My husband is Parisian so we go to Paris often. Most Parisians aren’t “fashionable”. They are regular people, wearing functional clothing that aren’t especially stylish or interesting. It’s like how not all Californians are tan and blond.😂

In reference to avoiding the puffers and that regardless of the weather the French stick to their wool coats…well, let me tell you one thing: I ALWAYS prefer a stylish wool coat over a puffer, but when you live in a country where winters are bitter cold (now in Norway we’ve been on -25C for days) you have no choice but to wear a good warm awful knee-long puffer and thick layers, unless you think that getting frostbites is stylish. Sometimes all these style rules totally ignore the actual functionality of clothing.

Finally someone is honest about how conservative and traditional Paris fashion is.

I lived in Paris back and forth for 6 months last year, so I am by no means an expert. But while living there the fits I was most impressed by were norm core fits. I very rarely saw Parisians wearing French designer brands, they usually wore vintage clothes from their family or around Paris, or some shit from like Monoprix which slaps sometimes tbh lol.  I think the thing that French people and in particular Parisians do well is figuring out what their proportions are, and what proportions look good on them, which makes even normal clothes look more elevated than usual

Je suis française. I'm not convinced that the quiet luxury trend is echoed in the "BoHo" style. I'm thinking that BCBG, "Bon Chic. Bon Genre" is more representative of quiet luxury.
I have always loved playing with clothes and stood out like a sore thumb growing up in France. I now live in western Canada and still love playing with clothes, and when people here tell me how "stylish" I am, and how "very French" that is, I have to laugh, as I have always thought that French people, including Parisians dress very boring, as they don’t like to stand our, as they often consider standing out as inappropriate. Jeans, blazer, dress shirt, flats, scarf. Classic, sure... but boring!
Ooohhh le Bleu de Travail! Always reminds me of the late Bill from New York, on his bike, in his french Bleu de Travail, and photographing street fashion. I miss his kind heart. He saw beauty everywhere.

i think Montreal is a very slept on fashion city as someone who is from LA and has been to NYC. Paris etc. They may not be big into the whole fashion show scene but to me for every day looks and participation, they blew NYC and Paris out the water.

I remember reading that only Americans wear trainers on the street in Paris. And the author of the article was very critical of Americans because of their trainers. Then I went. Everyone was wearing them - French, Germans, Italians, and Americans. Only the Japanese we’re wearing other shoes.

Both Milan and Paris have very traditional and unadventurous style as well a quite snobby taste especially in Italy. Whenever I am in either one of these cities I feel like I almost never see an outfit that stands out whether that be good or bad. You won't see almost anyone who is extremely badly dressed but you also don't see much eye catching, unique and exciting outfits either.

I grew up in Russia, and I'm conditioned to wear parkas and puffers, even though I've lived in London for so long now. It's impossible for me to justify wearing a bulky coat just to go to work. Brands like Studio Nicholson can meet you midway with short coats. The coats are reserved for theatre & fancy dress. Thanks for a cool video!

As an european, the US american definition of an "european style" confuses me even more than a "french style". Like: where in europe? Do they mean french when they say europe? Do they mean a mix of french and italian high fashion styles?

Massive tourism is an excuse I’m a Spaniard in Paris and I know both cultures being very touristic countries they are like day and night dealing with it

I have a lot of French friends and they usually give me compliments when I'm too lazy to get ready, but I have to look presentable. In New York,  I can wear anything and get compliments as long as I serve looks. ( you can walk in the city wearing a literal "corn" costume and someone will tell you that you look amazing and cool) lol!  It is kinda funny <3

I think best dressed men are the Japanese and the Italian.  The Japanese because of what you talked about, the Italian because they are a bit committed than the French.
Best dressed city I would say is NYC because of the variety and commitment.  I think in New York, if we compare it to Paris, people are expressing themselves, being creative and are having fun.  Paris takes fashion very seriously and there can be a lot of judgement which restricts people in their expression.
The reason, in my opinion NY is better over Tokyo is because in Japanese culture there are strict codes as to how a woman should dress, i.e. the skirts can be as short as humanly possible, but no cleavage.  So for women there isn't quite the same freedom as there is for men.
Thanks for a great video

People draw a weird picture about French style online. But the ordinary, French people are just everybody else. Paris is expensive, like you said. They can't wear all Dior :D I think they dress functional a lot. The every day working person is not that fashionable. Logos is not heir thing so much.

There is a difference between to be stylish  and to be a fashion victim.

I enjoyed your guest!  More of him and his honest opinions.

As an immigrant in France that lives just south of Paris, I agree with the guest, lol, I hate Paris for the most part, lol, and Lille is one of my absolute favorite places!!!! Lille is much more walkable than Paris too.

As for fashion, yep, the French do tend to be a bit conservative I guess, but it's more like they don't want to call attention to themselves, I guess I should say French living in richer areas close to bigger cities. The French like to seem like they have no inhibitions, but there are these cultural rules of "saving face" that are so similar to Korea or Japan. They are NOT the same social rules, not at all, but the feeling is still there, and it's this thing that bleeds into their food etiquette also. My French partnr is very "bavard" (super outspoken and talkative and gets excited about things) to a point where French people tease him and say he's not really French, lol, his own mother gets after him for making "mmmm" sounds if he's really enjoying a meal saying something condescending like "you might've been able to do that in Korea, but here in France it's not polite". This is generalized, and is more of a white ethnic French thing, of course, but it does bleed a bit into the general French culture. I feel like it's social rules left over from the 1800s of middle class people wanting to seem like they were rich and/or cultured,  otherwise I can't explian it, I mean there was even a law made not long ago that prevents companies from discriminating someone based on their regional dialect, lol, especially if it's a dialect that sounds "uncouth" or "garish" or "loud"

I always have been stared at in Paris for standing out, and it has never gone away despite getting older. Perils of being slightly goth.

I've always found this romantic and cute view of the beret very amusing. For starters, the beret is not originally Parisian, it's from the South of France and the Pirynees, and had been for centuries a cap for men from working classes: shepherds, sailors, manual workers. In rural Spain is also very popular. Only in mid 20th century it started to be asociated with Paris and chic women. I like to wear berets and headwear in general, but I have this contradictory image in my head of a chic girl in a cosmopolitan city and an old grandpa in a lost village at the same time.

P.S.: If you really like berets, take clues from old grandpas and buy Elosegui.

Yessss, Milan is the absolute fashion  heaven