The difference in clothing worn between cities and towns doesn’t just affect the people living in them, but affects the businesses trading there.
Vintage fashion is something that’s been huge over the past few years – yet unfortunately, in recent days, some of our beloved vintage fashion traders up and down the country have had to close their doors – with sites like eBay and Depop becoming convenient alternatives.
From my own experience, frequently and unfortunately, the classic small town mentality is that different (in any context) is wrong. However, to say that everyone in a small town thinks this would be very much untrue, and to say that everyone living in a big city is as accepting as we would like them to be is also untrue.
But in the context of fashion, stepping outside that monotonous barrier in a small town is constantly creating fear rather than empowerment. Anything bold, bright or “”out there”” is shot down by fear of judgement, or fear of being shouted at by the old men stood outside the pub that have never seen leopard print on a human before, or even long hair on a man.
