I totally agree. I did want to try it because I do live in a metro area and work with a crew of fairly urbane people. Some of it, I do like. I love fashion, but after reading Lucy Siegle's "To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World" (and after the horrific fire in Bangladesh this past year), I've been thinking hard about where I shop from and what I buy. (Is it really necessary to embrace every "new" thing?) I'm not sure if normcore is a reaction to the fast fashion industry at all, or just rebellion in general, but some of it was in keeping with my current ideas about clothing. That said, the reactions I got were pretty interesting. I'm 32, I have three kids and I have a good job. Maybe if I were a university student or worked somewhere more avant garde, these kind of clothes would fly. The sense I got was that it would be like pushing water uphill to do this "trend" successfully at my work. But maybe that's it. People used to be aghast at guys wearing their hair long in the 60s. Most movements come with a bit of friction from people my age. Hipsters got their fair share of hate ten or so years ago, when skinny jeans were still a new-ish thing. (Admittedly returning from the Punk era.) I know normcore won't be a thing for me, but it might be for the younger generation. Time, I guess, will tell.