So I am currently in Italy. First off, Italian Fashion
is insane. Yet I kind of expected it from the women. Which, when people say
Italian women wear a lot of black, they weren’t kidding. Italian women wear almost all black,
which, may be because it’s slimming or it looks classic. Either way, Italian
women are very image conscious. Which works for me because so am I. My attempts to look like Florentine
women seem to be working based upon the multiple people speaking to me in
Italian. I may have went a little
overboard today with the outfit.
Black boots (which I just purchased from H&M, and my host mother
disapproved of, apparently H&M is for poor people and she would have
preferred me to spend the remainder of my income on boots that must be
beautiful but would probably make me cry, 300 or 400 euro ain’t in Corinne’s
“I’m in college and in Europe” Budget.), Black skinny jeans, and a black
sweater. I did add a few pops of
color (my pink scarf and leopard belt), which made me feel a little less like a
poser. Hopefully I will blend in
perfectly by the end of the semester.
Perfetto.
Now
the women aren’t the forerunners of Italian Fashion. I do believe they’re well dressed, however men’s fashion represents
beyond well dressed. I know
European men tend to dress nicer but I have never experienced fashion that is
so beautiful on men. The men are
beautiful. As in beautifully
groomed, beautifully put together, beautifully dressed, truly perfetto. Men aren’t afraid to wear a silk scarf
with a tweed overcoat and green dress pants with light brown leather
shoes. Fabulous doesn’t even begin
to describe it. And they still
look extremely masculine, not a trace of femininity which adds to their
attraction and perfections.
I sound like a psychopath obsessed with Italian men, but it truly is a
shame I’m too timid to stalk these men and take their picture.
These
men and women, Florentines, are every age, young and old. However, as in every country, not every
person dressed well. Some may just
not care about fashion, some may not know what fashionable truly is, not that I
do but I hope I’m close. These
Italians tend to be the stereotypical Italian that is brand obsessed. For some reason Italians are very brand
obsessed, and I’m sure would not understand the simple concept that expensive
doesn’t mean fashionable, cheap fashion can be the best and most put
together. Italians would shoot me
if I accused them of wearing something cheap, they like caro this caro
that. Expensive, Gucci, Prada,
Valentino, Tifffany, Louis Vuitton, and why not when you live less than 5
minutes from each, walking distance (via della vigna nuova). This unfortunate obsession affects both
men and women. However, all
together from what I have noticed, Italians fashion sense rivals the best in
the world, much, much better than Americans. No offense.
That’s
it for me here, my neck is currently cramping up since there is no real place
to sit and write expect the comfort of my twin bed, I hope to write about the
food soon, as long as my fingers don’t get so fat that I can’t type. Food is dangerous.
xoxo
Corinne
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