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Are Europeans more stylish?
- Thread starter Taki
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I've found this to be somewhat true, but there are exceptions, obviously. And the further you get out of big cities/towns, the less true it gets.
In British English the word "shirt" by itself usually refers to something more formal, with a collar and buttons. You'd have to specify "t-shirt" to mean t-shirt.
Very.
I've seen plenty of that in the UK/Ireland, for what is worth.
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Less so now, but it used to be extremely popular for young inner city Dublin girls to wear pajamas outside the house.
I never do anything unless I have a cigarette dropping from the edge of my perfectly-sculpted mouth, and my effortless stubble and lean jaw sit firm under my tousled chestnut hair. I don't walk, I glide. I don't run, ever. I only wear that which was fashionable in bohemian circles 10 years ago in Berlin. I am European.
I'm not sure it's about looking stylish.
At least in France and from what i've been taught, it's more about being dressed respectfully for the others around you when you're out of your home.
At home, one could say i dress like a hobo : old comfy t-shirts riddled with holes, old way too big track-suits/pyjama pants and old crappy (but comfy) slippers. But when i need to leave the house, no matter the reason, i put on jeans, a decent shirt and decent shoes. It's automatic.
I don't try to look stylish or anything. It's just what i was taught to do. And obviously, when you see someone in his pj's doing groceries, it stands out a lot and seem out of place. So you want to avoid doing the same thing.
Italians, French people? Sure. Dutch and German people, not really. Heck, all of northern Europe don't know how to dress. They overpay for fugly looking designer clothes or look like generic ass H&M, Zara puppets.
I live in the Netherlands btw, so you can't argue my point.
I live in the Netherlands btw, so you can't argue my point.
Italians are very stilish. Bigger European cities, like Düsseldorf, Madrid, Lisbon, etc tend to have very stilish citizens, too
when you are at your international airport in frankfurt, Amsterdam or London and you see that dude from afar wearing flip flops, you know he's American.
For an European, an airport will never, ever be a place to wear flip flops, regardless of time of the year so there's a very real cultural difference there that makes the EU people at least more fashion aware, if not more stylish.
Northern EU also use flip flops and shorts and t-shirts but only exclusively when the weather forecast has sworn in the name of god temperatures are going to be hot and stay that way for several days.
Since we often have shit weather, flip flops are a rare sight.
For an European, an airport will never, ever be a place to wear flip flops, regardless of time of the year so there's a very real cultural difference there that makes the EU people at least more fashion aware, if not more stylish.
Northern EU also use flip flops and shorts and t-shirts but only exclusively when the weather forecast has sworn in the name of god temperatures are going to be hot and stay that way for several days.
Since we often have shit weather, flip flops are a rare sight.
This is true. We were at a night club in St. Petersburg (RUS) a while ago and the amount of model caliber women with men wearing woolly shirts, training pants and sneakers was mind boggling. I figured our lack of success that night was due to us being over dressed :(
When you've spent decades fighting like this:
Of course we're stylish.
And you notice that chara-design is already very Japanese before it becomes popular ^^
Of course we're stylish.
And you notice that chara-design is already very Japanese before it becomes popular ^^
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being american means being able to buy a gun at walmart while wearing whatever i want to
Maybe on the mainland, but I've been living in the UK for 3 years now and they're not far off Americans. Can't say much because I definitely lower Cheshire's standards, though.
The ones that dress the best are easily the Russian women. They put on some amazing dresses just to go to the supermarket. I was more impressed at their clothes than their own beauty which isn't easy.
Europeans are more fit than others so I guess that helps in having clothes fit better for most of the people.
Europeans are more fit than others so I guess that helps in having clothes fit better for most of the people.
That's a pretty low bar for "stylish", to be fair. Germany isn't exactly oozing style otherwise (except for Berlin, which is like style on a weird strain of LSD).
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It's the fit that does it. I go to conferences in the US a few times a year, and while there are plenty of young Americans in well-fitted suits or combinations of suits and streetwear, almost every American over 30 wears straight-leg jeans and a jacket that looks like a tent.
globally, europeans are about average in that regard
specifically, it is americans that lack style
specifically, it is americans that lack style
Japanese women are a treasure, they dress like princesess and I was amazed during my time in Japan.
Russian women are similar, Russian guys... Nope. My girlfriend is polish and she says that the guy doesn't have to be pretty so it's great lol
Legitimaly shocked at the US piyama relevation. People over there need to get a grip.
Aye, African dandies are the new hotness.
