Florence, I think that's part of why I like styles on others that I don't like on myself. The broadness of any style descriptor allows people to choose the parts that work for them. This allows for more or less subtlety, tailors it to the person's body type, allows for personal expression and so on. For example, I like boho, but I like very hippie stuff and the more "ladylike" feminine boho stuff I see for sale doesn't work for me at all. But Gaylene's example of grunge was a good one. She doesn't like faded jeans, and thus, most grunge looks aren't going to be her thing. This is a very general question, though, you're right. There are definitely always going to be exceptions.

Hmm, I think it's perfectly fine to not like a particular style category. To me it's much like saying I don't really like country music or sci fi films. It's nothing more than a personal preference, which says more about me than the category itself. And that preference doesn't mean that there aren't some C&W songs or sci fi films that I've liked. It's just that, given an option, I skew more to opera and character-driven driven dramas.

I'm not a big fan of full-on country western style.

@Gaylene - I totally agree. People are definitely free to dislike any style they want to. I was just stating that I think it's part of the reason that so many of the responses here have been skewed more toward peeves around fit and appropriateness than to specific styles like Joan originally asked. People are having difficulty picking a look they dislike every single variation of.

But since my last reply I've been giving it some thought and I realized there are a few actual styles that I have disliked without exception. One being the rap/hip-hop/gangsta look with the do-rag, backwards hat, and super baggy pants around the knees. I just haven't seen a single person pull it off to my liking.