thus far i've managed to survive male clothing and a whole rainbow of different hair dyes, without looking intimidating at all. especially those hair dyes taught me that the best explanation for wearing green or pink hair tend to be "isn't it a nice color?" for clothing, it's more about comfort. no need to be so conscious about the whole gender thing, the less i speak of it, the less people will think of me as weirder than i really am. i wear dresses because i want to, and just the same with anything else.
"because i want to", "i like these clothes", "this hat's so cool".
come to think of it, those are the real reasons, my most honest opinions. much more than "being non-binary" would be a reason for dressing unconventionally.
and now i suddenly lost any sense of how gender is supposed to control anything about a person's preferences and expression... how does binary gender work again?