Do women wear athletic wear like this in Europe?

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You did not see leggings as pants “all over Japan”. Did not happen. But they’re a polite society and you’ll be excused as an ignorant American.

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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!

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In London they would assume you are actively working out. Not really a look for just being out and about.

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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!

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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.

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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!

Oh you're that same lady from the other thread that though a US size 6 was a 48 or 50 in "Europe" without specifying which European standard!

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all are going on such old, outdated boomer travel advice from the 80s that Europeans dress to impress 100% of the time and turn their noses up at Americans for wearing a t-shirt.

Wear whatever you want. Lululemon has stores in Europe, and they wear it over there too, and they wear it out on the street.

+1. Insecure Franco and Anglophiles crack me up. Nobody cares!

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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!

YOU are the fat American!

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Anonymous wrote:In London they would assume you are actively working out. Not really a look for just being out and about.

This is absolutely not true.

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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

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thanks PPs! I am not the hiking PP. I don’t find jeans very comfortable fwiw. I was born in the 80s and part of the low-rise stretch jeans fads of the early 00s. I’m interested in comfort and tend to do more castle and museum visits than outdoor hiking trips.

So you’ve been wearing leggings for the past 40 years? Try other comfortable pants?

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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?

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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.

That's my thinking. How much do you want to pack? Who cares what anyone else thinks.

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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.

That's my thinking. How much do you want to pack? Who cares what anyone else thinks.

In that video posted earlier saw plenty of leggings, Uggs, sweatpants even saw a few sports bras as tops. Weird thing one nobody was pointing, staring, or sneering as people claim local will do. Probably because it was the locals dressed that way.

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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