"I try not to either."  He grinned as she indicated his boots, shrugging and using her own saying against her, "I stick to what I know.  They're comfortable, good ankle support, and easy to polish."  He didn't read anything into her statement about her clothes; that she stuck to what was familiar to her, and that it was so outdated.  Some people were just different, they liked older things.  Or some people liked the cutting edge of modern fashion...something he really didn't understand.