the clothes we wear

Posted on 7/8/2009 at 17:20 - Post Comment

DUTCHWOMANABROAD

friday 7 august 2009

during a nice sunbathing session with my french-swiss friend a. we got talking about clothes. you might say that is easy for women, that is all they do. well, we usually talk about other, to us more interesting, things. she told me she went to visit her hometown of geneva with one of her sons and a friend. the son was very explicite: "you have to wear high heels, mother dear". she wondered why this was so necessary. according to the son, if you go to the big city, you have to dress it. she told me she has loads of stuff which here where we live she never wears. that is nothing new to me, and i was happy to meet a complice in this issue. here, in the small villages where we live, people dress very simple. and we have gotten used probably do dress down a bit to not stand out too much, because then you are the big city lady. in my kind of work, as a physio, i am always  in sportswear. something which i do not like, but i can't be doing exercises with a patient being dressed to

go to a ball. i like to dress up a bit, not too much, just that little bit extra, the closet is full enough. but when i go away for a vacation, then i go overboard, big time fashionshow. there is a lot of luggage coming along. if i would walk about in my hometown the way i walk around here, i would feel quite naked. so i have tons of ensembles, heels, necklaces, etc. to fit the picture. and i must say, i feel more comfortable living that style. it is a pity to have all that stuff around not using it, so maybe this is the occasion to pull ourselves together a bit. so if you hear something about big city chicks running around in this corner of

the world, it's us!

- to be continued next week -

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