Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 11:35     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Snow pants, snow boots, cross country skis, sled, snow anything and I'm so ready.
Northern Europe.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 11:13     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Anything with a hint of metallic and shine. Tribal patterns.

South Asia.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 10:34     Subject: Re:is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

I grew up in a beach town with a big surfing community. I love my Billabong and O’Neill but I rarely wear it here. When I go home I can’t resist buying it. It just feels right.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 10:23     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

I am from here. I never commute in my work shoes-always sneakers.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 09:49     Subject: Re:is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Blonde hair for life. I grew up at the beach and have been coloring it since I was 13. I’ll never go gray.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 09:48     Subject: Re:is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Anonymous wrote:Love my ushanka (trapper) hat with ear flaps; too bad I only get to wear it 2 days a year, max, in this climate.
From Saint Petersburg (Russia, not Florida).


I’ll stand right next to you in my Pavlovo Posad shawl.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 09:30     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Anonymous wrote:This is OP - and it's really fun hearing these answers. I guess these clothing preferences are so formative.

I don't have kids so don't know the answer - but I wonder if kids today are growing up with these sorts of regionalisms or if the internet has made it so everyone wears the same thing.


+1 some of them are just weather choices. And the weather is getting crazy.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 09:24     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Hoop earrings. The bigger the better. West Baltimore.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 09:23     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Wolverine 1000 boots. They are a Michigan made leather boot and are amazing. -Michigander
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 08:55     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Carhartt - clothing for working people! I am from Michigan.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 08:31     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I lust after so much weird stuff from the LL Bean catalogue - like my heart goes pitter paster after these not very attractive cotton rugby shirts that have the vintage LL Bean patch on them.

I am from Rhode Island.


LL Bean is not sold all over the US? I think you can order it online anywhere.


NP. Of course you can and you know that, but you are much more likely to see people around you dressed in it while in RI than I suspect while in Texas.


+1. I wear the Wicked Warm Slippers while the rest of the country wears horrific things like Uggs. It is a localized thing and not necessarily on a national radar. -mainer
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 07:17     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I lust after so much weird stuff from the LL Bean catalogue - like my heart goes pitter paster after these not very attractive cotton rugby shirts that have the vintage LL Bean patch on them.

I am from Rhode Island.


LL Bean is not sold all over the US? I think you can order it online anywhere.


NP. Of course you can and you know that, but you are much more likely to see people around you dressed in it while in RI than I suspect while in Texas.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 05:16     Subject: Re:is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Hoop earrings and pretty sandals. I get sad as soon as it gets too cold to wear sandals. Caribbean islander.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 01:47     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Mukluks and Cowichan jumper. VI, BC.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2019 00:38     Subject: is there a clothing item or style you like, that gives away where you're from?

Socks with flip flops or sandals...German