“No one else is doing it at Mayo High School. You don’t see other guys wearing see-through shirts,” Garret said. Known for his fun, unique style throughout MHS, he’s been described by friends as having a “mom aesthetic,” but also a “mistress aesthetic” and “very extra.” One could say he’s a bit of a femme fatale, serving up something a little different every day. However, he has a very specific personal aesthetic.

“I always have this idea in my head of what I want to look like. That cozy, oversized sweater look in a nice, cute bedroom. Like a coffee, a sweater, a nice bedroom.” There’s also an aspect of his duality to this, though, because as he put it, “I really like the 50’s aesthetic, like Audrey Hepburn. I like the simplicity of her outfits. I think her outfit in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is iconic. A big turtleneck sweater, black leather pants.” Continuing the theme of duality in his fashion, Garret said that he either wears “natural or minimal things” or “very shiny, loud things.”

For the first of his looks, Garret wore a simple grey knit sweater and ripped jeans, which he elaborated on.

“All of the ripped jeans I have I make myself. I think it’s fun,” he said, and of his love of sweaters, “I feel like people make me out to be more of a style person than I actually am. I just put clothes on.”

His second look, though, was a bit more exciting, this time dressed in a funky-patterned red button-up with dandelion seeds on it with his signature exposed-ankle jeans. He remarked that this was a “more casual look,” and on the dandelion pattern, he said, “Plants really inspire me. I love plants a lot.” Pl

ants are a running theme in his style, as he can be seen regularly wearing floral-patterned items.

For his final look, though, he pulled out all the stops. In a see-through shirt, grungy denim jacket, and fur-topped boots– these he made himself!– it’s certainly a flamboyant look. This is a bold move, and regarding backlash, he said, “I learned not to care what people think. There are always people who will make fun of you,” and he does his best to ignore them and move on. However, on the look itself, particularly the shirt, which is from Forever 21, a store largely marketed toward young women, he noted, “I really like to wear women’s clothes that don’t loo

k like women’s clothes. They lend a different silhouette, and they’re more flowy and fun.”

He’s also inspired by 1985, a song by Bowling for Soup. His sister used to joke with him that he’d become Debbie, the main character of the song, and he likes to joke that he did, at least in the 

way he dresses.

Overall, though, it’s clear he’s got style– and he knows it.