Ugly on Purpose: The Surprisingly Freeing Psychology of Dressing Down to Feel Up
What if the secret to feeling genuinely good in your clothes was choosing the ones that weren't supposed to look good on you? Anti-style — the intentional embrace of unflattering cuts, swampy color palettes, and silhouettes that confuse people — is quietly becoming the most radical act of self-possession in a world that wants you perpetually optimized. We dug into the psychology, talked to real people who've abandoned the flattering-at-all-costs doctrine, and came out the other side with a lot o