Do women wear athletic wear like this in Europe?

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Anonymous wrote:I own a few sets like these from Lululemon, Athletica, Target, would I stand out like a sore thumb in London, Geneva, Zurich, and Paris?

You will look like a tourist because you are a tourist. You won’t really blend in at all. Has nothing to do with Lululemon.

You’re a tourist, just embrace that. Trying to pretend as if you are not is silly.

When I was in Europe, only the American tourists were in athletic wear.

Who cares? As a tourist nobody is planning to live there or make friends. There's no reason to blend in. Tourists have a lot of walking and sightseeing to do and it's about function over form. I'm not going to wear heels and tights running around all day to look like a local who isn't walking far or doing the same things. When they come to the US I won't notice or care how they dress either.

OP obviously cares or she wouldn't be here asking!

I do like making friends when I travel. It's often one of my favorite parts of going someplace new - chatting with and kibbitzing with new people. Often I get good recs of things to see and do that way. But yeah, we're tourists! We're not going to look otherwise. But do you want to look good as a tourist or, in the words of David Sedaris, look like you're there to mow the lawn?

I don't go around thinking everyone is looking at me. Because they aren't. I'm going to walk a lot, it might rain, or the sun might be blazing and I need to be comfortable all day.. If my new "friends" will judge me then they aren't friends I'm interested in.

In Paris, everyone is actually looking at you.If your attire is unacceptable, the Parisian will use nonverbal cues to let you know.

Ha. Paris is pretty diverse with all manner of dress. Have you been there recently?

Creative, not atrocious.

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OP, wear what you want.

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Anonymous wrote:Only to exercise, OP. Don't walk around like that otherwise, you'll look ridiculous.

Oh no, you'll look ridiculous to random Euro proles who live in shoe box flats without AC, can't afford a car, and take cold showers. Who freaking cares? You're on vacation, wear what you want and be comfortable. Obviously at night you should step it up, but during the day while walking around and sight-seeing? Nobody gives a damn.

What?! The best cars are European and we have plenty of hot water. No need for AC, it's not like we're turning into a puddle of melted fat and sweat without it

No need for AC? Must be Northern Europe. Southern Europe gets HOT!

I think is the same lady from the previous thread. I think she's Slavic.

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Anonymous wrote:I own a few sets like these from Lululemon, Athletica, Target, would I stand out like a sore thumb in London, Geneva, Zurich, and Paris?

You will look like a tourist because you are a tourist. You won’t really blend in at all. Has nothing to do with Lululemon.

You’re a tourist, just embrace that. Trying to pretend as if you are not is silly.

When I was in Europe, only the American tourists were in athletic wear.

Who cares? As a tourist nobody is planning to live there or make friends. There's no reason to blend in. Tourists have a lot of walking and sightseeing to do and it's about function over form. I'm not going to wear heels and tights running around all day to look like a local who isn't walking far or doing the same things. When they come to the US I won't notice or care how they dress either.

OP obviously cares or she wouldn't be here asking!

I do like making friends when I travel. It's often one of my favorite parts of going someplace new - chatting with and kibbitzing with new people. Often I get good recs of things to see and do that way. But yeah, we're tourists! We're not going to look otherwise. But do you want to look good as a tourist or, in the words of David Sedaris, look like you're there to mow the lawn?

I don't go around thinking everyone is looking at me. Because they aren't. I'm going to walk a lot, it might rain, or the sun might be blazing and I need to be comfortable all day.. If my new "friends" will judge me then they aren't friends I'm interested in.

In Paris, everyone is actually looking at you.If your attire is unacceptable, the Parisian will use nonverbal cues to let you know.

Ha. Paris is pretty diverse with all manner of dress. Have you been there recently?

Creative, not atrocious.

Plenty of atrocious dressing throughout Europe. Please.

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Anonymous wrote:Only to exercise, OP. Don't walk around like that otherwise, you'll look ridiculous.

