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[quote=Anonymous]It is certainly not true for all or most American women that they are frumpy, whatever that means. But, let's assume some are. Here is my take on it. After WWII most American women went bac home and stayed at home. They dressed up if they went out. In Europe, women had to work and most worked right after WWII. So you needed to look decent/nice. Nonetheless, still similar dress code. Then something happened in the 80s, I think. Some kind of frump style became the norm. I have pictures of my European mom and my US MIL, same age, and in late  1960s, both are dressed in pics pretty similar. Both had their hair done, my mom worked, MIL was SAHM. Both dressed very stylish. Both went frumpy in the 80s. So, I suppose if we assume that US women are "more" frumpy, is that nor actually a sign of confidence? That you don't need to dress to impress, that you are fine in your body, that you are still not living so that men think you are nice looking? Maybe we should ask ourselves, why are European women getting dressed up that much to go and buy a loaf of bread? And if you are going to make sweeping generalization, Europe is not some fashion unified group. Most women that go to local produce markets are pretty frumpy in my mom's country.[/quote]

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