West Coast vs. East Coast fashions

<p>yeah i didnt mean blazers with ties specifically but what i meant was more formal wear in general but yes i have seen blazers with ties blazers with button downs...just a more cleaned up look in general by the way unwritten where are you from?</p>

<p>I hear that Lacoste is all over the East Coast .. true?</p>

<p>ehh.... going from Southern California, where the clothes style is more relaxed, and a heck of a lot of people where clothes with surfing labels on them, and it's acceptable to wear flip-flops year round, to going to Ohio where the people certainly did seem to care what they wore, and the style was pretty much different, with the kids wearing A&F, Hollister, and AE. I got more than a couple of stares of what I was wearing, and I guess you could say that everyone knew right away I was from California. (sooo funny to see things like 'Newport Beach' on their shirts, or that they watch shows like Laguna Beach, makes me long for home!)
.... And for the last time, it's called soda!! Pop is what you call your Grandpa, pop is what you do when you're gonna "pop a cap in someone's arse".</p>

<p>^No, it's called Coke :). There is only One True Soda.</p>

<p>So, I saw this thread and decided to do a little observation at school today.</p>

<p>I was really surprised by the number of girls not wearing t-shirts...lots of knits and polka dotted blouses or striped sweaters. I then felt out of place in my t-shirt, but only for a second. About half the girls were wearing long skirts, and the other half jeans. Lots of A&F. In fact I'm wearing A&F jeans. </p>

<p>For boys, about 75% button downs or polos with khakis. </p>

<p>So I guess maybe it is a little more preppy here. I never noticed it, though, probably because people aren't really ostracized by what they wear. Sure people like to dress up sometimes, but they don't really look down on us humble jean and t-shirt folk.</p>

<p>A third of the people at my school walk around in leotards and layered pants or with tights rolled up and capris over them, and flip-flops. Another third wear t-shirts and jeans. The last third wear an assortment of various styles, all very personality-oriented. And then there are the few law students that ever venture outside their classrooms that wear button-up shirts and nice slacks.</p>

<p>I have sadly never been to the west coast because my parents have some sort of grudge against California, so I base this mostly on things I've heard from people who have been in both places. I guess the west coast is more laid back than the east coast and that translates into fashion as well...this doesn't really apply to college students but I've heard a woman say she goes to work in jeans and flip flops in LA, where if she had the same job in NYC she'd be wearing stockings and heels. People seem to focus more on looking 'put together' rather than 'trendy' here, at least in the cities. You see a lot more people wearing something that'll still be fashionable in 10 years than you see people wearing some weirdass trendy getup that'll never be worn again.</p>

<p>I've always thought the stores like Hollister were meant to sell the 'California style' or whatever...stuff like ripped jeans and tshirts that are meant to look like they're from some fake touristy place, that kind of thing. Of course I've never actually even seen a Hollister much less been in one so I could be completely wrong. ;)</p>

<p>a grudge against California? that is too funny. is it the weather? lol</p>

<p>actually how well you dress does matter in some parts of california. I'm in Orange County right now, and every major shopping mall iv'e been to, i've seen people dress up really nicely. You'll get snubbed by some store people if you don't dress really nicely.</p>

<p>It's all the evil gay and/or liberal people, actually, I think.</p>

<p>I have a feeling that 'dressing nicely' in NYC and 'dressing nicely' in LA might be two different looks, though.</p>

<p>The soda- pop- soda pop issue was around in the early 70's-some things never change. It's all a matter of where you're from. A Wis. English Project is studying local-regional language usage and finding pronunciations are becoming more, not less, variable now. Trivia -Milwaukee called it soda, Madison pop and a dormmate said St. Louis used soda pop. I've heard Atlanta calls everything Coke. Clothing stores stock different items in different markets-frustrating when you want better items-you go on a trip and go to the same store and notice how much nicer their stock is. The companies decide what the market wants and buy accordingly; it may explain variations a bit. It's not just big city /small town either- someone has decided by region, trying to go to the big city doesn't always help.</p>

<p>AllenI -- I'm from northern centralish NJ, right where Jackie O used to have a house</p>

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It's all the evil gay and/or liberal people, actually, I think.

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hahahahahaha. That comment made my day.</p>

<p>I'm a 'pop' person through and through. Soda is what you bake with.</p>

<p>Being from Michigan, I'm in AE/AF/Hollister territory. And I own clothing from all three places. Just a tank from A&F though, because I'm not willing to shop at a store that calls $20 t-shirts 'on clearance.'</p>

<p>I stay away from any tees that reference actual places, cause I think the shirts are just stupid to be wearing with two feet of snow outside.</p>

<p>I was really sad to get to OK and find that people wear Hollister here. I thought I'd be leaving it behind. Of course, it's even more ridiculous in my home area to be wearing Hollister, because most people there probably know that Hollister is a little hick town that's at least a good 1.5 hrs from the beach.</p>

<p>im from west coast and my attire for fall and winter is...thermal + jeans or shorts</p>