Oh no, you'll look ridiculous to random Euro proles who live in shoe box flats without AC, can't afford a car, and take cold showers. Who freaking cares? You're on vacation, wear what you want and be comfortable. Obviously at night you should step it up, but during the day while walking around and sight-seeing? Nobody gives a damn.

This is not the flex you think it is.

-an American

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In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Only to exercise, OP. Don't walk around like that otherwise, you'll look ridiculous.

Oh no, you'll look ridiculous to random Euro proles who live in shoe box flats without AC, can't afford a car, and take cold showers. Who freaking cares? You're on vacation, wear what you want and be comfortable. Obviously at night you should step it up, but during the day while walking around and sight-seeing? Nobody gives a damn.

What?! The best cars are European and we have plenty of hot water. No need for AC, it's not like we're turning into a puddle of melted fat and sweat without it

The average snotty European you'll pass on the street or have serve you in a cafe is a piss poor prole compared to an American who can afford to vacation in Europe.

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Anonymous wrote:In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

Doubtful. This was taken two weeks ago in London:

https://youtu.be/omq83pQmdXw?si=lAplqkOS58Z-lgpV

The number of women in frumpy, loose sweatpants may shock you PP!

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Anonymous wrote:In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

Doubtful. This was taken two weeks ago in London:

https://youtu.be/omq83pQmdXw?si=lAplqkOS58Z-lgpV

The number of women in frumpy, loose sweatpants may shock you PP!

These are tourists at tourist sites...

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Anonymous wrote:In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

Doubtful. This was taken two weeks ago in London:

https://youtu.be/omq83pQmdXw?si=lAplqkOS58Z-lgpV

The number of women in frumpy, loose sweatpants may shock you PP!

Those are aging Chavs?

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Anonymous wrote:In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

Doubtful. This was taken two weeks ago in London:

https://youtu.be/omq83pQmdXw?si=lAplqkOS58Z-lgpV

The number of women in frumpy, loose sweatpants may shock you PP!

These are tourists at tourist sites...

Op is a tourist visiting tourist sites

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Anonymous wrote:In London you would blend in… if you were dropping your kid off at school in the morning. After that, not so much.

Doubtful. This was taken two weeks ago in London:

https://youtu.be/omq83pQmdXw?si=lAplqkOS58Z-lgpV

The number of women in frumpy, loose sweatpants may shock you PP!

These are tourists at tourist sites...

Op is a tourist visiting tourist sites

Long video, didn’t watch every minute but most people are wearing pants or jeans with winter jackets and coats. Woman with tight leggings and running shoes did stand out.

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Anonymous wrote:I own a few sets like these from Lululemon, Athletica, Target, would I stand out like a sore thumb in London, Geneva, Zurich, and Paris?

You will look like a tourist because you are a tourist. You won’t really blend in at all. Has nothing to do with Lululemon.

You’re a tourist, just embrace that. Trying to pretend as if you are not is silly.

When I was in Europe, only the American tourists were in athletic wear.

Who cares? As a tourist nobody is planning to live there or make friends. There's no reason to blend in. Tourists have a lot of walking and sightseeing to do and it's about function over form. I'm not going to wear heels and tights running around all day to look like a local who isn't walking far or doing the same things. When they come to the US I won't notice or care how they dress either.

True. And if you are the kind of person who doesn’t know whether Yoga pants are acceptable in Paris or Rome, you will give yourself away in a thousand other ways anyway, eg talking inane nonsense super loudly, your group stopping in the middle of a busy pavement to gawp at something etc.

It is sad how utterly unaware of just how stupid you sound.

Population of Paris: 2 million
Annual visitors to Paris: ~50 million

Population of Rome: 2.76 million
Annual visitors to Rome: ~30 million

Sigh. Americans are not the world.
Annual *US* visitors to Paris, ~2 million. So that’s 48 million tourists who know better!

Sigh. Sorry you’re fat.

Haha, completely the opposite. But try harder

Haha, perhaps you’re not American fat, but you’re certainly Parisian fat. You can dress to impress there, but they’ll still be able to immediately identify you as an American. Sorry!

