05-12-2009, 10:27 PM
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I agree with Paolo. You do not need to standout to pickpockets etc. And martha is right about jeans. Also Americans tend to wear their shirts tucked in and wear baseball caps. My husband reminded me that he always sees Italian men walking with their hands clasped behind their back.
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05-18-2009, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by suz123nj  I agree with Paolo. You do not need to standout to pickpockets etc. And martha is right about jeans. Also Americans tend to wear their shirts tucked in and wear baseball caps. My husband reminded me that he always sees Italian men walking with their hands clasped behind their back. | I lived in Italy for two years and just kind of started to blend in dressing like all the other Italians.
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01-21-2010, 11:01 PM
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I'm going in winter/ spring so I need some advice on what to wear then, please?
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01-22-2010, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by paolo Well the drawback in looking like a tourist is that is that you will be more subject to 'scippi' ( robberies ) - The reason why tourist are targeted is beacuse they are not quite so defensive as italians and also because I suppose they carry more high value items ( money , cameras etc ) - I went in Italy so many times in the past 24 years at least 4 times a year and I never suffered a robbery attempt while many American going there for thi first time get robbed. | I don't know...I have a feeling that I would be spotted as a tourist right away. lol
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01-25-2010, 06:47 PM
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If your goal is to try to look or dress like an Italian while in Italy then you must buy your clothes/shoes in Italy. You will never pass for Italian with clothes/shoes bought in the U.S. unless of course if you can find somewhere where they sell Italian clothes. Whatever you do don't wear shorts unless you're at the beach.
When I lived in Italy I bought my clothes at Italian clothing stores. I just copied the way I saw Italians dress. In the Winter/Spring don't try to dress like as if it were summer.
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01-25-2010, 08:13 PM
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I have just returned from a weekend in Lovere and was spoken to on two separate occasions by the locals asking for something. They thought I was Italian, even though I sure don't look like one. And I was wearing jeans, (so was my italian partner), boots, jacket and scarf. The stuff I wear at home too.
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01-26-2010, 03:20 PM
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| | Re: how not to look like a tourist while being a tourist
I have never been to Italy but I am guessing that the way people dress probably varies from region to region like many other things do.
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01-28-2010, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sienna I have just returned from a weekend in Lovere and was spoken to on two separate occasions by the locals asking for something. They thought I was Italian, even though I sure don't look like one. And I was wearing jeans, (so was my italian partner), boots, jacket and scarf. The stuff I wear at home too. | Forse perche tu sei europea. Americani stick out like a sore thumb.
Giacomo caro socio, Come si dice in l'italiano: To stick out like a sore thumb? (stick out like a sore thumb)
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01-28-2010, 07:22 PM
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| | Re: how not to look like a tourist while being a tourist
perhaps the verb emergere?
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| | Re: how not to look like a tourist while being a tourist
Hello,
I think you have to only wear any normal dresses and not to wear any extraordinary dress normally dress like your country first look some pics of italian dresses then go there.
good luck!!
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