Monday, February 4, 2008

Towards an Understanding of Danish Fashion, Predominantly in Boys and Young Men

as the title of this post suggests, i have been seriously observing the fashion trends here in Denmark. i have some preliminary comments.

-the first major thing i've seen is spiky hair. i'd say maybe 75% of the boys here have majorly spiked hair. so much so that the gel they use is often flakily visible. faux hawks, eighth-grade straight-up spikes, creative arrangements i never imagined--they have it all.

-the second thing i've noticed continues to baffle me. a large number of people pull their socks over the bottom of their jeans. yes. you read that correctly. i can't tell you how many plain white socks i have seen pulled over a pair of jeans. this causes an interesting effect on the pants, leaving a little puffed out area where the top of the socks rests on the jeans.

these are things i've noticed. more to come (?)



sorry for the lack of pictures this weekend; carlye was visiting from berlin!! it was great to see her and to show her the tiny bit of this city that i know at this point. we went out to dinner and to a really cute little pub down the street from my school. it was all candlelit and cozy with a dog running around.

on sunday alex and i visited Frederiksborg Slot, or Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. the castle is gorgeous and was a nice chance to learn a little bit about danish royal history. we also drive by the sea to get there and saw where the rich danes live. overall it was a great, but busy weekend.

i'm off to finish my homework!

Vi ses! Hej hej!

Caitlin in Copenhagen



2 comments:

Connie said...

Hi Caitlin! It's awesome to see your pictures and read your blogs! Glad you're able to do this to keep us updated, it's so much fun.
We're still doing hockey here and that's about it! Love, Aunt Connie

kelsey said...

that first picture looks like the garden of versaille in paris. i'm assuming it's not, but it's like identical.