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What is considered underdressed in your country?
By: Allie Date: May 3, 2018, 5:40 am
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I'd say we are quite informal where I am from. Going to work in
jeans is common.
However, we usually say you have to be "presentable" in daily
situations, which basically means you can wear everything other
than loungewear, pyjamas or sportswears, as long you don't look
unkempt.
I used to go jogging in the park and, I'd feel extremely
embarrassed as people could see me with messy hair and wearing
sportswear.
Then I moved countries and I was shocked with the number of
people I saw wearing sports clothing. At first, I honestly
assumed that people here are more athletic and everybody goes to
the gym. Later, I realised people just wear the clothes, it
doesn't mean they do any kind of sports! Sportswear is just more
"acceptable" here.
How does it work in your country?
(Discussion inspired by Natalia)
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Re: What is considered underdressed in your country?
By: nataliestpete Date: May 3, 2018, 7:28 am
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Oh, it’s my pain. And it’s not about jeans, just in
case:)
I think a style of clothing depends on many factors: where do
you live in Russia,what do you do for living, your background
and upbringing. St Pete, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod,
Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and other large cities is one story,
while small towns is totally different. Or if you are IT
specialists, it’s not necessarily to be dressed in smart
casual style.
Another factor, which I consider to be as a negative one (in
this case, not in general), is globalization and migration. I
watch this situation in St Petersburg ( the cultural capital of
Russia).
So, to sum up, the situation has changed dramatically these
years. I would say that Russian society is divided into two
parts: some people, like me, are all for a certain style which
exclude some clothing being in a city and of course, when you go
to an office. Others ( who are majority) are unlikely care about
it at all.
I even couldn’t imagine someone wearing shorts and tongues
on public a few years ago in St Pete but it’s “a
norm” nowadays. My husband and me sometimes are so upset
by people’s style but sometimes we have fun to look at
people’s style even in Mariinsky theatre.
HTML https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/about/history/mariinsky_theatre
As I wrote at my discussion about swimming suits, when I was a
teenager, my mum taught me to be dressed appropriate even when
the weather was hot. I’ve also changed and become “
more democratic” which is not bad I think but in general,
I hate a tendency to lose any understanding about appropriate
clothing, being undressed and etc.
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Re: What is considered underdressed in your country?
By: Allie Date: May 3, 2018, 1:43 pm
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Thanks for your answer, Natalia!
You always share interesting information.
I don't think the style of clothing demonstrates social status
where I am from. I mean, if you're richer, you can afford
certain brands that poorer people can't, but the clothes
themselves are more or less the same.
In winter people will wear hoodies. If you have more money, a
high-end hoodie; if you have less money, a department store's
one.
With Instagram especially, I have the impression more and more
people tend to dress the same way, irrespective of social
status.
I was curious about Russia.
I have a friend from Siberia and she told me that her mother
always nagged her about her clothes.
Her mother would leave the house wearing skirts/dresses and
heels in that freezing winter, and she thought her daughter
should the same.
I can't even imagine being able to do so!
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Re: What is considered underdressed in your country?
By: Alharacas Date: May 8, 2018, 1:52 am
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In Germany, anything but sweatpants is fine, I'd say.
I used to find it fascinating how barkers and waiters abroad
were able to immediately recognize the nationality of almost any
passerby. Then I moved to Spain, and within a short time, I was
able to pick out the Germans (and often also the British) in any
given crowd. That was about the same time I discovered why
we're generally considered the worst-dressed people.
Whenever I returned to Germany for a visit, dressed in the
clothes my Spanish boyfriend had - very gently - pushed me to
buy, my mother would invariable wrinkle her nose, saying "This
looks very... Spanish, dear".
Not long ago I told this story to Olga, a woman who's from
Siberia, has been living in Germany for years, but regularly
returns to Russia to visit her family. Olga burst out laughing
and said "You know what my mother does first, after I've arrived
at her place? She hides my entire suitcase! And when I ask about
it, she says 'You can wear those clothes again when you're back
in Germany. You can't wear them here!'"
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Re: What is considered underdressed in your country?
By: nataliestpete Date: May 29, 2018, 5:50 pm
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[quote author=Aliph link=topic=42.msg1369#msg1369
date=1527321100]
Where I live there is a very racist joke. “How do you know who
the groom is at a XXX wedding?” The answer is “ He wears the
smartest sweatpants and sweatshirt”.
The joke refers usually to migrants.
[/quote]
Brrr...😳 and it’s true in Russia as well. I don’t often
use our public transport but it’s enough to understand the joke
you mentioned, Aliph.
Moreover, most taxi drivers are also migrants.
One day, I feel sorry about their poor lives; another day, I can
be furious because of their behavior.
It’s off topic, sorry, but I’d like to share. Many migrants who
work as taxi drivers, can’t pronounce name of streets
correctly. So, they ask passengers to do this for them ( when
they use GPS I mean). I had a Russian sign on my italki
account: “
Рубленште&
#1081;на,24”
which was taken from a funny song
. There are two letters wrong. So, I offered my help to the
members who wanted to learn Russian and that was a funny remark.
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