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Fashion is [ __ ] hard. Especially at a
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point where fashion is so common place
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in our society. The pressure of quote
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unquote knowing how to dress is at an
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all-time high. And honestly, it's
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low-key valid. Like, you are going to
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get roasted if you look like this in
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2025. Not that there's anything wrong
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with it. I might call you out. And
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that's not even the worst part. Like,
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once you get into fashion, you still
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can't win, bro. If you're into high
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fashion, you get called rich and
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privileged. And if you're into street
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wear, people call you unoriginal and
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entry level and broke. Now, you're
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probably listening to me thinking, "Oh,
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he's just salty that he can't dress."
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Yeah, I'm not somebody who was born into
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the fashion industry and became a
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world-class designer by the age of five.
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Now, I was some random kid that stumbled
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across a teaching men's fashion video my
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freshman year of college and was like,
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"Oh, damn. Dressing good is kind of
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fire." And after 4 years of playing
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dress up alone in my room, I still have
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no idea what the hell I'm doing. Like
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that outfit I showed at the beginning,
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that was me. I myself screwed up so much
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in my life. Oh no. Oh, life. Okay. Uh,
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my journey. In fact, actually, no, I
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definitely screwed up a lot in life,
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too. And even though I can't give you
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the holy key of how to dress perfectly,
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I that's not even a thing. Uh, what I
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can do is tell you a lot of the things
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that I have messed up on, and hopefully
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you learn from my mistakes. Number one,
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you can't cheat the process. Every
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single time I found a style that just
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slightly piqu my interest, I dove head
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in and ended up back at square one.
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Especially if you were like me and had
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no real experience in fashion, finding
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your style is going to take a long ass
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time. Countless times have I committed
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myself into an aesthetic and blown
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ridiculous amounts of time and money
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into it all to just realize that it's
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not who I am and just start from scratch
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again. It's like fake it till you make
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it, but I never made it. And that's not
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to say you shouldn't try multiple
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aesthetics if you are interested in it.
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You 1,000% should. That is literally how
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you find out what you like. All I'm
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saying is you should probably take your
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time with it instead of going balls deep
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right from the start. Number two,
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copying is okay. Pretty sure there's a
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quote that's like good artists copy,
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great artists steal. So go ahead and rob
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your nearest bank. If the cops catch
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you, all you have to tell them is,
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"Officer, I am just a great artist."
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Think about it, bro. If if something
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works, why wouldn't you use it? I think
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so many people are stuck on being
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original that they sacrifice something
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good just for the sake of being
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different. And let's be honest, half the
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time when we're trying to be different,
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we're not being ourselves. We're just
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trying to be quote unquote original for
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the sake of not being called a trend
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follower. If it ain't broke, don't fix
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it. Things have become popular and
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successful for a reason. Now, with that
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said, copying should only be used as the
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first step. The reason why great artists
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steal is because they know how to take
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something successful and then put their
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own little twist on it. You should start
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out with something more familiar that
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you do take interest in and then over
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time just make it a little bit more
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personal or maybe a lot more personal.
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TLDDR copying isn't bad. It's just the
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first step. Numero trace money helps but
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isn't a prerequisite. All right, let's
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be for real, man. If you got money,
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you're a lot better off than someone
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that don't got money, right? And don't
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get the wrong idea. I'm not someone that
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comes from a lot of money. All right?
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Like I'm definitely fortunate and I was
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lucky enough to grow up without having
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to worry about where my next meal is
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coming from. But I wasn't some like bro,
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I'm Chinese, but I'm not I'm not one of
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those like international Chinese
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students, all right, that like wear
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Balenciaga to sleep. I wore Hannes. All
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right. All I'm trying to say is there
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are so many options that don't require
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you to break the bank. Okay? Like this
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video is not sponsored, but yo, if any
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of you brands want to reach out, I use
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extensions like Karma, Honey, CLA. Uh
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yeah, that's it. Okay. Point is, I never
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shop without the possibility of having a
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discount. So, if you shop online a lot,
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those things will help you out. Another
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thing is thrifting. I know it's such a
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common thing, but bro, thrifting is
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like, you will find God pieces in thrift
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shops. I've thrifted so many things at
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ridiculous discounts. It's all because I
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put the time and effort to actually go
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to the stores or even if you don't like
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going to thrift stores, bro, like GRA is
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a thing, Depot, like like all the
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secondhand websites that you can shop
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from. To me, I still count that as
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thrifting. Especially when your taste is
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a little bit higherend. Thrifting will
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save your life. Mind you, it is kind of
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RNG, so like you kind of have to go like
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a lot. But dude, that one time where you
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go in and you find that holy grail
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piece, it's going to make all the other
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times of not finding anything completely
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worth it. And look, I get it. Money is
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always tight and it's a sensitive topic
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to bring up, but I promise you, there
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are always alternatives, cheaper ones at
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that. Number four, remember that fashion
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is a hobby and hobbies take time and
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money. Bro, like I don't I don't know
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how many people are still talking like
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this in this generation, but like when I
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got into fashion, I was surrounded by
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like super super conservative people who
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are like, "Oh, why would you need
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anything more as a man? Why would you
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need anything more than like a t-shirt,
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jeans, sneakers, whatever? Maybe like a
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suit, you know, for like occasions and
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stuff, but like why would you need
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anything more than that?" Bro, fashion
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is a hobby. It is something that people
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enjoy. And so people are going to devote
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time, money, and effort into like an
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expensive one at that, but like when
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you're into something, you're going to
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put everything into it. If you're into
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sports like basketball, what do you
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need? A ball, shoes, basketball clothes,
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maybe a membership at a gym, right? Like
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like it's something that you invest in.
