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German sense of "fashion"

August 7th 2008 17:04


Why is it that Germans are not known for their great dress sense? Maybe it's because they don't have a great dress sense. Simple, huh?

This, of course, is a generalisation, because in every country you will find people who wear awful clothes. However, there are certain questionable clothing trends that seem far more prevelant in Germany than in other western countries I've been to.


Take the concept of "double denim" for example. Now isn't that something that was cool in the 80s? Would ANY fashion magazine (or even an ordinary clothes shop) promote a single combination of denim pants and jacket these days? No! And yet, you will see thousands of Germans walking around wearing just that -- even though this is one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

What's also amazing about this phenomenon is that here in Germany itself shops and magazines do NOT promote this way of dressing. You can find lots of normal, trendy, up-to-date clothing in the local stores. This implies that there's some weird 80s-time-warp mentality that plagues the population for some unknown reason.

Before you get really scared, the good news is that the "double denim" people are still a minority -- though a slightly bigger minority than you might expect. The majority is at least remotely in sync with current mainstream fashion (well, except for the tendency to wear office-style outfits on weekends and at birthday parties, and except for the daggy sandals-and-socks combo, but I won't get into all that right now... ).


(The stunning image above is courtesy of my friend Cheryl Northey. She takes great delight in photographically documenting atrocious fashion crimes.)
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Comment by Anonymous

August 18th 2008 09:17
I know! I'm living here in Germany and I swear they have gotten stuck in the 80's. A lot, and I do mean a lot, of people still have mullets. I've also seen several children with rat tails. When driving back to my house this morning, I saw a guy that I swear could have been David Lee Roth's identical twin. Scarey!

Comment by Wynona Lavota

September 29th 2008 11:09
I must warn you, we have the exact same thing going on in Aus, only thing is, over here it's 'in'. It's 'trendy'- the cool poeple do it.

Prepare for a pandemic.

Comment by Anonymous

November 8th 2008 23:04
this is so true, though there are plenty of considerably trendy Germans out there.

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