Item that people tend to mistake you by.

[Jack_Uzi]

My Hammer and Sickle patterned wallet.

"Hey why the Commie wallet? You flaunting your political standing?"

"No, I bought it because it looks nice and I like it. I don't need to flaunt that I'm a communist."

HAHA! Love that one! A commie wallet. A friend of mine went to Russia a time ago and came back with a hat of the military border patrol. I wore that one day to go to the city to see the reactions. Nothing spectacular though, but quick looks of people and the "Saw nothing." face was fun.

 

[Vampire cat]

I instantly liked you because, although I don't quite understand it, I'm in love with the =3 emote. It's... adorable.

I know! It's the cutest, so I use it a lot so I seem cute^^. *kitty smile*

The problem with the emo label was that the status quo for being a little different in my area for my type of people was to wear whatever you wanted- some of us were full on goths, some were a little old-school hippie, some of us were a little punk but mostly we were all bits of that. When emo swept the town, it was a fashion that the fashionable kids started to wear- and us, with our studded belts and mohicans and hoodies and whatnot, were suddenly not different enough, and that was a little sad. I had a sad time when I became around 15, where the people you could talk to weren't the ones in black anymore- the people wearing black were the ones who used to spit at you and call you a dirty hippy.

Luckily, where I live, the people dressed in black are still the people I'd talk to. I'm so glad the whole "Paris Hilton" fashion caught on rather than the "emo" one, cause mine and other black-clothed people in my city's own styles are somewhat protected =3. I'm not saying no other chick goes about dressed in a boonie, black/red top, studded belts, blue jeans and black/red/brown/purple hair, but hey, at least not many where I live XD.

Love to talk some more with you, but I'm gonna have to sleep off the actually quite manageable amount of booze I've been drinking tonight.

 

[Enemy Of The State]

My Hammer and Sickle patterned wallet.

"Hey why the Commie wallet? You flaunting your political standing?"

"No, I bought it because it looks nice and I like it. I don't need to flaunt that I'm a communist."

HAHA! Love that one! A commie wallet. A friend of mine went to Russia a time ago and came back with a hat of the military border patrol. I wore that one day to go to the city to see the reactions. Nothing spectacular though, but quick looks of people and the "Saw nothing." face was fun.

Nothing like scaring a few people with some Red gear, eh? I love seeing people freak out over a commie wallet, it's brilliant

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

An old friend saw me last month during the heatwave. I was wearing jeans and a plain blue T shirt.

She came up and hugged me and said "Wow....you look...casual!"

I don't know if it was a compliment of an insult.

Huh, same thing happened to me coming back from uni for Christmas. The weird thing is that is was a friend who has known me for thirteen years and seen me in a much worse state of dress than simply jeans and a t-shirt, so I don't know quite why she said it.

And also, it's always better to be overdressed and overprepared than underdressed and underprepared.

Anywho back on topic, I'm known for my jackets, of which I have several, that rotate based on my moods and the weather. Anyone who knows me really well can gauge how I'm feeling based on the jacket. For example the blue denim is general wear/feeling happy or normal, whereas the floor length black leather jacket is annoyed at something or feeling depressed and not wanting to really talk to anyone.

Some of my jackets are just like any other jackets, but others (RAF Greatcoat, black floor length leath etc) tend to get me funny looks when I wear them outside.

 

[Dapsen]

I have a black leather wristband that stretches halfway up my forearm, with 1,5 cm spikes all around. When I wear it, the older generations sometimes mistake me for a gang member or criminal of some sort. Though it is just a tribute to metal

EDIT: Also a tribute to Eddie Riggs (Jack Black), in Brütal Legend.

 

[Penguinness]

I've heard someone calling me: "Gestapo." once.

I don't think they're mistaking you for a member of the gestapo

Hmm when my hair gets to a certain length I've sometimes been mistaken for a female. The main example of this is when my gran was developing dementia and eventually had forgotton me. We went to visit her and she kept noticing me and saying "what a beautiful girl". You can laugh now.

