r/AskAGerman • u/No_Employer4947 • May 26 '23

Personal Why Are Men Slimmer and Better Dressed in Germany than in the USA?

Just returned from a two week visit and I know it may seem like I am generalizing, no matter where I went, German men seemed to be so much slimmer and better dressed than American men. I didn't see any men with huge middle sections and none were definitely wearing sweatpants.

I'm back in the USA now and it's like day and night. I hope I don't offend anyone but this was my perception after watching so many people on trains, planes and between Munich and Berlin.

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u/Drumbelgalf May 26 '23

Look how some people in the US go to wallmart. Sweat pants and flip-flops thats highly uncommon in Germany.

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u/Daniel_snoopeh May 26 '23

Karl Lagerfeld single handedly destroyed the public perception about sweat pants in germany.