The first person to wear it gets stared at. The fifth person gets called a trendsetter. Be the first anyway.

New things look wrong before they look right, and the discomfort people feel is unfamiliarity rather than judgment about quality. Whoever goes first absorbs all of that on behalf of everyone who follows. By the time the same choice reads as style, the person who took the risk has usually stopped being credited for it.

If you like something before other people do, wear it or make it anyway and let the first few weeks be awkward. Do not explain it. The stares thin out quickly, and the alternative is waiting for permission from people who are also waiting.