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It contrasts my experience but ours are just vain generalisations. Men tends to have less clothes but higher quality (and they wear a lot) while women tend to
by jokethrowaway 3y ago
It contrasts my experience but ours are just vain generalisations.
Men tends to have less clothes but higher quality (and they wear a lot) while women tend to have thousands of clothes they wear once.
I can survive with 2-3 suits (in the 300-500 range, decent quality, but nothing crazy) in any major city in Europe and some shirts - which is what I did for years.
Now, times are changing security wise and, while I would still wear a suit in London (it seems pretty common), I wouldn't in Paris - mainly because I've been attacked twice over 2 days of walking in Paris with a suit and I think wearing some baggy jumper would have meade me less of a target.
I have no clue about the states, but I'm sure there are no go area for suits there as well.
- makeitdouble 3y agoOn Paris...suits don't have the same cultural meaning, but baggy jumpers might not keep you out of trouble. I think muggers just smell the money and vulnerability. Local people also get mugged /pickpocketed in some circumstances, but in general they have a distinctly different way of moving through the city that makes strangers stand out.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago>>distinctly different way of moving through the city Yeah, on a bycicle moving at 50 km/h across lanes.
- makeitdouble 3y agoYou gotta give it to Parisians that they stand their ground on the car vs others battle. One the factor that made it easier to accept Paris closing a bunch of streets to cars was that it was already an utter chaos and cars where crawling at peak hours. Biking was an actual fast option, and people sure did get the message.