I recently posted about possibly doing some clothes shopping and I have had two opportunities to do just that. One in London and also some time in Oxford. These are my conclusions:
- Women’s and kid’s clothes must be using so much of the world supply of colour that there is none left for menswear.
- The British are perverse. This is a grey, dark, wet and miserable little island. So what do Brits decide when choosing their winter wardrobe? They wear black, grey or muted colours because, apparently, this country needs to look EVEN MORE DRAB in winter.
- Every menswear shop seems to employ the same window-dressers, producing exactly the same winter window displays for all their clients. This consists dressing mannequins in lots of seemingly identical black or grey wool coats, pullovers etc.
I was so underwhelmed.
In the immortal words of Vamp Willow from Buffy:
LOL you’re damn right! Not only in the Uk, men always wears dark hues , mostly black , brown , grey. I wonder why !
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On line shopping is for you, my friend!
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Try online shopping in Italy or Spain – their clothes are usually more colorful even for men. 😄
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I see Hawaiian shirts in your future!
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I suspect that it is a reflection of how men are generally less willing to express themselves and tend toward conservative uniformity. Also in many careers this uniformity is kind of expected too.
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I am tending toward this view myself. I’d rather be able to try things on but if needs must…
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That is a good idea. I met another botanical artist at the exhibition last month. He was Italian , about my age and beautifully dressed in a colourful shirt and immaculately tailored waistcoat. Almost asked where he shopped.
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Along with a Ferrari and Magnum PI’s lifestyle? I wish! 😀
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I feel the same here, that in winter when our souls need an up lift it would be so much better to see colours of vibrancy ..but the clothing industry just seems to be so dull, dull, dull. It is demoralising. Its the same in Australia.
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Absolutely. I really do not get it. They would probably argue that they are simply stocking what people want. In which case the customers also need their ideas shaking up a bit!
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We need color in our life! Online Italian shopping sounds like a brilliant idea 🌻
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Hmmm perhaps. 😕
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😀😀😀
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Yes, Italians just have immaculate taste when it comes to clothing 😄 Have fun online shopping and let me know if you’ve found something!
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😀😀😀
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OK with colourful shirts and Magnum PI’s lifestyle but please leave out the mustache!
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Don’t worry. I know your views on mustaches! I am not a fan either. They are just a half-assed attempt at a beard. I am sort of committed to the beard now it appears in my new passport photos.
Oh, must try to find a buddy who owns a helicopter too. And some bikini clad ladies. I’m starting to like this idea way too much actually 😉
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Happy you decided to go through with getting your passport done so you can soon travel again! If you ever find a buddy who owns a jet come in Montreal. I would love to see this beard of yours. But I most say there are no women in bikinis here this time of year!
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It is a date. Bikinis or not!
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Thrift / vintage stores ? 🌈
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You are joking, right? I am not always sure with your British humour…
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Joking? Moi?
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Well, if you do come, with or without Susan, let me know! Il me fera plaisir de vous montrer quelques jolis endroits méconnus de ma ville.
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Of course 😀😀 And thank you for the offer to show me around your city.
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You understood the French part of my comment! With or without Google translate?
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I got the gist of it but used google to check before I made an idiot of myself 😀😉
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Oh,you should see some Italian man shopping….worst then women😱
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I literally laughed out loud just at the title, and the rest was even better. Thank you for this!
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Please tell me they don’t spend a whole day in shoe shops too? (I will never get the women and shoes thing)
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Aww, thank you!😀💕
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I can’t say ,hopefully I don’t have one of those man😀but I love shoes and clothes and accessories but I hate going shopping and I don’t browse around shops unless I need to buy something.i get bored of fashion magazine too.
I find the worst when people dress their kids like they are their mini me,if u know what I mean.
When we go back to Italy u can spot my girls miles away….I think they tolerate us as we come from abroad🤣
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I’m not keen on clothes shopping either. Until recently it was just a boring necessity. Things have changed a lot for me in recent months and I’m still kind of exploring.
I do get what you mean. My niece is very much anti-fashion and dresses for comfort, unlike many of her peers at school who dress like mini-adults.
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My eldest daughters is the same,nothing bad about it.kids must be kids😀
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Indeed 🙂
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I guess online shopping will be helpful, as is already told to you.. 🙂
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I would go with you and find as much color as possible to make you smile 😉
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Your refreshing sarcasm really made me smile 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it! 😀😀
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As someone who is desperate for clothes in good colours – not the usual dull-fare that you’ve so rightly observed – I agree with you. But clothes have ‘seasons’ that depend not on the actual seasons but on the various shops’ buyers… so we get what they think we want, not we actually do want. And I’m speaking as a woman who can’t find brightly coloured or even mid-coloured clothes, not a man!
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Exactly! I will scream if I hear another shop assistant say ‘there is no demand for it’!
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