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.

Who cares one way or another. It doesn't matter on iota what OP wears.

Anonymous wrote:ew no leggings. put some pants on

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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.

In London, where I am from, no one will bat an eyelid at anything you wear. Wearing athleisure all day is not super common amongst Londoners but I’ve definitely seen it. More common to mix it up a bit - leggings with a knit sweater and boots, shoes more like Sambas than Hokas. But obviously there are thousands of tourists and they wear whatever they want and blend in too. You’ll be at tourist sites anyway, not hanging out with local people.

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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.

To you sitting at home watching videos? You can clearly see everyone is just going about their business they aren't making a spectacle out of staring at anyone. I thought Europeans were supposed to have better manners?

OP asked if she would stand out. Ie, be an oddball. The answer is Yes.
Whether people on the video are reacting or not to woman in tight leggings and running shoes is irrelevant.
You seem to hearing “will I be mocked and scorned, ridiculed?” That’s not what OP is asking.

Hardly an oddball if people on the video are dressed similarly. So clearly people do wear athletic wear like this which answers the question.

Watch the video.

Why? To see athletic wear and sll other forms of very casual dress?

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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.

No, Slavic women are aggressively nice. 'm from dcum's snootiest nightmare country, although that prize should go to Norway imo.

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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.

To you sitting at home watching videos? You can clearly see everyone is just going about their business they aren't making a spectacle out of staring at anyone. I thought Europeans were supposed to have better manners?

OP asked if she would stand out. Ie, be an oddball. The answer is Yes.
Whether people on the video are reacting or not to woman in tight leggings and running shoes is irrelevant.
You seem to hearing “will I be mocked and scorned, ridiculed?” That’s not what OP is asking.

Hardly an oddball if people on the video are dressed similarly. So clearly people do wear athletic wear like this which answers the question.

Watch the video.

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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.

Nah. Europeans have significantly higher home ownership rates and I mean true owners, not mortgage slaves like you are. For us, traveling is not luxury like it is for you. We also don't worry about retirement.

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.

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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.

To you sitting at home watching videos? You can clearly see everyone is just going about their business they aren't making a spectacle out of staring at anyone. I thought Europeans were supposed to have better manners?

OP asked if she would stand out. Ie, be an oddball. The answer is Yes.
Whether people on the video are reacting or not to woman in tight leggings and running shoes is irrelevant.
You seem to hearing “will I be mocked and scorned, ridiculed?” That’s not what OP is asking.

Hardly an oddball if people on the video are dressed similarly. So clearly people do wear athletic wear like this which answers the question.

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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.

To you sitting at home watching videos? You can clearly see everyone is just going about their business they aren't making a spectacle out of staring at anyone. I thought Europeans were supposed to have better manners?

OP asked if she would stand out. Ie, be an oddball. The answer is Yes.
Whether people on the video are reacting or not to woman in tight leggings and running shoes is irrelevant.
You seem to hearing “will I be mocked and scorned, ridiculed?” That’s not what OP is asking.

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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.

Well, OP is an American tourist, so it should be fine then.

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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.

I love how you people make weird assumptions about people you don’t even know.

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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.

To you sitting at home watching videos? You can clearly see everyone is just going about their business they aren't making a spectacle out of staring at anyone. I thought Europeans were supposed to have better manners?