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BlueSky_Montana

hey everyone. i am making a trip over to ireland in the near future. i was just curious about the fashion and hygeine of a typical irish teenager. if anyone has any information, let me know! mostly curious about clothing and showering situations.

thanks*Montana

herobear

we shower and dress better than all of the bible-belt states, thats for sure

Jim

Can you bring over some of that American soap I've been hearing so much about?

simu

BlueSky_Montana wrote:

hey everyone. i am making a trip over to ireland in the near future. i was just curious about the fashion and hygeine of a typical irish teenager. if anyone has any information, let me know! mostly curious about clothing and showering situations.

thanks*Montana

A shower a day is typical.

Clothes - same as teenagers anywhere in the consumerist world with, maybe, a few local particularities.

sixpack's little hat

That picture of about 6 scobes in tracksuits and baseball caps all turning around would be cool but I can't find it.

BlueSky_Montana

what about deodorants and perfumes? i just don't want to offend anyone by smelling like something weird.

sixpack's little hat

rah

BlueSky_Montana

lol how cute is that.

pwd

It is difficult to find reasonably priced and non-tacky/plastered with logos etc men's clothes in Ireland in comparison to New England in america. Irish people dress less casually than americans too...very rare to see irish people in sandals and fairly rare to see shorts (not just because of the weather). So in summation: tacky fancy overpriced.
Rather than proper anti-perspirant we believe in the lynx effect which makes you stink something awful after about 12 hours of having it on even if you aren't sweating.
Don't think the Aqua Di Gio by georgio armani is available here. This is a really nice aftershave.
Also brylcreem is not just a brandname but also this white gank a few people still put on their hair to tunr themselves ginger and smell slightly funny.
I miss being able to buy clothes in kittery in Maine tbh. One or two expeditions there a year and 'd be saved having to shop in dublin. It is a real trial finding tasteful clothes here, and when you do you end up vomiting all over them when you see the price tag.
Dunne's occasionally has nice things these days though surprisingly!

simu

BlueSky_Montana wrote:

what about deodorants and perfumes? i just don't want to offend anyone by smelling like something weird.

Whatever you feel like. This place is so Americanised, you're unlikely to offend anyone by anything you do.

pwd

BlueSky_Montana wrote:

lol how cute is that.

lol. ummm...you will find out unfortunately!

skittishkitten

herobear wrote:

we shower and dress better than all of the bible-belt states, thats for sure

HEY ! I resemble that remark !

Chick

Love that skanger picture! its what happens when someone yells "anto" on the north-soide!

BlueSky_Montana

pwd wrote:

lol. ummm...you will find out unfortunately!

lol what is that supposed to mean?? those guys are irish gangsta's aren't they. :cool:

Jim

BlueSky_Montana wrote:

lol what is that supposed to mean?? those guys are irish gangsta's aren't they. :cool:

About as close as we get actually.
But over here we call them "Nacks"

captainplanet

play nice! they're lovely people, think about what good they're doing for the economy-vodaphone/o2. where would they be if we didnt have to buy a new phone every month? be glad of their presence