French Style or Scandi Style?

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Based on an article I read today from The Times about the two different fashion weeks. It got me pondering with what my style was more aligned to, out of the two, and I am going to say it’s Scandi style.

Well, if I were to make my decision based solely on the article and the pictures therein, I'd say neither. Without the article and based on what I know, am Team French all the way.

I recall the last time I was in Copenhagen, yes, many are very well-dressed and the epitome of Scandi style, but they all look the same. Copenhagen (and Denmark as a whole) is scarily conformist and identikit, something I hadn't realised even though Danish colleagues had always cited this as being one of the many reasons they had moved to the UK/London.

Also, my main issue with Scandi style is that it is pretty responsible for the oversized fit craze that on many of us, looks too big (and like we got dressed in a giant's wardrobe) rather than oversized. French (and Italian style for that matter) know how to cut and tailor. They know how to flatter the female form. Scandi style just seems to drown it.

PS. The woman in the Gucci hat and bag looks ridiculous and far too matchy matchy. Dripping double Gs (or any labels really) is not my idea of stylish at all.

Edited to add a link to the picture but I forgot we can't add pictures or link to at the moment.

Neither. Going off the pictures in the article above they both have ballooning too large trousers. At least the Scandi lot have discovered colour.

Neither, but Scandi if I had to pick one. I think if any style is conformist it's French- or certainly what is described as "French style" on here (all those boring neutrals)

I love over-sized. I want my clothes to be "look at me, taking up space" . I don't want my female form to be flattered. I have far more Scandi and Low Countries clothes than French and the only French brands I have are old style Lillith which is more Scandi than French and Casey Casey which is more Scandi or even English eccentric than French.

Both camps look like an apprentice task where they have 15 mins in a charity shop to put on clothes that you might see on Eddy in Ab Fab.

Aha, can totally see you being more Scandi! I totally understand your reasoning given what I've read/seen about your taste. Interestingly though, you're beautiful navy Pauw dress is so Dior New Look to my eye. On one hand, that's as far away from Scandi style as one can be, but on the other, and as you state, the clothes are 'look at me', 'taking up space', and lets ass in 'volume,' 'intellectual.' 'textures.' All things that very much have origins not just in the New Look but French haute couture. Fashion is fascinating, none of it exists in a vacuum.

I also can see why you think French style is more conformist. However, much of Scandi style, the over-sized dress and details, the clashing prints (as evidenced in the article by the woman wearing the stripe trousers and patterned sweater) is also conformist - in Copenhagen, they're positively dime a dozen women dressed like that. Not exactly individual. Can't say I think neutrals when I think of French style, but then MN does have odd ideas about many things that aren't actually true, particularly when it comes to style. The pictures in the article weren't anything I would really consider typically French style.

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I love both (in this specific article) but I'm definitely leaning more towards French. Also, I happen to be French so, well, it makes sense I guess.