It doesn’t happen to me. I do occasionally see the same shoes as me on my patients but not usually at the same time ( one pair are too casual for me to wear to work). I usually say I have those as well and compliment the woman. I think my style is not classic enough or trend-driven enough for it to happen. But if it did, I’d feel OK I think? It isn’t that surprising when one is shopping in the same city? I might have a laugh.

Oh I hear you. This is pretty much why I don't wear a striped t/denim jacket and white jeans combo, or a long black TNF puffer, skinny jeans and Blundstones combo - for example. Those ubiquitous looks we see all around us. I go out of my way NOT to dress "like everyone else", but it's not because I think I'm so special ...it's because I start second -guessing the details and wondering if/why my version looks worse than hers. (or vice versa, ha!) And - I find this tribal outfit phenomenon occurs most often at the garden centre, the indie bookstore, and in certain retail stores where women of a certain similarity tend to be.....

I LOVE the combo of Breton T/sweater, white crops, and denim jacket! Such a classic look. It wouldn't bother me if I saw my *twin* while wearing classics. I do think I would be bothered if I were wearing a budget busting statement dress and saw my (taller, more slender) twin wearing the same thing at the same Event and knocking it out of the ballpark.

I confess that I tend to be a bit oblivious about what other women are wearing other than the woman standing a few foot away from me on public transportation who was wearing the Madewell dress I was contemplating a few months ago. But I DO notice footwear other than sneakers.

I don't think this has ever happened to me, and I wonder if I would even notice if it weren't literally the same item. Agreeing with the above, it is the total impression that I notice before the details. Would it bother me? I think I would be thrilled actually.