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Are European women better groomed & better dressed than British women?

258 replies

Explodingatomickittens · 29/01/2023 09:37

Following two interesting threads & posters are saying that the Dutch & German woman are impeccably groomed & dressed. The "scruffy toff with I untidy hair covered in dov hair" is absolutely not a sign of wealth... It's interesting!

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safeplanet · 29/01/2023 14:44

But Italian men certainly more stylish. I think younger men have got more stylish here but i'm not a fan of the love island look.

Tekkentime · 29/01/2023 14:49

I think because the UK has a large amount of overweight and obese women, they try to make up for it with fake tan, fillers etc and it's a noticeable difference.

The british men are no better, it is easy to spot them because they're very aged and have many tattoos and look like alcoholics.

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 14:51

There's nothing like a bit of British hate is there. British people bad, everyone else good.
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Rebel2023 · 29/01/2023 14:56

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 14:51

There's nothing like a bit of British hate is there. British people bad, everyone else good.
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I'm starting to feel like the only British person in the NW who doesn't tan or go out in pjs reading this thread!
I've never seen anyone out in pjs except at 4am nipping to the local garage (with a coat over them)

LesLavandes · 29/01/2023 15:00

Yes. Clothes in France for example are more elegant. In the 'Ugg' era, you would never see a French person in Uggs.

They also groom themselves in general much better.

Shitfather · 29/01/2023 15:01

I think when you travel into the bowels of this shithole of a country, people aren’t well-groomed.

MarshaBradyo · 29/01/2023 15:11

safeplanet · 29/01/2023 14:41

@MarshaBradyo but you seemed confused by rich country & GDP per capita hence the small derailment.

It doesn’t matter. I’m not confused my point was people switch depending on narrative.

MarshaBradyo · 29/01/2023 15:11

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 14:51

There's nothing like a bit of British hate is there. British people bad, everyone else good.
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Yep. We’re the worst ever

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 15:12

Rebel2023 · 29/01/2023 14:56

I'm starting to feel like the only British person in the NW who doesn't tan or go out in pjs reading this thread!
I've never seen anyone out in pjs except at 4am nipping to the local garage (with a coat over them)

Me neither 🤣

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 15:12

MarshaBradyo · 29/01/2023 15:11

Yep. We’re the worst ever

That must be it 😆

RampantIvy · 29/01/2023 15:13

I don't think we are comparing apples with apples though are we?
I live rurally, so, while I do my nails and get my hair done regularly I don't wear city clothes, but weather appropriate clothes. I usually have earrings on and a slick of lipstick when I leave the house if I am going grocery shopping.

DesertRose64 · 29/01/2023 15:16

Gwenhwyfar · 29/01/2023 13:46

"If I picked a random woman off the street in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin I doubt you would be able to tell who was who."

The Italian woman would have sunglasses, summer or winter. I think we'd be able to recognise her by the style of clothes in general too.

I’d be able to tell also.

Lykia · 29/01/2023 15:17

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 14:51

There's nothing like a bit of British hate is there. British people bad, everyone else good.
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This.

I was recently in Lille and only saw 1 typically chic French woman. Everyone else looked as if they dressed in Primark. And yes they have a huge Primark in Lille. In fact they have most of the fast fashion retail stores that we had which sold the same clothes that our stores here sell.

Also Op stop stereotyping every white woman as a Brit.

At the school gates of my dc's school there are not many Brit parents. They are mainly from other parts of the world. Don't fall into the trap of thinking every white woman is British.

Disclaimer: I'm not white and am a child of an immigrant.

Liorae · 29/01/2023 15:17

Nameneeded · 29/01/2023 11:50

I think it's because we just don't care as much. We could also look stylish and well turned out if we gave a shit. I think a lot of us British women have different priorities and I'm proud that we don't feel the pressure that French/German women do. It takes time, money and motivation to look good and perhaps we just don't see the point of making so much effort ?

No, I think it is that British women actually believe that white trainers and a dress look sharp.

RampantIvy · 29/01/2023 15:18

This came through on my Facebook feed just now Grin

Are European women better groomed & better dressed than British women?
FatSealSmugSoup · 29/01/2023 15:19

Liorae · 29/01/2023 15:17

No, I think it is that British women actually believe that white trainers and a dress look sharp.

😂😂😂 you’re not wrong. And the leggings!

KittyHello · 29/01/2023 15:21

@MarshaBradyo 👋🏾👋🏾 this thread is depressing isn't it?

rellway · 29/01/2023 15:36

Tbh I don't know why the Brits (at least the ones that voted leave) even bother to wear clothes. A hessian sack would be more appropriate (although our neighbours across the channel could, certainement, make it look stylish) for their doughy bovine bodies.

(I don't count myself as British btw, as I'm entitled to an EU passport through my husband)

JackieDaws · 29/01/2023 15:39

🤪🤪🤪🤪

This thread is bonkers. And the UK is only a shithole because nice white middle class people like it this way. You like having poor people so you can sneer at them and drop a tin of tesco value beans in the food bank collection so you can feel even more superior.

You like that council estates exist because they corral all the poor in one area, unless its London and that council estate is in a desirable area and well looked after then its "why should they be subsidised to live there?"

You like that Primark and Shein exist so you can pontificate over the poor ruining the climate with their cheap plastic fast fashion, but get upset if a poor peeing has an expensive bit of clothing. It's sumptuary by the back door really.

In other words you like inequality until it starts howling at your door. That's why you vote tory. You were all delighted that some northerners voted tory in 2019 because it gave you somewhere to deflect the blame from yourselves.

It isn't your clothes that marks you out as British, its the cats bum face and the nasty bitterness oozing out of every pore on your body that marks you as British.

Much love, from a Finnish person who lives in a council property on the Southbank.

DeFacto · 29/01/2023 15:44

I'm struggling to tell whether some of these posts are parody or not.

GPTec1 · 29/01/2023 15:44

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 14:51

There's nothing like a bit of British hate is there. British people bad, everyone else good.
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Truth hurts doesn't it? We are poor and obese, 26% of adults are obese and a further 38% over weight.

No amount of make up and expensive cloths can alter that.

Future adults wont fare any better, 27% yr 6 boys obese, 21% girls obese.

Going back to GDP per capita, NHS England say strong link between poverty and obesity.

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Oh God, some people are going to take your comments personally and the whole thread might end up being pulled.

WendyAndClyde · 29/01/2023 15:49

Truth hurts doesn't it? We are poor and obese, 26% of adults are obese and a further 38% over weight.

It doesn't hurt me. Why should it? Clearly it hurts you. And there are shit things about all countries and all populations. The human condition it would seem.

MarshaBradyo · 29/01/2023 15:50

KittyHello · 29/01/2023 15:21

@MarshaBradyo 👋🏾👋🏾 this thread is depressing isn't it?

Kitty 😀👋

it’s too much times seem to have changed! Brexit S&B knock fest

Hessian sack made me laugh but people are going for it