Fashion
I forgot to mention that a little over a week ago there was a rainstorm and that since then the temperature has been lower. The weather is quite pleasant now. You sometimes need a jacket or sweater early in the morning or late at night, but that's just fine with me.
By the way, even though overall I like using public transportation here, I have to admit it's less pleasant when it's raining like it was yesterday. Luckily I was on my way home when the bus splashed water on my pants, so I was able to change clothes.
I renewed my current apartment for another month yesterday. That will give me some time to find a new one. I spent about 10 minutes in a smokey little room chatting in Spanish with 5 Argentines. We even talked about the cockroach problem. They assured me that just about every apartment in the city has them, which could be true or not. I understood all of the conversation except for one joke about the cockroaches, but luckily I was able to guess the joke and laugh along with everyone.
In the last few years in the US women (especially young women) have been wearing tight-fitting shirts that are short enough to leave an inch or two of skin showing around the belly. That same type of clothing is popular here. In the US, it's common to see a teenage girl wearing a shirt like that even though she is significantly overweight. That happens here too, but people here tend to be a little thinner than they are back home.
However, you see some things here that I don't remember seeing at home. For example, maybe once or twice I've seen a pregnant women in the US wear one of those short, tight shirts, but here you see it daily. And I mean short and very tight. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's an interesting cultural obsevation.
But it goes beyond that. You also see women whose bellies are covered with stretch marks wearing shirts like that. That kind of surprised me. But what I saw yesterday took the cake: a woman with a big hairy mole on her lower back, showing it off to the world. Not something I really needed to see. How do you say "tuck in your shirt" in Spanish?
Overall, the way people dress here isn't that different than it is at home. Jeans, for example, are very popular. So, most of my clothes fit in pretty well here. People on the street occasionally ask me for directions, so must not stick out too badly.
By the way, even though overall I like using public transportation here, I have to admit it's less pleasant when it's raining like it was yesterday. Luckily I was on my way home when the bus splashed water on my pants, so I was able to change clothes.
I renewed my current apartment for another month yesterday. That will give me some time to find a new one. I spent about 10 minutes in a smokey little room chatting in Spanish with 5 Argentines. We even talked about the cockroach problem. They assured me that just about every apartment in the city has them, which could be true or not. I understood all of the conversation except for one joke about the cockroaches, but luckily I was able to guess the joke and laugh along with everyone.
In the last few years in the US women (especially young women) have been wearing tight-fitting shirts that are short enough to leave an inch or two of skin showing around the belly. That same type of clothing is popular here. In the US, it's common to see a teenage girl wearing a shirt like that even though she is significantly overweight. That happens here too, but people here tend to be a little thinner than they are back home.
However, you see some things here that I don't remember seeing at home. For example, maybe once or twice I've seen a pregnant women in the US wear one of those short, tight shirts, but here you see it daily. And I mean short and very tight. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's an interesting cultural obsevation.
But it goes beyond that. You also see women whose bellies are covered with stretch marks wearing shirts like that. That kind of surprised me. But what I saw yesterday took the cake: a woman with a big hairy mole on her lower back, showing it off to the world. Not something I really needed to see. How do you say "tuck in your shirt" in Spanish?
Overall, the way people dress here isn't that different than it is at home. Jeans, for example, are very popular. So, most of my clothes fit in pretty well here. People on the street occasionally ask me for directions, so must not stick out too badly.
posted by Paul at
6:35 PM
2 Comments:
First comment woo hoo.
It's not true that every single house/flat in the city it's infested with cockroaches.
Speaking about the fashion topic...I think throughout the past few years the way women dress up has been wavering between the good, the bad and the ugly. And now people are getting...how can I say this kindly?: FAT.
Oh and the hairy mole?. There are some things that should never been seen. I guess the translation for that would be "bajate la remera".
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Anonymous, at 5:05 PM
I believe the correct terminology for "big hairy mole" is hairy nevus.
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Anonymous, at 2:37 PM
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