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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

Can you tell someone’s screen time by how they dress? Unpacking the 'death of personal style'

There’s a debate raging online right now that is making everyone feel very insecure. According to fashion commentators and TikTok orators, personal style is dead and everyone dresses the same.

So much so, that theorists believe you can tell exactly how “online” a person is by simply looking at what they’re wearing. “You can tell someone’s screen time from their outfit,” fashion commentator Alexandra Hildreth told Vogue Business last year.

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