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Some people dress to impress and wear traditional European clothing, others couldn't care and wear a T shirt, shorts and flip flops

What do you wear around the house, when going out and at work?

Coffee Break Wrote:Some people dress to impress and wear traditional European clothing, others couldn't care and wear a T shirt, shorts and flip flops

What do you wear around the house, when going out and at work?

What heck is, 'traditional European clothing?'

To the best of my knowledge, clothes worn daily are fairly international in western society.

Elvis Wrote:What heck is, 'traditional European clothing?'

To the best of my knowledge, clothes worn daily are fairly international in western society.

I fully agree with that. Besides that, the only notable differences depend on the season and the climate which varies from place to place and day to day in Europe.

Quote:What heck is, 'traditional European clothing?'

lol I guess things like Dutch Clogs, Scottish Kilts, German Lederhosen etc

Coffee Break Wrote:

Quote:What heck is, 'traditional European clothing?'

lol I guess things like Dutch Clogs, Scottish Kilts, German Lederhosen etc

If you tell them beforehand you're coming as a tourist with a big allowance they'll dress up like that for you. Otherwise you might not be able to tell the difference between your attire and theirs.

Still remember when, in 1989, my hosts (from Hamburg) asked directions of a Lederhosen-clad Münchner and smiled and nodded, thanked the man and waited for him to get out of sight before looking for someone else from whom to ask directions...

... He didn't understand a word that was said!

Spunner Wrote:Still remember when, in 1989, my hosts (from Hamburg) asked directions of a Lederhosen-clad Münchner and smiled and nodded, thanked the man and waited for him to get out of sight before looking for someone else from whom to ask directions...

... He didn't understand a word that was said!

I don't need to wear Lederhosen for not understanding Plattdeutsch, and I grew up in between Hamburg and München. Of course bavarian is a foreign language to me too. Maybe your hosts didn't understand him either.

Oh, it was my host that didn't understand the Bayrish!

(06-23-2008 12:49 PM)Coffee Break Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:What heck is, 'traditional European clothing?'

lol I guess things like Dutch Clogs, Scottish Kilts, German Lederhosen etc

You may be right, I suppose all Aussies wear broad brimmed hats with corks dangling from them?

Quote:You may be right, I suppose all Aussies wear broad brimmed hats with corks dangling from them?

lol, I dont think so