The Bay Area complaining about Hipsters and Hipster fashion.
Puh----leeezzze
Europeans have been footing and embracing everything deemed "hipster" before the big beards hit the US. We are lagging in terms of fashion and style.
Although I am a bigger fan of Scandinavian men and their styles (minus the beards....no one was sporting the big ZZ-top inspired face mess) Brussels trend is minimal and clean. Skinny pants were more the rage than jeans and everything was streamlined.
Le Dressing carries all of this ideal plus more. Slim shirts, slim pants, sweaters, scarves.....coordinates that can go from formal to casual. I was merely looking around as a tag-along since the body frames that support these styles do not align with the typical American burly and stout. Staff in Brussels let you look around without any disturbance, which I appreciate.
Great shop for men-tourists who need a little re-education on how to dress like a well thought out strategic process.
When I was waiting for my flight back, I knew exactly who were returning to the States and the Swedes getting ready to visit SF. It was a sad, sad moment of realization. No one in Europe during my travels were sporting sweat pants or hoodies. We are a nation of slobs.
But I'm just slightly jaded ;) read more