Europeans: Which look / dress most like Americans? (best, driving, characteristics)
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UK and Germany, perhaps, but generally they have better taste, and would not wear clothes right out of dryer, with stains or holes, T-Shirts with silly prints, or flip-flops to go shopping or to restaurants. Casual doesn't mean sloppy.
I can spot an American like a flie in buttermilk.
Americans, at least wealthy ones that come in cruises, dress in high quality casual clothes.
Germans and English usually wear corny pastel-shaded clothing, "Carrefour clothing", awful shoes and in general, corny or just non-descript clothes, of course, not all.
Some do dress like people from former East Germany, with clothing from some Worker's paradise.
But they dress better than British, that's for sure.
I'm in my 5th country of a 6 country visit to Europe and so far i would say the French dress least like Americans and the Italians and Austrians dress the most similar. We haven't hit Germany yet.
No matter where we are people can tell we are American without us even opening our mouths though.
No matter where we are people can tell we are American without us even opening our mouths though.
Some Americans are incredibly obvious. Particularly the Wal-Mart like fashions, and particularly with a certain subset of them.
But other Americans, its completely impossible. Actually I don't think I dress that exceptional, but I do live abroad, and I do not buy stuff at Wal-Mart. I routinely have people assume I must be European, before I open my mouth.
That being said, I'll see plenty of Europeans, who at first guess, I'd think would be Americans, based on their dress.
In short, I think, it's not always easy to see who is European and who is American. But, sometimes, with certain people, it is VERY clear. That Wal-Mart look is a clear one for Americans.
These days, I notice there is also a certain uniquely European characteristics of dressing, usually found among French or Latin, and that is the Scarf around the neck. Among, Scandinavians, sometimes the pastel shirts, shorts, with loafer shoes. But, that one can be found among a certain kind of American as well, at times.
Some Americans are incredibly obvious. Particularly the Wal-Mart like fashions, and particularly with a certain subset of them.
But other Americans, its completely impossible. Actually I don't think I dress that exceptional, but I do live abroad, and I do not buy stuff at Wal-Mart. I routinely have people assume I must be European, before I open my mouth.
That being said, I'll see plenty of Europeans, who at first guess, I'd think would be Americans, based on their dress.
In short, I think, it's not always easy to see who is European and who is American. But, sometimes, with certain people, it is VERY clear. That Wal-Mart look is a clear one for Americans.
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For some Americans anyway. I'd say the only place in Europe where you find people with a "People of Wal-Mart"-style look in appreciable numbers is the UK.
Many Germans also dress "comfortably" in "soft" clothes, which also make the style there similar to what you see in the U.S.
In which case they are dressing like the French who invented them, why oh why do so many Americans seem to assume that they invented everything! If people wear certain things then it must be because of Americans, if people eat certain things it must be because of Americans, if people speak ENGLISH it must be because of Americans, people drive cars, watch TV and use the telephone because of Americans lol. What do you think people would be wearing if there was no US? Sack cloths? Powdered wigs? What people wear in the 21st Century is the result of 'globalisation' not 'Americanisation' and that includes what people wear and do and how they speak in the US too.
Oooh, nice rant.
I assume you're making a distinction (I'd call it splitting hairs) between riveted blue jeans and pants made out of denim.
Blue jean material debuted in Genoa before Levi Strauss was even born, but was more similar to corderoy than the denim we're accustomed to today. Around this time, a similar fabric showed up in Nimes, France and was called "denim."
Denim and jean were both used for work clothes in France, but the blue jean work pants now known as "jeans", with their distinctive riveting were developed and patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
Denim and jean were both used for work clothes in France, but the blue jean work pants now known as "jeans", with their distinctive riveting were developed and patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
Doesn't surprise me, you always were good at copying and patenting things others developed. That's how your companies like Google or Apple even make their money today.
Doesn't surprise me, you always were good at copying and patenting things others developed. That's how your companies like Google or Apple even make their money today.
Sorry - I haven't gotten anything patented and I don't own any shares in Google or Apple.
Oh, you mean AMERICANS. Well, all I can say is y'all better "get crackin'."
I assume you're making a distinction (I'd call it splitting hairs) between riveted blue jeans and pants made out of denim.
Blue jean material debuted in Genoa before Levi Strauss was even born, but was more similar to corderoy than the denim we're accustomed to today. Around this time, a similar fabric showed up in Nimes, France and was called "denim."
Denim and jean were both used for work clothes in France, but the blue jean work pants now known as "jeans", with their distinctive riveting were developed and patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
Nevertheless Americans wouldn't dress as they do without influence from all over the world and Europeans wouldn't dress the way they do without influence from the rest of the world (including the US). I suggest that peoples 'attire' would be pretty much identical as it is today with or without the USA. Of course the 'distinctive riveting' patented by Levi Strauss could possibly be something that people wouldn't be wearing now without it being developed in the US but clothes and the materials they're made from are influenced by more than just one nation
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