h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Are Frenchwomen Chic? - A87813723
Author: minorvogonpoet - U3099090

This is my contribution to October's Create challenge.

Very interesting! Have people in Europe gone all jeans and t-shirts these days? You used to be able to tell where you were by the clothes.

My sense, when living in Europe, was that Frenchwomen - at least, the few I knew - wore their clothes better than almost anyone else. However, I noticed this same effortless elegance in impoverished parts of Belgium and Romania, as well. Maybe it was bequeathed to them by Roman matrons?

It wasn't the expense of the clothing, or the cutting-edge fashion, or the fabric. It was just the way they looked comfortable and attractive in whatever they wore - as if their clothes just FIT better. I've never seen anybody make a simple jersey dress look like a fashion statement like that.

And it wasn't figure, either. A dear French lady we knew in Cologne was middle-aged and somewhat stout. She *still* managed to be the most attractive person in any room. It's that je-ne-sais-quoi, I guess.

It's perhaps just a question of taking a bit of care.

When I got back to England and looked round Tescos, I saw more women I might have defined as scruffy. Mind you, I can't talk...

Personally, I think scruffy is fine. But I have no room to talk, being addicted to scruffy, myself.