is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

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I wear a vest of deception

-DC native

[Anonymous]

Hoodie and jeans. - Northern California

I always look too casual for the East Coast but I don’t feel comfortable dressing up.

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Hermes scarf, "preppy" and slim. I'm from Paris.

Your weight is not a clothing style.

Sigh. That’s what some Americans don’t understand. It is. It’s actually the most important piece of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Hoodie and jeans. - Northern California

I always look too casual for the East Coast but I don’t feel comfortable dressing up.

I feel the same way, though it does seem to have gotten a bit more casual than it was when I moved here over a decade ago

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Hermes scarf, "preppy" and slim. I'm from Paris.

Your weight is not a clothing style.

Sigh. That’s what some Americans don’t understand. It is. It’s actually the most important piece of it.

Oh definitely. Like with the TX posters, I assume when I picture their blinged out jeans, they are probably Miss Mes and the women are heavier than is the norm in the DMV. My sisters and SILs live in Austin/Houston/Dallas and the average woman tends to be significantly heavier than here.

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Anonymous wrote:Vyshyvanka - 100 year old blouses with lush handmade embroidery. Ukraine.

I just googled this. Beautiful. And trendy casual right now! (At least, last time I checked Old Navy. The real deal is prettier).

Thank you! Sorry, I can't resist showing you these, they are from a particular region and are very coveted - http://www.matkovska.com/koletsia-borshchivskyh-sorochok/

those are beautiful! i’m especially entrances because i just saw midsommar and now i just want to wear all white (and join a swedish death cult - whatever, it was a good movie!)

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Black tights with boots and dresses most of the year.
Actually, boots of every kind!

Why do you miss it? What prevents you from wearing that? It's still fashionable?

I don’t miss it, I do wear it all the time (well, not in summer in DC). That wasn’t the title of the thread though, or perhaps I misunderstood

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Brighter colors, makeup, fun jewelry. From North Carolina.

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Anonymous wrote:Over the top bling Texas

+1
Another Texan who knows exactly what you mean.

I do, however, have to say I have a cozy ear flap hat that I adore. While it may not be Texas style, it helps me deal with the extreme (to me) DC cold.

Every time I go to Texas I’m blown away by how “done” the women are. I’ve been on overnight flights that have landed in Dallas at 6am and the women in the airport have full makeup, perfect blowouts, perfectly coordinated and accessorized outfits, and I’m just thinking “what time did you have to wake up at to be through security looking like that at 6?” It’s impressive. I don’t consider myself a slob or low-maintenance even, but that’s a whole other level of dedication.

[Anonymous]

Isabel Marant and Zimmermann

Sydney born

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Anonymous wrote:I am from here. I never commute in my work shoes-always sneakers.

Lol this is the winnee

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Hermes scarf, "preppy" and slim. I'm from Paris.

Your weight is not a clothing style.

Sigh. That’s what some Americans don’t understand. It is. It’s actually the most important piece of it.

Oh definitely. Like with the TX posters, I assume when I picture their blinged out jeans, they are probably Miss Mes and the women are heavier than is the norm in the DMV. My sisters and SILs live in Austin/Houston/Dallas and the average woman tends to be significantly heavier than here.

Not in Austin proper. Austin is a crunchy fit college town full of young athletic people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Black tights with boots and dresses most of the year.
Actually, boots of every kind!

Why do you miss it? What prevents you from wearing that? It's still fashionable?

I don’t miss it, I do wear it all the time (well, not in summer in DC). That wasn’t the title of the thread though, or perhaps I misunderstood

This is OP - and you did not misunderstand! You understood perfectly.

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Anonymous wrote:Carhartt - clothing for working people! I am from Michigan.

This would be my DH's answer. He's from northern Minnesota.

I'm a military brat with deep roots in Maine and agree with the PPs who mentioned the Beans catalog.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from PacNW. Fleece, flip flops with jeans even when the weather is iffy.

I should move here because I'd LOVE to live in this uniform! So comfy!