Fanny Packs & Pleated Pants

MizzKattt

I have observed that a significant number of European tourists, young and old traveling to the States wear
these and these.

For Americans, in general only the elderly and uber geeks wear them. Is there anything you may have observed American tourists wear that normally someone of style wouldn't be caught in?

athena 2000

Hi MizzKattt,

I learned before visiting Europe not to wear white tennis shoes for anything other than playing tennis. The sneakers stay at home!

Also, the word "fanny" in Ireland seems to mean female genitals and not a person's backside/buttocks as Americans understand the word. So your thread title made me laugh! Pants usually means someone's underwear, and not trousers or slacks.

solas

ahaahaaa....yea fanny packs.

I recall going to holland on school trip when I was 15 and we were given "fanny packs" to wear as compulsory items because apparantly its hard for theives to pull them from you (unlike shoulder bags or whatnots)
as for the pleated pants, very groovy, but I doubt anyone would want to steal them.

solas

oh..and I think you should wear whatever you like, don't think anyone would bat an eyelid.

rainbow kirby

Possibly wearing shorts with sandals when it's not warm enough for that sort of thing...

MizzKattt

athena 2000 wrote:

Also, the word "fanny" in Ireland seems to mean female genitals and not a person's backside/buttocks as Americans understand the word. So your thread title made me laugh! Pants usually means someone's underwear, and not trousers or slacks.

Well, I declare! What an embarrassing faux pas!

*Sassy*

LMAO @ fanny packs!!! They're called 'bum-bags' here. And NO ONE wears them. Note: never say fanny unless you are referring to female genitalia! When I first saw this thread I thought it was about some sort of new sanitary product!

I've noticed that in the summer a lot of American girls dress like they're out for a jog or something. As in baggy t-shirts with some college logo, sports shorts and socks with runners (sneakers). Or else something like that with sporty flip flops, or else those big massive ugly platform ones.

Clunky shoes seem to be another favourite. I lived with a load of American girls for six months last year and I couldn't get over some of the horrendous shoes they had. They were pretty trendy girls as far as Americans go too.

Whether it's good or bad, they seem to have a completely different style to us. For example BIG hair is good (aaaaaargh!).

Shrimp

yeah.. prrrfftt.. americans.. prrrfftt.. prrrfftt.

MizzKattt

*Sassy* wrote:

LMAO @ fanny packs!!! Note: never say fanny unless you are referring to female genitalia!

I apologize profusely!!!!!! I have noted the slang and will NOT use that word again.

/blushes deep shades of red!

dudara

Funny, I always associated those pleated chino-type trousers with american tourists that infest Ireland.

Tobias Greeshman

Fanny Packs haha sooooo funny. Goddamn americans and their weird phrases... lol!