 

[garlicncow]

I put long pins in my pants in some sort of design because it looks cool, everyone thinks i use it to stab myself because I apparently look like an emo/goth kid because I have scars on my arm (which apparently means I cut myself, wat?). Which people always call "arm herpes" which i don't understand, because high school students have all seen herpes first hand, right?

 

[s0denone]

I more or less constantly wear this brown t-shirt.
http://www.ahoodie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/drop_dead_raptors_t-shirt_dinosaur.jpg

It's because it's awesome, but people assume I'm a massive scene kid for it, which grates my nerves, as I'm more of a death/black metal kinda guy, I'm just not built like one.


EDIT: Oh, almost forgot, people almost universally recognise me by my Opeth beanie now, it doesn't come off.

As far as I can tell, one shirt is purple and the other is black. "Brown"? What?

OT:
Well...
No. I have to be honest here. I can't really contribute to the discussion in any other way than "No, that doesn't really apply to me.". I tend to wear would you would refer to as "regular" clothing. I have a healthy mix of t-shirts, cardigans, hoodies, jeans, knickers, shorts. Not one item in particular stands out as something that doesn't looks like it suits me, or is very much against the norm.

I guess I've been mistaken for a douchebag with my polo-shirts once or twice, but I often set records straight right away. Amongst others, I own a white Lacoste polo, and a yellow Fred Perry one. Sometimes the collars are popped, sometimes this is not on purpose.

 

[Lazarus Long]

I can't think of anything for myself, but my wife got a tattoo on her arm of my lip-print in rainbow colours. She just likes rainbows. Apparently, this makes her a lesbian. I can understand that, I guess.
As a bonus, it seems to repel about 30% of the skeezy guys who hit on her at her job. A 25% improvement over the wedding ring alone.

 

[traineesword]

i personally don't stand out enough, nor make the effort too. But i do know a guy who's got several piercings in his ears, lip and nose (and probably elsewhere, but i wouldn't know), has really spikey green hair and always seems to look Moody; as if he'd punch you if you tried to talk to him about anything. he looked like a yob and a person who would never be associated with doing anything nice in fear of not looking "cool". Unfortunatly, the bus was packed and i had no choice but to sit next to him (or walk all the way down to the back, look at him then stay stood up, which would have been rude and i'd have got hit for it).

I was playing some music off my phone, using earphones as to not disturb anyone else, however, when i sat down the... pluggy in bit popped out, so my Phone started blaring out... well, i'm into video games, and as i once played the piano, i'm quite fond of hearing the instrument. It was Kirby: Gourmet Race either way. i quickly and embarressedly fumbled to turn the noise off.
soon as i'd done that, he looked at me and smiled and said "thats a Kirby tune isn't it? i absolutely love those game!"... that got us talking for the rest of the bus journey. Turns out he's into video games, not the overly bloody ones such as Madworld or Manhunt, into the more cute things such as Kirby and locoroco. He's not into any punk or heavy sort of music, he's quite the jazz fan and into orchestral music too. He is also doing Volunteer work in his spare time, when he's not doing his job, because he felt like he lost his chance at school to make something of himself and wants to feel like he's fulfilling something in life. This obviously wasn't all discussed on that one bus journey obviously, but it just turns out that he dresses like he does because he likes the colour green and thinks the piercings look cool, besides, when "i grow out of this style, they won't be too big to not heal over". and his "moody face" is just his emotionless face, when nobody's talking to him so he's not expressing any emotions. its funny because the moment you start talking to him, he gives this broad smile and attentive look.

 

[EeveeElectro]

My sister thinks I'm a massive Goth. I don't even dress like one. She's a complete tool.
My bag says, "S.T.A.R.S Raccon Police Dept" on it, so people think I'm a policewoman sometimes...

