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The Four Layers of Fashion

Why We Dress the Way We Dress

16 min readMay 12, 2025

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Who is right?

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Derek Guy (@dieworkwear) has built an impressive following thanks to his hot takes on fashion, like this one:

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Or this one:

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But many people disagree with him:

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Sometimes, the disagreement gets heated:

There are thousands of rules for choosing our attire. Which ones are true, and which are just preferences? Are there some universal rules that can explain it all? If so, how do we end up with this type of clothing diversity?

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Tomas Pueyo
Tomas Pueyo

Written by Tomas Pueyo

2 MSc in Engineering. Stanford MBA. Ex-Consultant. Creator of applications with >20M users. Currently leading a billion-dollar business @ Course Hero

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