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-   -   Fashion (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/fashion-320606/)

Tom Masters Aug 17th 2005 6:14 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Cdnshaz
I think that is a bit unfair, when you have to wear snowsuits and toques and mitts for 8 months of the year, how else would we dress???

We are too busy trying to keep from freezing to death then manage our fashion:-)
Exactly - hence no fashion! :D

Cdnshaz Aug 17th 2005 6:15 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
When were you last in Canada? :D
Well last September actually was last time, but lived there for over 35 years...

Cdnshaz Aug 17th 2005 6:16 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Tom Masters
Exactly - hence no fashion! :D
Hey my toque and my mittens always matched!!!

Tom Masters Aug 17th 2005 6:20 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by CalgaryBlade
Sounds a bit of a different "London" then :)

I dress the same here for work as I did in London (UK). Shirt (full sleeved when cool, short-sleeved when warm), cotton chino trousers and reasonably smart shoes.

I tend to go for designer stuff as I think it's better quality (Ralph Lauren, YSL, Hilfiger etc). I have no problem getting those items here, but I wait until it's on sale and then stock up. I hate shopping for casual/work clothes anyway so as soon as I find something on sale that fits, I'll buy a few in different colours.

The clothes I do like shopping for are the more activity related clothes, so I love MEC, Patagonia, NorthFace and Out There.
I tend to wear more sporty clothes now than I used to in the UK - mainly because when it is almost 40 degrees with humidity, you only need shorts and t-shirt. :D

Tom Masters Aug 17th 2005 6:21 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Cdnshaz
Hey my toque and my mittens always matched!!!
:D :D

andy_sheila Aug 17th 2005 6:32 am
Re: Fashion
 
4 months here now and i haven't seen 1 lumberjack shirt :D

Souvenir Aug 17th 2005 6:38 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Cdnshaz
Hey my toque and my mittens always matched!!!
Fashion victim!

dbd33 Aug 17th 2005 6:45 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Tisme
Anyway, I'm 4' 11" and only 8 stone (sorry can't convert it that quickly).
It's 112lbs.

Biiiiink Aug 17th 2005 6:47 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
It's 112lbs.
Where's the conversion there? Go on, knock yourself out, what is it in kilos?! :p

dbd33 Aug 17th 2005 7:23 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
Where's the conversion there? Go on, knock yourself out, what is it in kilos?! :p
People don't come in kilos in Canada, they come in feet, inches and pounds, even my francophone children don't use metric for humans or apartments. I think there are around 2 kilos to a pound so I guess she weighs 224 kilos.

Cdnshaz Aug 17th 2005 7:34 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
I think there are around 2 kilos to a pound so I guess she weighs 224 kilos.
Ummm no it is 2.2lbs to a kilo, 112lbs is approx 60KG...

dbd33 Aug 17th 2005 7:41 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Cdnshaz
Ummm no it is 2.2lbs to a kilo, 112lbs is approx 60KG...
Oh! I translated the weight of our Canadian dog, 60lbs, for some Swiss visitors. I said it was about 120 kilos. No wonder they weren't keen to ride in the car with it.

Souvenir Aug 17th 2005 7:44 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
People don't come in kilos in Canada....
Fluid ounces? snnk, snnk!

Biiiiink Aug 17th 2005 7:47 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
People don't come in kilos in Canada, they come in feet, inches and pounds, even my francophone children don't use metric for humans or apartments. I think there are around 2 kilos to a pound so I guess she weighs 224 kilos.
My point was that stone to pounds is not a conversion :p I dislike kilos and km and all that jazz but your aversion to the metric system is bordering on the obsessional ;)

dbd33 Aug 17th 2005 7:57 am
Re: Fashion
 
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
My point was that stone to pounds is not a conversion :p I dislike kilos and km and all that jazz but your aversion to the metric system is bordering on the obsessional ;)
My original point in using pounds was that that's how people are weighed here; Canadians don't use the stone as a unit of weight. Neither do they use metric for people, one would never see a personal ad for someone 11.34 hectares tall and .74 liters hung, it's always 6 feet, 8 inches, 175 pounds.


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