Thought

Wearing a tee next month, you say ~~ under a short, sweater and jacket no doubt. So, the tee won't be seen, presumably ~~ unless she does go ahead and wear it and then needs to be treated for pneumonia at the local ER. Unless the UK is expecting an early summer!?

GrapeApe

Reading many of the post above makes me wonder how advanced, enlightened, and tolerant Europe must be? Scout, bettyK, and others are probably of the type that Europe is far superior to the USA - but here they are showing their true colors.<BR><BR>

Susan

I sent my Scottish cousin who is living in Paris right now a FDNY baseball cap and he wears it all the time. You'll find much support for the US in Europe. The people there are not so different from the people here, mostly friendly, nice, helpful and tolerant, with a few crazies mixed in.

Kathleen

I appreciate that most have spoken from personal experience and feel I got a lot of useful insights by having raised my question. Some people were not so kind....I wish people wouldn't put down the opinions or questions of others. Respectfully, Kathleen.

scot

kathleen, sometimes i wish that people could figure out what to wear when they go on holiday also.

Tony Hughes

Nicole makes a good point. With the plethora of USA-orientated clothes retailers in Europe (Ralph Lauren/Tommy Hilfiger etc) the Stars and Stripes is so common in Europe that many people would not automatically assume the wearer is American. If I was American I'd wear it all the time and be proud. As a Scot, I wear the Saltire or Lion Rampant somewhere on my person most of the time.

Capo

What if someone wore a pink jogging suit with an American flag on it? Would that REALLY confuse Europeans? <BR><BR>"Look, Isabelle! Look at the funny peenk jogging suit. Another seely American."<BR><BR>"Mais non, Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois! This could not be a seely American. Look closer. She ees wearing an American flag." <BR><BR>"Mon Dieu! You are so right, Isabelle. It is hard to tell anymore these days, n'est-ce pas?" <BR><BR>:~)

June

scot. sometimes i wish people would get a life! i mean you, of course!

anti-capo

Capo the idiot always has to put some type of moronic statement that makes no sense at all. Stop being intellectually challenged and keep your stupidiness to yourself.

aaa

A realtive's daughter was in Paris last weekend- her university told them NOT to take ANYTHING with the UNIVERSITY LOGO NOR USA ON IT----good thing too,<BR><BR>THEY WERE hasseled in PARIS about Being AMERICAN== LOTS of ANTI=AMERICAN SENTIMENT there now==

non-believer

I find that very hard to believe. Everyone else that has just returned from Europe has stated even the Europeans are wearing American shirts, caps, jackets, etc.

actual

It's cool for a European teenager to wear naff American gear, but naff for a real American to wear it. The Paris t-shirt or an English football shirt would be naff for a British teenager but cool for an American one. You have to wear such gear with irony.

jennifer

I live in the U.K. and have several USA flag tops and a t shirt with New York (which I wore to a remembrance service for the victims of 11 Sep.). I honestly don't think you would get any hassle in UK and you would probably blend in with everyone else. Most casual clothing in Europe is American based, if not made in USA, then at least inspired by. Don't let this sour your holiday - it really won't be an issue.

Paige

I see European kids wearing American flags on clothes all the time. I think they're on a lot of designer t-shirts. Whenever I wear my Texas Rangers shirt, I meet every Texas within a mile!

scot

june-why ? did that hit a nerve? you also have trouble knowing what your children should wear on holiday? <BR>i notice when a person says do not wear logos on clothes,the answer is "i do not believe that"-so what is the purpose in posting these questions in the first place? just to talk? have you mothers always had these problems with dressing your children? how did they get to school in the mornings? do they also wear black clothing with pictures of satan on them? or did you already ask someone if that was ok to wear? get my drift?

Londoner

As a European and a Londoner I would argue that there is a great deal of support and sympathy for the US in Europe at the moment, particularly since 9/11, and if ever there was a time to wear US clothing in Europe this would be it. <BR><BR>I myself am born and bred English and feel perfectly comfortable wearing my New York t-shirt wherever I am in Europe (in fact, a NY t-shirt is regarded as particularly cool at the moment).<BR><BR>I don't understand why so many Americans feel that Europeans don't like them - I think that Europeans aren't as vocal in their affections as Americans but that's not to say that we don't care.

Buzz

Of course the American <BR>ego peeks through...<BR>our flag is the only TRUE <BR>red, white, and blue.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Why, we've been using those colors<BR>since, oh my, 'way back...<BR>The Brits surely copied us<BR>with their Union Jack.<BR><BR>

Doodle

The good thing about the British though is that they have a sense of humour, which is more than can be said for some nations...

Ruth

The college kids that aaa mentions should maybe ask themselves whether their own behaviour led to their hassle - clearly it wasn't what they were wearing as their university told them not to wear American logos.<BR><BR>Kathleen - I think your daughter's experience of Europe will depend much more on her attitude to the people she meets than what she is wearing. I hope you all have a great time in the UK and the Netherlands!

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