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I have never seen anyone in KY wear a coonskin hat (at least not in this part of the state)
Boy that takes me back. I think I was in about the fifth grade when every boy in class had to have a coonskin hat. I think mohawk haircuts were around at that time also. Talk about weird!
Really now? That's funny... I was just out today and saw no one wearing Blue and white or even red and black (UofL).
We walked into a steak house while on vacation and I thought Halloween had come early. Found out there was going to be a Clemson vs. Tennessee game that day.
From a person from Connecticut, prep was once J.Crew-ish, Brooks Bros...etc? Now that's classic.
Though the state is more liberal, most people in Connecticut dress rather conservative - JCrew is very popular, as is Gap, North Face, LL Bean, Coach (for women) and Tommy Hilfiger. The high school kids feel like a "rebel" in the ripped, faded AF clothes here in CT, which is why it's so popular. It's what's cool (I personally hate it). People here don't dress "snobby" or "preppy", they simply dress conservatively.
Boy that takes me back. I think I was in about the fifth grade when every boy in class had to have a coonskin hat. I think mohawk haircuts were around at that time also. Talk about weird!
enough of this northern/southern, "yankee" ****. it's getting really old. who cares! we're all americans! get over it.
To be fair, I don't think there is a stereotypical "American." Certain things are definitely regional, manner of dress included. Southerners and Yankees (this is a commonly used word in certain geographic regions) both have specific traits that people associate with that culture. You don't see too many "Southern" men wearing tight black shirts and shiny black dress shoes when they go out to the bar. Not that there is anything wrong with that...we just think it looks goofy. We are more apt to wear a Polo shirt with jeans in that situation.
To be fair, I don't think there is a stereotypical "American." Certain things are definitely regional, manner of dress included. Southerners and Yankees (this is a commonly used word in certain geographic regions) both have specific traits that people associate with that culture. You don't see too many "Southern" men wearing tight black shirts and shiny black dress shoes when they go out to the bar. Not that there is anything wrong with that...we just think it looks goofy. We are more apt to wear a Polo shirt with jeans in that situation.
actually you can see any type of style in any large metro area in the country. It's not like if you go to a bar in Houston your only going to see cowboys. People from all over the US have been migrating to other parts of the US for decades now. You see the same styles everywhere in the US.
teens and twenty year olds tend to dress the same across the country.
but there are still rural pockets where homogenization has taken hold.
But within the teens/twenties there are subgroups that have their own look. Skaters, Punks, Emos, Preps, Guidos, Wiggers, Urban et all
Rednecks dress the same all over the country, and every state has at a few. It seems to be a carry-over from the highschool dirt bag look.
With over 30 set their are still regional differences.
I still see big hair and too much make up in NJ/LI.
Have not been to the south recently to make any comment about that region.
In the middle midwest, Sleeveless t-shirts and sneakers with socks (the tourist-look) in the summer.
Most women appear pretty well dressed, although I do see a lot of women going ount in public in ratty sweats - usually in some pastel shade.
Men dress like Andy Sipowisc (short sleeve dress shirt and necktie) or in a corporate golf shirts and Khakis
In the upper midwest, Pacific Northwest, and New England the preppy /outdoorsy look is popular
Texas women wear mom jeans with big belts pulled too tight making their arses look huge. The cowboy look is big in the central west and Texas.
California seems to be the trend setter with cutting edge fashions influenced by lifestyle.
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teens and twenty year olds tend to dress the same across the country.
but there are still rural pockets where homogenization has taken hold.
But within the teens/twenties there are subgroups that have their own look. Skaters, Punks, Emos, Preps, Guidos, Wiggers, Urban et all
Rednecks dress the same all over the country, and every state has at a few. It seems to be a carry-over from the highschool dirt bag look.
With over 30 set their are still regional differences.
I still see big hair and too much make up in NJ/LI.
Have not been to the south recently to make any comment about that region.
In the middle midwest, Sleeveless t-shirts and sneakers with socks (the tourist-look) in the summer.
Most women appear pretty well dressed, although I do see a lot of women going ount in public in ratty sweats - usually in some pastel shade.
Men dress like Andy Sipowisc (short sleeve dress shirt and necktie) or in a corporate golf shirts and Khakis
In the upper midwest, Pacific Northwest, and New England the preppy /outdoorsy look is popular
Texas women wear mom jeans with big belts pulled too tight making their arses look huge. The cowboy look is big in the central west and Texas.
You need to be more specific because not all Texas women do that; it seems your talking more middle-aged and older white women.
California seems to be the trend setter with cutting edge fashions influenced by lifestyle.
I have never seen anyone in KY wear a coonskin hat (at least not in this part of the state)
i have, but only at fort boonesboro.
and this whole discussion has been idiotic.
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I think I was in about the fifth grade when every boy in class had to have a coonskin hat.
I think mohawk haircuts were around at that time also.
Talk about weird!
