SPORT CLOTHES FOR FAT PEOPLE The fashion scene here in Kiev is much more interes

SPORT CLOTHES FOR FAT PEOPLE

The fashion scene here in Kiev is much more interesting than in the states. While NY may have the runway shows, the stores in the urban centers in Europe have greater variety. Better quality. More ability to demonstrate your identity and taste. And class ‘uniforms’ are not as varied here as they are in the states.

Everyone used to complain about the prevalence of the “Gap” look – clothes that will tolerate being washed in the permanent press cycle repeatedly.

But what I’ve notice lately is that there is no ‘fitness’ status symbol. There doesn’t have to be. Almost nobody is ‘fat’ thanks to sushi as a junk food, poverty that keeps 80% of the people from overeating for entertainment like we do in the states, pervasive cigarette smoking, and a lot of plain old walking. People are pretty fit and thin.

Because there isn’t any fitness symbolism, there really isn’t the same tendency to use sport clothes or casual clothes with sport affectations here.

Which, of course, simply draws one’s attention to the fact that north americans are a bunch of fat people in faux-fitness clothing. And fitness clothing, being loose and comfortable, is pretty useful clothing for fat people.

sigh.