#nvrdoubt

In the beginning of season one, he dresses very much like the preppy jock that we’re supposed to think that he is. He dresses like he came straight out of a Macy’s catalog, and that’s intentional. A lot of the colors he wears during the first half of season one are bright while still being masculine -- he wears a lot of collared shirts and his one dark colored members only jacket. 

Now, I headcanon the reasoning behind the bright colors and stuff is because since his mother was home during this brief period of time -- she was picking out his clothes. She does this everytime she’s home because she does not believe that Steve knows how to dress himself or color coordinate. 

Moving into the last half of season one the colors HE chooses to wear are a little darker, still paired with his dark members only jacket. This color change is really important because it happens right around the time that he and Nancy start having problems in season one. It signals a lot about the kind of state of mind he’s in, and it’s probably the first time in the show that he’s wearing something that his mom didn’t pick out for him. 

We begin season two with a lot of the same. He’s still wearing darker -- more muted colors in the first two episodes, and by episode six we get the iconic gray members only jacket with the dark blue shirt underneath. I don’t think there’s any real big significance to this particular outfit, other than the fact that the members only jacket is probably the only one he’s ever bought himself. 

The next wardrobe change we get is the night of the snowball. He’s wearing a dark red sweater. It’s the exact same color as the shirt that Billy wore during their fight scene -- and I think that was pretty intentional as far as the very subtle hints that we got in regards to Steve and Billy’s relationship. It’s also pretty significant to my Steve in particular because the night of the snowball is the first night that Billy and Steve spend together. 

The only outfit we’re going to talk about from season three is the very last one and it’s probably Steve’s most iconic outfit. It’s very heavily based off of Marty Mcfly’s outfit from Back To The Future, and with the hints that we’ve gotten as far as season four being based around time travel and stuff -- i think it was an even bigger hint to the future and the possible plotline of season four. It’s also the brightest outfit Steve has ever worn, and honestly I hope we get more of that in season four -- because if we get another season of Steve being stuck in one outfit I may actually combust.