans to share their experience, so I figured I’d write a post about this and ask reddit for feedback!

Here’s a list of questions that I came up with as I was thinking of how one gets to find their style (feel free to criticize, give feedback and add more relevant questions:

  1. How do you find your style? (Asking for help here, just getting more curious in general, I typically go with basics first and stick to that, I don’t really add any room for risk as I have been a bit clunky in dressing, it just feels awkward for me)
  2. How often do you currently go through instagram/magazines/tiktok to find the right style ? (This is what I currently do and what was suggested to me, if you have any other tricks/tips pls share! )
  3. What is the current experience like buying/returning things ? Do you have a ton of returns? Is this is a huge pain point ? (It is for me !! Returning things, either they do not fit exactly as modeled or the color is a bit different, or looks good on model but not on me, could be a variety of reasons. Curious on what redditors think about this)
  4. What is the most difficult thing about finding the right style from your perspective ? Why? (To me its a mixture of fit and style, most of my friends that I speak with share similar experiences)
  5. Why is it important to you personally to find the right style or fit? (Fit and style is everything no?)

Thank you for this wonderful subreddit! I have learned a ton by lurking here, browsing through user posts, reading a ton of upvoted comments, but I still feel like I am missing the spot. If you have any

tldr; how do you find your own style and what are the difficulties associated with that path?