December 20, 2004
Dressed for winter?
You can’t complain about cold weather – you’re from Sweden! I’ve heard it a lot lately but it’s not true. Just because I live in a colder place usually doesn’t mean I’m better suited for cold weather or even that I would like it. What surprises me in Tokyo though is that people complain on cold days about the weather and still they wear clothes and shoes that are not meant for being used during winter season.
It’s really trendy among girls these days to wear shorts or cut off pants over thin stockings. You see it all over Tokyo – but it must be so cold. I don’t understand it. A lot of women have high heel shoes but not boots but sandals and some of them without stocking and having a short skirt – in December! It’s craziness to me. And I won’t even talk about the school uniforms for the young boys (their shorts cover approx. 3 cm of their legs and they have to wear them all year round…).
No socks as usual...