Do women wear athletic wear like this in Europe?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So funny, I was just there, no... not full on exercise wear and no one was wearing HOKAs unless they were jogging. I didn't care but didn't want to stand out because I was traveling alone.

I was in London in the fall, and there were lots of commuters on the tube wearing Hokas, actually.

Yes. You see more variety in Londoners, but there is a significant portion of the population who dress for comfort, with sneakers, track suits, leggings, etc. Since the pandemic, this element has increased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

Agree. Plus being a tourist requires quite a bit of walking and being outdoors, like a workout. Why should people dress like the locals who are going to work when they have a completely different day planned?

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just back from London. It was cold. Saw lots of leggings and skinny jeans, brought up a level with fitted vests or tailored wool overcoats.. Shoes were flat boots or sneakers, The key appeared to be whether the clothing fit well and was coordinated versus level of dress.
I wore a long packable puffy coat that I.removed and threw in my tote while inside, My tops were athletic fiber long sleeves and thin merino wools I could hand wash and would dry by next morning. Had one nice black pants that I really didn’t need. No problem fitting in anywhere. If I didn’t have to proceed to tropical weather, the wool coat would have been nice.

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I should add in answer to OPs question, I didn’t see a tight define jacket with leggings. I did see them mixed with sweat bottoms or jeans. People didn’t go with tight bottoms and tops at the same time, it was cold.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

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No.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

They don't wear the same things as Americans. I lived in France for several years. It won't be a good look to be overly American in athle-leisure gear right now. No need to make yourself a target.

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If you go to London at the height of tourist season in the summer -- August, you will see people dressed in anything because the city is full of tourists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

They don't wear the same things as Americans. I lived in France for several years. It won't be a good look to be overly American in athle-leisure gear right now. No need to make yourself a target.

Just got back from Denmark. It was absolutely the same as here. Lots of leggings with sneakers. LOTS of sneakers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

Thank you. Last summer I was traveling to Spain to visit friends and sight-see/go to a festival. I wondered what I should wear and some you tuber said don't wear sneakers. Well, no way when I'm walking miles. My usual summer look is a dress with low-rise sneakers...like sperry's but with arch support. So that's what I wore and so did most women. (the place I visited was off the beaten track so must tourists were Spanish and second, other EU citizens). It was as hot as hades so I was very glad to wear a dress. The one difference I did notice is that not a lot of people wear flip flops. In fact, there were no dudes in brown flip flops.

[Anonymous]

Will never understand the concern about "looking like a tourist." You ARE a tourist. Embrace it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

They don't wear the same things as Americans. I lived in France for several years. It won't be a good look to be overly American in athle-leisure gear right now. No need to make yourself a target.

The French aren't beating up Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in London for three years, recently.

OP, yes, some people wear leggings in public. Some people wear track suits in public, as a kind of perpetual uniform, actually.

In fact, google "scrunch bum" leggings. This is something you can actually see on the streets in the UK. It's kind of chavvy, but also popular enough that you see it outside of the gym.

I also lived in Germany, and German women are either starkly crisp and put together OR dressed in crunchy, comfy clothes, like Birkenstocks (yes, that really is a German thing), jeans, baggy linen dresses, and athleisureware. Really.

These people claiming that Europeans always dress impeccably have never lived in Europe. They are talking about the tiny, currated Disney-land-esque tourist area they visited a few times to make themselves feel sophisticated.

God, thank you. I lived in Europe recently too and you are so right. People wear all the same things Americans wear. There is a poster here who insists European women wouldn't be caught dead unless they were wearing "slacks (her word), a cashmere sweater, Chanel ballet flats, and an Hermes scarf." It's so comical, every time she scolds other DCUMers who say they simply wore normal clothes while in Europe. Sneakers, jeans, jackets, boots, whatever. In the summer, plenty of people wear shorts and sandals. No different than here in the U.S.

They don't wear the same things as Americans. I lived in France for several years. It won't be a good look to be overly American in athle-leisure gear right now. No need to make yourself a target.

Just got back from Denmark. It was absolutely the same as here. Lots of leggings with sneakers. LOTS of sneakers!

Yep. The PP is wrong.

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I’ve been on three European trips in the last year at times of years without a lot of tourists. I saw everything under the sun, including a ton of sneakers. No one was walking around London in ballet flats or pumps or anything dressy on the footwear front. Tons of puffer jackets. Not as many tailored wool coats that I would have seen 10 years ago. And, unless you never say a word the second you open your mouth they are going to know where you are from. So, where what you want.

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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?

Literally no one but other Americans dresses like this in Europe. We sometimes go to/from the gym/fitness studio in our work out clothes IF we are in a rush; but typically we wear our street clothes to/from and change at the studio. We also need to bring separate shoes bc most gyms have a "no street shoes" rule for cleanly of the facility.