So is it just me, or do chinese women in general go out of their way to dress in an overtly westernised way?
Now I am not referring to the young, teenage chinese girls who more than likely were Australian born. I am referring to the older women, who tend to talk to each other in Mandarin, suggesting they were born in China.
The emphasis on high cut boots, low cut dresses, socks pulled up just above the knees, super-short skirts and bizarre combinations of clothing items that attract stares from men young and old, are a distinct feature of the urban walkways of Sydney, especially in China town.
And when I say "older women", I also mean many women in their fifties. I would say that I have been quite surprised by how many women I have seen who look like grandmothers, yet dress like one may expect a teenager to dress.
So is it just me noticing this? Well no. Ms B was the first to bring it to my attention.
Ms B doesn't dress this way, but many of her contemporaries do. As far as an explanation goes, she believes it has something to do with the previous Communist lifestyle.
I suspect there may be a lot of truth in that.
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This sounds like Ontario Canada. We have a lot of Chinese here, and apart from facial appearance, you can pick a Chinese woman out from a distance simply from her boots of short cut skirts.
I heard that this is also the case in China itself.
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