 

[Jack_Uzi]

i personally don't stand out enough, nor make the effort too. But i do know a guy who's got several piercings in his ears, lip and nose (and probably elsewhere, but i wouldn't know), has really spikey green hair and always seems to look Moody; as if he'd punch you if you tried to talk to him about anything. he looked like a yob and a person who would never be associated with doing anything nice in fear of not looking "cool". Unfortunatly, the bus was packed and i had no choice but to sit next to him (or walk all the way down to the back, look at him then stay stood up, which would have been rude and i'd have got hit for it).

I was playing some music off my phone, using earphones as to not disturb anyone else, however, when i sat down the... pluggy in bit popped out, so my Phone started blaring out... well, i'm into video games, and as i once played the piano, i'm quite fond of hearing the instrument. It was Kirby: Gourmet Race either way. i quickly and embarressedly fumbled to turn the noise off.
soon as i'd done that, he looked at me and smiled and said "thats a Kirby tune isn't it? i absolutely love those game!"... that got us talking for the rest of the bus journey. Turns out he's into video games, not the overly bloody ones such as Madworld or Manhunt, into the more cute things such as Kirby and locoroco. He's not into any punk or heavy sort of music, he's quite the jazz fan and into orchestral music too. He is also doing Volunteer work in his spare time, when he's not doing his job, because he felt like he lost his chance at school to make something of himself and wants to feel like he's fulfilling something in life. This obviously wasn't all discussed on that one bus journey obviously, but it just turns out that he dresses like he does because he likes the colour green and thinks the piercings look cool, besides, when "i grow out of this style, they won't be too big to not heal over". and his "moody face" is just his emotionless face, when nobody's talking to him so he's not expressing any emotions. its funny because the moment you start talking to him, he gives this broad smile and attentive look.

Great story. Reminds me a bit of a show wherin two types of, first, similar situations were shown: an older women who drops her groceries. Now the difference after this was that in one setting a average looking man came by, in the second a punker. The people had to guess who of them both would help the lady. Most of them voted for the average guy, they guessed wrong.
Now I don't say that this will be the same in all the situations with all the people, but I liked it in the 'don't judge a book by it's cover' kind of way.

 

[Paddin]

I carry a stuffed squirrel in my pocket.

...

Yeah.

Are you the Janitor from scrubs? Does your squirrel double as a condiment server?

 

[rosemystica]

I wear a lot of black or dark blue. People mistake me as being gloomy or gothy or emo or whatever you'd like to call it. I'm pretty much the polar opposite of all that. XD I just look nicer in black and dark blue, is all.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I think the only thing that is really "mine" was my necklace that I used to wear that said "Hero" and my name (Cody) on it in Japanese. But now I've also started wearing a little Gengar (yes, the Pokemon) that I clip onto one of my belt loops. Since I seem to be the only one with one of these, I'll assume that it's "my" thing.

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

I tend to come across a lot of idiots in school, so depending on my shirt it changes. I have a few Iron Maiden shirts and a hoodie because they're awesome and I love Eddie. But whenever I'm wearing them, people think I'm a full metal head. If I wear my LittleBigPlanet shirt I'm gay, and I usually wear all black so I'm apparently depressed a lot as well. So according to people's judgements of my clothes, I'm a depressed homosexual metal head.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I have a t-shirt of the DVD boxart of Elfen Lied my friends dad made for me, so it's pretty much this

Spoiler

in t-shirt form. I've been asked about seven times by people I don't know 'So.. You like hentai then?'

Also, people find my fedora hat strange for some reason, which I only wear to gigs.

*In awe*

"...Wait a hot minuite! Elfen led is't hentai...It's more like Horror ecchi....Anyway cool T-shirt Bro.

I dress in suits, tie or not.

 

[InnerRebellion]

My fedora makes people instantly go, "What the fuck?" And my long sleeved shirt with a hood attached paired with my only pair of skinny jeans automatically makes me a "queer emo wrist cutting prick". Well I agree on the prick part.

 

[Nouw]

I wear a Shiny Watch that has crystals on it. Yeah...