Are City Folks Really More Stylish Than Other Folks?

September 1, 2009

19 Comments

3 years 29 weeks

I went to sephora once downtown without dressing properly and noticed people giving me dirty looks. I think people in cities are more shallow and arrogant as oppose to down to earth suburbans.

paperdahl 3 years 37 weeks

Although in most cases, city-dwellers tend to be more stylish, I think it's unfair to say that's the case all of the time.

vikandala 3 years 37 weeks

I've lived in both worlds. Definitely city.

3 years 37 weeks

i think in cities, people take more risks with fashion, and you see more self expression, which makes them more natural and comfortable in their style, and therefore translates as more stylish. I find that in small towns, people have an image about how they are supposed to dress and people try to fit a mold that just doesn't work for all of them.

a million suns 3 years 37 weeks

Yes. I think one reason is that cities are more fast-paced and therefore faster to keep up with fashion, at least for those who care about it. There's also so much urban energy to play off of. I studied in London for a little while and felt more motivated to put on something stylish than I do here (I live in a medium-sized city). There are of course lots of people who are not stylish in cities, but I think that the people who ARE are much more stylish than the stylish people in smaller cities...lol.

dootsie 3 years 37 weeks

In small towns, even the most "stylish" tend to be plastered in logos and look quite trashy compared to label queens of cities.

mommie 3 years 37 weeks

I would say city are but there are always exceptions.

risqueredhead 3 years 37 weeks

Bigestivediscu - exactly.

prettywarrior 3 years 37 weeks

Southern ladies know the importance of dressing up and "putting their face on" just to go to the grocery store. You don't have to live in a city to be stylish and classy.

priscilla xo 3 years 37 weeks

yes because by living in the city there are more inspirations which contributes in helping one to be creative and people are open to more trends of fashion.... xo

mstrauss 3 years 37 weeks

Oh man, I walk down the streets of Manhattan and while I see alot of trendy, well-dressed people, I see alot more hot messes!

Francoisehardly 3 years 37 weeks

The best dressed people I ever see around here are usually older people. There are people that aren't dressed terribly interestingly even in the city, but I'm more likely to find well dressed people there.

Yogaforlife 3 years 37 weeks

Having lived both in the city and the country - I would say the city folk tend to be more fashion forward and stylish. City folk tend to dress casual less often too - when I first moved to the city, I thought nothing of wearing jeans and a sweatshirt to hit the mall on the weekend, and I quickly learned that I stuck out like a sore thumb and I got really bad service. Wouldn't do that now unless it was an emergency.

spicyaroma 3 years 37 weeks

I'm a villager, and I think I have a good style and a lot of my friends do too, but we don't really think about. But city folk seem to be more individual and a bit edgy-but I don't know if that makes them more stylish or not?

genesisrocks 3 years 37 weeks

My experience with living in the big city is no. You see more stylish individuals but that's because there are so many more people anyway. The ratio of stylish people is probably pretty close to what it is in the suburbs

roseate 3 years 37 weeks

I think there are individuals with great style most places, but cities hold a far higher concentration of such individuals. People tend to be more fashion-forward in cities.

bigestivediscuit 3 years 37 weeks

Yes. In the small town where I grew up everyone is wearing the same variation of American Eagle/Abercrombie/Aeropostale bootcut jeans, flip-flops, Coach bag and requisite North Face. I feel super out of place after returning for visits from London where I currently live.

3 years 37 weeks

Ready for your closeup? When city dwellers walk out the door, we are in public and we dress for it.