How To Look Like An American 101, by Brooke Adamchak

Back in the United States people tend not to really care about their looks and the way they are dressed before leaving their house. Most people like to wear workout clothing or clothes that are just simply comfortable. For example, a lot of people like to wear sweatshirts and sweatpants together and call it their outfit for the day. But if you were to do that here in Seville you would most certainly get all types of looks by everyone that you pass because people here in Seville like to look presentable. When I first arrived in Seville I remember that a goal of mine was to blend in with the crowd. By wearing the right style of clothing and dressing up the same way like everyone else. From what I have personally seen, it seems to me that everyone wears either jeans, business shirts, pants with stripes or a tile pattern on them, casual dresses, plain colored sweaters along with a heavy jacket because it is “cold” (65 degrees Fahrenheit) and all the women wear some type of style bootie shoe or heels while men wear sneakers or dress shoes. 

No matter how hard I try to blend in, I still catch people looking at me due to my poor choice of attire. At this point, I have given up trying to blend in with the crowd and just wear what I want and also comfortable in. I came the conclusion that most Spaniards can tell right from the first glance if you are an American. So instead of blending in, I figured I would share the process of how to look like an American. Here are some simple steps that you need to know in order to look like an American in Europe!

Step 1: Wear any type of sneaker that you own that has a brand like Nike, Under Armour or Adidas

Step 2: Wear either long or short yoga leggings or a pair of sweatpants that has some type of sport name or college written on it. Something along the lines like this.

Step 3: Find any type of shirt or jacket that clearly says what college you attend or like. For this picture, I choose a soccer jacket to show off what sport I play, what school I go to and the brand name because why not advertise more! Now it is known that I am an American college student-athlete.

Step 4: Put it all together and what do you get?

The PERFECT outfit that just screams out “I AM AN AMERICAN!” Well, there you have it, folks. If you ever want to travel to Europe and let people know that you are not from around there, all you need to do is dress up like you are a college student ready to go to do a workout and BAM the locals will know that you are most certainly not from around here. If you want to top the look off, all you need to do is add a backpack to the outfit and then you will also look like an American tourist!