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Tangentially relevant factoid like thing:
The only way to be intentionally be reliably original is to come up with a way to enumerate significantly more unique styles than there are people who want to be original (10 billion should do), then taking one random sample from that set and sticking to it.
There are some pretty serious constraints that limit fashion: physical, such as the tensile strength of the fabrics, available colors, etc.; social, such as our nudity taboos; as well as functional, such as ease of use and mobility (f.ex., you're not going to wear a wedding gown every day, since they are too unwieldy).
Given these constraints, is it really possible to come up with 10 billion non-trivial styles ?
I have no idea, but it's exactly the right question to ask.
This is unlikely to produce something that looks good on you.
That depends on the enumeration algorithm! :p
Granted, but then we have cut the space available quite significantly.
Yes. And more importantly in a way with very high complexity.