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> "But in Sweden we dress down compared to other countries." That's very surprising to me. To me, the Swedish think more about their looks than any other count
by dagurp 9y ago
> "But in Sweden we dress down compared to other countries."
That's very surprising to me. To me, the Swedish think more about their looks than any other country.
- iiv 9y agoI don't think they are contradicting statements. My impression is that Sweden is more casual, but also more calculated, while continental Europeans are more formal but just throw on a suit and are done with it.
- drret 9y agoThis is basically any trendy city though - you could say the same thing about Brooklyn or Paris.
- eesmith 9y agoIn a business environment. Compare https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sweden+business+office&t=ffsb&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sweden+business+office&t=ffsb&iax=... with https://duckduckgo.com/?q=germany+business+office&t=ffsb&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=germany+business+office&t=ffsb&iar... . The people in the Germany pictures are more likely to be wearing a dress shirt. The people who wear a business jacket in the Sweden pictures are less likely to be wearing a tie. My experience is also that people (or at least managers) in the UK also tend to wear suits, with ties, more than in Sweden.
- dagw 9y agoWearing a suit is only weakly correlated with dressing well or caring about your looks. Someone wearing jeans and a t-shirt can appear better dressed and more caring about their looks than someone wearing a suit.
- eesmith 9y agoWell, .... yes. I was explaining that my use of "dress down" was in a business context. And it's not like I have a pan-European experience. My account was a chance to tell an anecdote which supported the OP's views.
- PeterisP 9y agoIn an environment where it's expected/acceptable to come in a lousy suit, someone caring about their looks and well dressed in nice jeans and t-shirt would be considered absolutely inappropriately dressed and would be requested to "dress up" next time.