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Nobody's going to walk into a basketball
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gym and be like, "Oh, why are you here?"
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when you can just like find a free court
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outside to play. Like, you know, like
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because if I enjoy something, I want to
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enjoy it a certain way. I want to enjoy
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it my way. You know what I mean? I feel
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like people don't grasp that concept
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just because they think fashion is
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clothes where it's just like a
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necessity. Actually, you know what? You
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know what? On the topic, the people who
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want to say that fashion is not a hobby
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because it's a necessity. So is food.
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But there are gourmet chefs who like to
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cook certain types of recipes, certain
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foods from cultures because it's a
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hobby. Like they cook certain types of
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food because that's what makes them
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happy. It's the same concept for
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clothes, for fashion, man.
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Where the hell? Where the hell? Number
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five, being judgmental is being
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insecure. How the hell are you going to
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How the hell are you going to say you're
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into fashion and then tell someone else
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what they can and cannot wear? You know
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what we call people like that? A piece
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of [ __ ] And it's probably ironic that
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I'm about to roast these dudes. It's
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always the ones that just got into
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fashion and think they know everything
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about it. Or arguably worse, the people
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that blow their paycheck on Balenciaga
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and Rick Owens and then roast the people
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who aren't as rich as them, aka the
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entire city of Atlanta. Like, bro, you
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got to figure your own stuff out. My mom
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always said, the more you pay attention
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to somebody else, the less you are
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paying attention to yourself. That is a
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lie. My mom never said that. But like I
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said, man, fashion is a hobby. It's an
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art. It's a way to express creative
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freedom. If you're going to enjoy it one
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way, that's awesome. Do that. But don't
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make fun of somebody who is enjoying it
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another way. All right? They're they're
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probably just as happy as you are doing
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their thing as you are doing your thing.
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So, why would you ruin that? Otherwise,
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just go suck a dick. Number six, not
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everyone is built the same. Listen to
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me, bro. Get your measurements. I know.
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I know. There's nothing harder than
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using a ruler, especially if you're
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American. No, but for real though, why
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are we the only country that still uses
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inches? Like, why did we even use the
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big I don't understand, bro? Like, who
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the hell do we think we are? Like, I
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know it's annoying, but getting your
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sizes and measurements will save your
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life. Like, for me, I've always been
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told that I'm 5'10, so I always wear
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size medium, but my 510 is not the same
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as someone else's 510. It's worse.
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Genetically, I have a longer torso and
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shorter legs than somebody else my
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height. But because of that, I sometimes
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get different sizes of different
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clothing to look a certain way. Like for
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one of my streetear styles, I like to
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wear a size small for my top and baggier
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pants to make myself look taller and a
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little bit more proportional. I also
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edit myself to look taller, too. Look,
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man, it's hard out here. All right, you
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got to do what you got to do. And
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finally, number seven, just have fun
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with it, man. At the end of the day,
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fashion exists because people like to
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put clothes on in a way that makes them
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feel good. It's a form of
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self-expression, so just be yourself.
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And I know it's easier said than done,
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especially when you're like me and
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didn't really have an identity starting
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out. Like legitimately, I felt like my
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life did not start until I was 22, bro.
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I I was I was idol like AFK for 22
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[ __ ] years. But hey, I mean, I
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figured it out, so I mean, surely you
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can. The best piece of advice I can give
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you is if you're not enjoying your time,
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you're wasting it. Unless it's part of
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the process, then it's okay. On top of
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that, you really got to weigh your
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values, too. For example, I wear a lot
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of clothes that look really good, but
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don't feel the best in my opinion. But
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obviously, I would nine times out of 10
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choose clothes that I am 100%
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comfortable in, like in terms of wearing
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it and not want to pass out. sometimes
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just wear stuff even if it kind of hurts
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to wear just because like I just like it
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that much more. Like the value that I
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put on looking a certain way overweighs
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me being comfortable in the clothes if
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that makes sense. I don't know what your
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reasonings might be. I have mine, you
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have yours. But at the end of the day,
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like if you are enjoying the way that
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you're looking, feeling in a certain
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type of clothing, then I think that's
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all that really matters. All right, I
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think I preached enough. I've literally
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been yapping for over an hour. Holy
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crap. Little bit of a plug, but if you
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don't know me, my name is Austin and I'm
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a college graduate who decided to do
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nothing with his degree and become a
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content creator. Yeah, I'm [ __ ] Some
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of you might know me from Instagram and
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Tik Tok where I used to make fashion
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tutorial videos, but now I just like to
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share my style and make cool [ __ ] which
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is kind of my thing now because my main
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goal is to blow up and then act like I
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don't know nobody. My main goal is to
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just share my experiences in fashion and
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how I like to dress rather than be a
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fashion teacher and tell you, "Oh, you
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need to dress a certain way and overall
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just kind of share what I think is cool
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because that's what it's all about." So,
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if you're into that stuff, it would mean
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a lot if you hit that subscribe button
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and supported the channel, especially
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considering this is my first video. So,
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all I want to say is at the end of the
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day, style is subjective. And if you
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happen to like mine, that's cool. I hope
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you enjoy your stay. And if you don't,
