I live in Seattle, too, and I echo Maya. I saw OTK boots a ton last Fall/Winter and now I must find a pair! I won't feel the slightest bit off wearing them.

However, my family lives North of here in "farm country" and they find my fashion forwardness very strange. (-: My grandparents read my outfit diary blog and I hear all about it when I go to visit!

I've never been bothered by not fitting in in a small town, though. I rather enjoy it. When I was in college I was really in to vintage clothes and I remember two items I wore regularly that got me a lot of stares both in my Vermont college town and back home in my small island hometown: one was a "new look" style dress with a billowy skirt made entirely of peach lace (that got darker towards the bottom) and the other was a hot pink swing dress, also all lace, with a gargantuan bow at the chest. LOL! (-:

I live in a conservative small city. Although we have a university with a well-respected art program whose students add a fun element, preppy/trad is still the choice of the day for many. Common fashion combinations found on YLF are more of a fringe look in my area.

I don't pass judgment on it:)

It's pretty fashion forward here in the neighborhood of Seattle where I am. But it's also kind of fun to stand out from the crowd a bit when you are the ONLY one wearing a trend in a smaller more conservative area. Hard to pull that off in a big city.

Living so close to NYC, like Maya, I've seen it all. Although I admit, it depends on which state I am in throughout the US, what trends I will see. The states on the two coasts, tend to have the most fashion forward styles. (In my opinion anyway)

I'm smack in the middle of Los Angeles--I see it all.

I live in a casual college town in the West, so it's a bit of a shock when I see somebody polished and put together (outside of banking and law). I sometimes have to check myself from staring.

When I visited Portland not long ago, I was drooling a little. So much people watching and cool urban outfits, especially on young men and women (downtown and near the arty Pearl district). I saw quite a few interesting boot outfits, and it was pretty warm outside.

Well, my seaside local area has the standard uniform of beach clothes and flip flops all year round LOL and my bigger town, well, its not really all that fashion forward either!

So, I have seen a grand total of 1 pair of OTK boots... and the way they were styled... *shudder*... Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman looked super classy in comparison! I haven't seen a pair in a shop though - but of course, we are just ending this winter, so perhaps next winter they may make an appearance.

As for leggings/tunics/dresses - its semi-common here - although shorts or jeans are a hands down winner.

Fashion trends don't really make a big impact here... I'm quite sure a lot of people just buy whatever is in the shops with no idea as to whether or not its on trend... yes, there are some that certainly would, but not the majority.