Fashion: Spanish Edition

Fashion

In fashion the “what's in” look differs from place to place within and between countries. Comparing America and Spain (specifically in Granada because that's where I live) the fashion is very different. In the most simple words, the Spanish are more fashionably then the Americans are. But in some ways this isn't true. I'm comparing it back home to where I live in Michigan. Fashion in America differ from state to state and city to city. For example in Los Angles and New York City I think that the casual wear is just as nice or even nicer then people in Granada. The difference is because a lot of people who live in those areas are wealthy and their careers tend to require them to dress nicer so it just becomes a daily thing. To keep it simple I'll compare the Granadians to my home town Grand Blanc. 

In Grand Blanc people never dress up. It's sweat pants and leggings (for girls) everyday for people my age. Adults only really dress up for work and formal events, but other then that jeans and a casual top is normal. Also for both young and old people athletic wear is really popular for daily wear, even if you're not going to work out. In Granda this is a huge NO. In Spain In general, athletic wear is solely worn if someone's going to do something athletic. Which also means sweatpants and leggings aren't really acceptable either. In Spain most people are more dressed up. For the guys this means polos, button downs, or nice summer shirts and khakis, pants, shorts, and sometimes (not a lot) jeans. For the girls this means skirts, dresses, blouses, skinny jeans and often the girls in Spain wear heels. This is a big difference in America; heels are definitely not as popular as they are in Spain and in Spain flip flops are a huge NO for both women and men when in America they are so common. In America people stare If you wear heels and ask where are you going, in Spain if you wear flip flops you are stared at for being underdressed. Most times you won't be allowed in a club if you are wearing flip flops in Spain. Shoes are a big deal. Another big deal in Spain is hair. In general everyone, guy and girls, has great hair in Spain no matter the time or day. Guys always gel up their hair, and girls have a blown out hair style or a nice up do. 

In Spain:

Casual wear in America: sweater, leggings, sweatpants 

Spanish fashion (I didn't feel comfortable taking pictures of random people so I chose accurate portrayals off good :) ):

In Granada older people generally dress in nice looser pants or a lot of the times a summer dress and sandals for girls. The young people generally wear really nice clothes but revealing clothes. Like really short shorts, crop tops and short dresses are really common. In my opinion the day to night outfits are both revealing but the day outfits are more summery and the night outfits are more fancy or edgy. The boys seem to freshen up more at night by wearing nicer polos or shirts then there day wear, but they’re similar. 

Another interesting thing to observe is the relationship differences. My opinion on the guy girl relationship from what I have seen is that everyone seems to be in a relationship and people start thinking about relationship early on. Guys seem to be really polite to females and gentlemen like to there significant other. After speaking to a few native girls here, I feel like they really care about their appearances infront of guys. In terms of how they act to guiris, I am not a fan. Foreign girls get cat called and treated disrespectfully and always assumed they will give some sort of sexual act to them. It's a very interesting difference how native girls vs foreign girls are treated. 

Back to what I was saying about within a country fashion differs: depending where you are in Spain the fashion is different. When I went to Sevilla, for the most part I thought that the fashion was pretty similar, but occasionally guys would dress more preppy. They would be wearing long pants and a pollo or button down with a sweater wrapped around their neck (mostly older men). Then there's also the difference between northerners and southerners. I haven't physically seen the difference since I haven't gone north but the weather is different in the north so it effects there outerwear. They seem to be less fashionable from what I can see because they don't have the same mentality as the southerners do about fashion. They wear more sweaters because it's colder up there then the south. 

Sevilla

North Spain:

I spent the past weekend in Morocco and I saw another country fashion difference. Due to religious differences in Morocco the women usually wear a hijab and very loose conservative clothing. The men can usually wear whatever they want but still the fashion isn't as nice as Spain or America because it's not as wealthy as a country. 

What's socially acceptable to wear just differs from place to place.