2013年12月8日日曜日

2013年12月8日日曜日 -

Anna - A Change of Clothes

I've now been living in Osaka for two months. It has been a new experience for me, since this is my first time to live alone in a big city. When I was in college, I always had friends to help me and support me if I had trouble, but now I have to do everything by myself. But I think that this experience is helping me grow and learn more about “real life”.
              
Actually, one of the biggest changes I think I am making is about my fashion choices! When I lived in America, I didn't have time (or money) to think about the clothes I wore. But when I go out in Osaka, I always see people dressed in really nice clothes and I started to think that my American clothes were too plain. 

These days, I've been buying a lot of Japanese clothes. When I go out, I look at the girls on the street or on the train and I look at the clothes they are wearing. Sometimes, I wonder if it might be strange for a foreigner to wear these kinds of clothes, but I think that it looks cute, so I like it. 




Compared to Japan, I think fashion in America is very different. I don't like to show off my body, but women's clothing in America is made to show off. Clothes in Japan cover the body and I like that much better. Also, I think that clothes in America can be very casual, but clothes in Japan feel much more fashionable.
             


Now that it is getting colder, I've been buying a lot of new winter clothes. I'm glad that I have a lot of choices and different stores to go to. I shop at my favorite Japanese chain most often, but close to me there is a branch of another popular chain which has some really great and cheap clothes as well. In the past I never liked to shop for clothes because I didn't like the styles in America, but clothes shopping in Japan is really fun! The only problem sometimes is trying to find things in my size.
a new experience：新しい経験
support ：支える
fashion choices：ファッションの選択
too plain：シンプルすぎる
to show off：(肌を）見せびらかせるために
fashionable：おしゃれ