Most "fashion advice" is catered to either rich people looking to waste money, or midwesterners white collar workers trying to fit in at the office.
But if you go out in public, no one dresses like that. They're wearing a lot of canvas, denim and plaid, lots of face piercings and tattoos, hoodies and beanies. On the fancier end, you'll see oversized flannel jackers and dad sneakers. On older people it's a lot of carhartt and Patagonia.
Out in the suburbs younger people wear athleisure, and older people wear cargo shorts and t shirts.
But when you look at style guides it's like "your guide to chinos and blazers" but only the most obnoxious finance and tech bros wear that shit.
Where do you find style guides for normal people?
I would reccomend against branded Docs. From what I'm told they changed manufacturing practices 10-15 years ago and the quality went to shit. So either try to find older ones or look up who makes a quality similar shoe.I would point out, though - theatre kids fuck, and they get real weird with it. If you want to have an interesting life you should try to find weird people to be friends with and theater kids are as weird as they get.
Solovair makes the original docs. They're the original company. Wood splint in them and all. There's other choices for good boots though - Redbacks, redwings, bluntstones, etc etc. Just gotta buy industrial wear.
Yeah, theatre kids do fuck, but if you're not one of them you don't wanna be involved. I did a theatre related degree at university. I'm a very strange person, and I would not say they're not the right type of strange. I really cannot stand to be around them. These mfers know Hamilton off by heart.