This is like the third time I've seen a random commenter on these boards insist an anonymous stranger is fat without evidence.

It's totally bizarre. Do they think the other person is secret fatty lying about their weight on a message board?

Fat people know they're fat. Thin people know they are thin. It's quantitative measurement. Any idiot can calculate their BMI or measure their waist. Everyone I know owns a body fat measuring scale.

Before the random "you're fat!!!" lady turns her attentions towards me, I'm not fat. Objectively, measurably.

You only think you’re thin because you’re American. In Europe, you’re fat. Truth hurts, sorry!

..I moved here from Europe three years ago!

And you’re bloated and fat now! Go back to Europe, looking like a sack of potatoes.

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Anonymous wrote:I own a few sets like these from Lululemon, Athletica, Target, would I stand out like a sore thumb in London, Geneva, Zurich, and Paris?

You will look like a tourist because you are a tourist. You won’t really blend in at all. Has nothing to do with Lululemon.

You’re a tourist, just embrace that. Trying to pretend as if you are not is silly.

When I was in Europe, only the American tourists were in athletic wear.

Who cares? As a tourist nobody is planning to live there or make friends. There's no reason to blend in. Tourists have a lot of walking and sightseeing to do and it's about function over form. I'm not going to wear heels and tights running around all day to look like a local who isn't walking far or doing the same things. When they come to the US I won't notice or care how they dress either.

True. And if you are the kind of person who doesn’t know whether Yoga pants are acceptable in Paris or Rome, you will give yourself away in a thousand other ways anyway, eg talking inane nonsense super loudly, your group stopping in the middle of a busy pavement to gawp at something etc.

It is sad how utterly unaware of just how stupid you sound.

Population of Paris: 2 million
Annual visitors to Paris: ~50 million

Population of Rome: 2.76 million
Annual visitors to Rome: ~30 million

Sigh. Americans are not the world.
Annual *US* visitors to Paris, ~2 million. So that’s 48 million tourists who know better!

Sigh. Sorry you’re fat.

Haha, completely the opposite. But try harder

Haha, perhaps you’re not American fat, but you’re certainly Parisian fat. You can dress to impress there, but they’ll still be able to immediately identify you as an American. Sorry!

This is like the third time I've seen a random commenter on these boards insist an anonymous stranger is fat without evidence.

It's totally bizarre. Do they think the other person is secret fatty lying about their weight on a message board?

Fat people know they're fat. Thin people know they are thin. It's quantitative measurement. Any idiot can calculate their BMI or measure their waist. Everyone I know owns a body fat measuring scale.

Before the random "you're fat!!!" lady turns her attentions towards me, I'm not fat. Objectively, measurably.

You only think you’re thin because you’re American. In Europe, you’re fat. Truth hurts, sorry!

..I moved here from Europe three years ago!

And you’re bloated and fat now! Go back to Europe, looking like a sack of potatoes.

You are the fat one! Look at yourself!

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

No, you are the fat one.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

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Anonymous wrote:It's easy to say the ???women don't dress like that, but they are home and have closets of choices and laundry facilities.

Huh?
I wear jeans and sweater/jacket here, too. You can pack 2 pairs of leggings for hiking
/jogging or working out

I was referring to the comments of wearing more refined slacks and wool coats. I watched that long street scene video. The jeans and the sweaters looked no more well-dressed for museums than OPs athletic wear. It's all going to be hidden by the puffy coats anyway. Europe is still cold that time of year. I saw a lot of jeans and leggings (admittedly mostly worn by women who looked good in them and I hope they are fleece lined). The few women who looked great looked like they were on their way to work. And about how sales people will react, The good ones would never judge on the casual outfit.
They can read you by how you are reacting to the merchandise and mostly by how comfortable you are in the environment. It's the confidence that is extruded. OP - Please feel free to dress the way you are comfortable for the weather and lot's of walking. After reading this thread, That's what I'll be doing. If you see another person in Lulu, may be it'll be me!