Complimenting the clothes of women in the street.

Novella I was just going to say that, I've more often asked sales assistants where they got what they are wearing! Usually it's in the shop itself so it's a good marketing idea

I wouldn't go out of my way to compliment someone, but if they are standing close by in a queue, at a bar and are clearly not in the middle of something I might ask them where they got something.

I've been asked a few times. A girl in a bar asked me where I got the boots I was wearing, as she was looking for something similar. They just happened to be about the ONLY thing in my wardrobe that I can't remember buying because they were so old, yet still beloved

I'm far more likely to stop someone on the street and tell them their dog is gorgeous than stop them about clothes (in fact I did so just this morning).
I'm fairly unobservant of what people are wearing at the best of times and rarely notice clothes unless it's a particularly eye catching pair of shoes (like iron fist or irregular choice) or a comical tshirt.

Roles reversed. About a year ago a lass stopped me on the street.

In my mind I was all - :D *Chandler victory dance* :D

"Sorry, I was just wondering where you got your hoodie... I think my boyfriend would look well in it"

Then my mind was all - :( "Don't tell her you got it from River Island... LIE. Don't tell her you got it from River Island"

"I got it in River Island"

"Thanks"

Then my mind was all - "You fool"

:pac:

Happened to me once, when I was in a shopping centre last year. Took me completely by surprise, didn't really know how to react. I said an awkward "thank you" and continued walking towards Tesco. She was just being nice, but for a second I was a teeny tiny bit suspicious, I think it's because I've lived in a city for too long!

I was walking around town doing a bit of street photography. There was a woman walking pretty much the same route as me with a five year old holding her hand and a baby in a buggy. The kids were really well behaved, but still being energetic kids, she looked a little hassled but was still laughing at and with them. I debated asking her for a picture for about five minutes and finally stopped her just as she was about to go a different direction to me.

I said, "I'm sorry, but do you mind if I take your photograph?" And she looked at me a little strangely, so I just quickly blurted out, "it's just that you look so happy." And I gave a big smile. She did a little double take and her eyes lit up a little and she said sure and posed with her kids. I snapped a quick photo and said thanks and I was off. I still haven't printed that picture because I'm afraid it won't do justice to my memory of the moment.

I was kind of going for the impact of a photograph I saw in the Crawford Gallery at the "Love" exhibition a while back. There was a few massive prints. Maybe five foot tall of non-traditional families. Mainly of gay-couples with kids. There was one picture of two men, probably Jewish and very much typical of the New York Jewish look. You'd really get the idea of them being big city lawyers. And then they were in a very beautiful room, very much that of a well-travelled, well-educated, well-off family. They were posed in a very masculine way, lots of standing, head angle slightly to the side, chest out. And their kids were in the traditional, small and innoncent looking way, sitting on knees, kneeling on the floor. This family was multi-racial and I think that's what hit me about the family I took the picture of in Cork. They were multi-racial too and it was like a kick in the face to bigotry and xenophobia and racism. And I just wanted to get across how happy people could be, despite the hassles of life.

Yeah I do try to compliment strangers but I don't always get a positive response, a lot of times they just shout or scream "omfg, who are you, how did you get in here?"

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Apologies in advance for posting in here as a bloke but........

Quite often I see girls/women looking really well, be it there clothes, hair, overall appearance etc and really feel the urge to let them know, but I don't.

As somebody has mentioned I'd be concerned it'd come over a bit dodgy/creepy. I'd love to just complement someone/a stranger who has (perhaps) really made the effort to look like they do/spent money on it etc. I'd hope most if not all would be delighted to be told how great they look, but it is probably not the case.