Interesting. I've heard it referred to as aspirational dressing. The vision of being in Paris dressed in some chic outfit. I had a thought recently that the perception of the locals dressed nicer than the tourists is because its a workday for them so of course they're likely more dress up. If its a Sat or Sun do the tourists blend in more?
I got a chuckle out of the picture of the couple posing in front of Coit tower in San Francisco. While it looks like a sunny day, the woman's outfit is decidedly too light for most days in San Francisco. I remember when I worked in San Francisco, I would often see tourists wearing San Francisco sweatshirts and shorts on the typical cool summer day. I always figured they had packed for "sunny California" and had to buy a sweatshirt at a tourist shop to get by.
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Interesting. I've heard it referred to as aspirational dressing. The vision of being in Paris dressed in some chic outfit. I had a thought recently that the perception of the locals dressed nicer than the tourists is because its a workday for them so of course they're likely more dress up. If its a Sat or Sun do the tourists blend in more?
All I still see is women wearing leggings with tennis shoes and more recently in Italy, wide legged pants.
I got a chuckle out of the picture of the couple posing in front of Coit tower in San Francisco. While it looks like a sunny day, the woman's outfit is decidedly too light for most days in San Francisco. I remember when I worked in San Francisco, I would often see tourists wearing San Francisco sweatshirts and shorts on the typical cool summer day. I always figured they had packed for "sunny California" and had to buy a sweatshirt at a tourist shop to get by.
This is what Mark Twain said “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”.
Mark Twain never really said that.