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Do UK cities have their own "style"? (lemmy.world)
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I'm Greek + English, used to live in the UK years ago, and I visited again see a friend in a new city. What surprised me was how everyone (not literally, but a very large portion) seemed to have their own distinct look.

We went into a busy McDonald's and about a quarter of the people there were dressed head to toe in Nike or Adidas tracksuits, baseball caps, trainers with the bubble soles, and loads of gold jewellery, such as bracelets, rings on multiple fingers, the works. It was always in combination. They looked a bit like white gangstas, or early Eminem cosplayers. One of them was playing this kind of funky house music that had pitched-up vocals on their phone. All of these people were young, middle aged and old.

I mentioned it to my friend and she just laughed and said, "Yeah, that's just the style here." Wherever we went, up town, in a bus, in a chip shop, there were people dressed like that everywhere.

Is that actually a thing? Do different UK cities have their own fashion vibe and I just never noticed?

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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 22 points 9 months ago

You were observing Chavs in their natural habitat, McDonald's.

[–] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There are clear contrasts for sure.

Most people would struggle to see a difference between Oxford and Cambridge style, but contrast them to for example Colchester and the difference is night and day. The latter has the highest proportion of loud car exhaust mods in the UK, probably, which seems to be the young male style there.

Go to any town in Norfolk and you’ll struggle not to see tweed and Barbour coats. Most dogs will sport distinctly countryside coats in winter rain.

Bristol would be unique compared to any of the above. You’ll probably get a sense of a certain hippie style as you weave past the old style WV camper vans some people live in.

Newcastle has yet different style, especially on a weekend night. Typical ladies outfit could probably be best described as scant, any time of the year.

Then there is the smallest city of the UK (by area), the City of London. I’m not sure what to even say about their style. Actually, I don’t even want to comment further about those knobs.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 9 months ago

Newcastle has yet different style, especially on a weekend night. Typical ladies outfit could probably be best described as scant, any time of the year.

It’s no coincidence that all the bars around that far north sell vodka trebles. You’d need antifreeze in your veins to go out in midwinter wearing only a negligee and heels.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

WV camper vans

Wolksvagen Lubbi

[–] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

Hah, I’ll just leave it.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

In Oxford we have a few distinct fashion tribes for sure. My favourite ones are the poor rich student, wearing jagged clothes but carrying a £6k digital Leica, and the middle aged people wearing hiking-chic (Patagonia and Arcteryx rather than Barbour).

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

I'm surprised that look is still around. It was initially the trouble maker chazzers dressed like Ali G

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How far up North were you?