I look what?!

[vanillafluffy]

I dropped by my bank this afternoon to take care of a little business. The temp being in the low 60s, I wore a long-sleeved grey and black top with black pants, grey shoes and the grey cloche hat I posted a pic of on Tuesday (but with a different pin).

One of the tellers, who is familiar with me, complimented me on it. He said it showed style, and that I looked European.

I choose to accept that as a compliment, as all the Europeans I know are very nice.

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Comments

[foreverhermit.livejournal.com]

That is definitely a compliment!

Methinks that teller bats for the other team, though. *wink*

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Methinks that teller bats for the other team, though.

Wouldn't be surprised....

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[majolika.livejournal.com]

ahaha that sounds so funny from over here, as if Europe is one big chic country or something :)

and that's another very nice hat! I had missed the photo. (And actually, and I hope I don't spoil the compliment now, it reminds me a little bit of good German loden hat.)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

The teller in question is fairly young, I'd guess mid-20s, and I imagine to him, countries in Europe equate with states over here. Not that they do IRL, but to an untraveled young person---?

Now, see, I've always thought of "loden" as a dark green. Am I wrong?

[majolika.livejournal.com]

Loden is just the fabric - some kind of felted/fulled wool with the grease still in, it's great waterproof stuff. It doesn't need to be "loden green", it's often grey, dark grey or even blue.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Ahh! Thanks for the clarification. This is a firm synthetic felt...I don't think any actual sheep were sheared in the making of my chapeau. Ersatz loden at best!