People in "holiday clothes" in the UK

[BrianButterfield]

I live in a seaside town and today while I was at the supermarket I saw a whole family who were obviously on holiday, because they were all in "holiday clothes" - gaudy tops, bright 3/4 length trousers, beach bags etc etc. Now I must point out that this was not ON the beach or even near the beach, just walking round an average supermarket on an overcast day.

It was quite sweet really but it did make me wonder why going to the seaside in your own country requires the ceremonial packing-of-holiday-clothes. They would have been fine in Spain but they stood out a bit on the Yorkshire coast as everyone else was wearing jeans, jackets, etc - you know, normal clothes!

Will anybody here admit to "holiday clothes"? (And I don't mean actual beach stuff - that's obvious).

Bah humbug!

Well maybe wearing their holiday clothes makes them happy?

Whats wrong with that?

Normal clothes for UK holidays. I hardly ever take holidays in the UK, though.

Maybe they dress like that all the time?

Eh? So you can only wear them abroad? If you're on holiday here and do happen to be wearing those clothes you have to stay at the beach or other place deemed suitably 'holidayish' by you?
People do have holidays in the UK, and do step into shops on them. What's so hard for you to understand about that, OP?

I spot them in Spain too

"holiday clothes"

I have 'holiday clothes'

A few bits that never see the light of day between one holiday to the next. I bet some of them are older than my children (classic pieces natch)

I do take newer clothes as well, I don't swan around the Greek isles in some tragic timewarp

My parents are headed this way (Southwest) for a holiday next week and they are the absolute worst for this. My mum sometimes accessoriezes it all with (oh the shame) a bumbag...

LOL at holiday clothes. My mum is guilty of this and has been known to buy lots of floaty dresses and striped marine looking t-shirts + cropped trousers which she refers to as "cruise wear"!

In a moment of madness, bought 2yo DD a 'going on holiday' outfit of white bright white pumps, pale leggings and white tshirt.
After a 7 hour delay at the airport, during which she climbed on and under every step, surface and shelf going, she looked like an urchin.
I won't make that mistake again, she can go in her nursery joggers next year.

I am guilty of holiday clothes, but not when holidaying in the UK.

Lisaro very much misses the point! The thing is, if you were walking around, I dunno, Basingstoke on an average day you would wear average clothes. So why, just because you have moved a couple of hundred miles and are in the approximate vicinity of water, do you suddenly have to wear fuchsia cropped trousers, flowered tunic top, hiking sandals and a garish cotton shoulder bag? It's the SAME COUNTRY with the SAME WEATHER!

I mean, everyone has a suitcase under a bed somewhere stuffed full of 15-year-old sarongs and questionable shorts, but they're only to be deployed on foreign soil. It's the law.

And I am howling at the bumbag. Does she have one of those money belt things too?

My Cornish relatives wear loads of 'holidaywear' like nautical shit and walking sandals, and they love pasties and cream teas. They've lived there all of their lives. Perhaps the family you saw were actually locals.

I wear flowered tunic tops even when I'm not on holiday

I may own a pair of hiking sandals too

Love the username, OP

I live in Cornwall and if I have to cross paths with another family in brand new bright clothing & all wearing Crocs, I will go mad and slam my head repeatedly in the door of a nearby phonebox.

(Do we even still have phoneboxes? Hmm..)

What a snot you sound.

For some people their holiday is a big thing. They save all year, buy a new set of clothing and enjoy wearing them.

If that's too prole for your delicate sensibilities, then I suggest you live somewhere that doesn't attract the "holiday clothes" type.

See I wouldn't notice what people were wearing, but then I've never been a clothes snob.

Tunic tops are fine as long as they're not with these trousers.

This is one of the reasons I despair of "holidaying at home" - people with nothing better to do laughing at what you choose to wear

They're on their bloody holidays, spending money in your town - who cares what they wear?

Was I laughing? I said I thought it was sweet! I just don't get why you would do it. Buy new clothes for your holiday, great, but why do they have to be clothes you'd never wear at home?

That's it wiggles I can't imagine what the OP wears daily in order to be so well qualified to judge.

Aw. "Sweet"

How the biugger do you know what people would wear at home??