Following the style face-off series, Buenos Aires is pitted against Dallas.
| BUENOS AIRES | DALLAS | |
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Makeup |
Very little. But women do love their perfume. | Lots! Especially this airbrushed effect that looks so artificial. Stepford Wives, anyone? |
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Hair |
Long and layered. With highlights or dyed blonde. Older women favour shoulder-length bobs. | Big Southern hair. Dolly Parton’s wannabes. |
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Fashion trends |
Skinny jeans and leggings with flowy tops during the day. Miniskirts and high heels for going out. Harem pants are the latest rage (sorry girls, you look like you’re wearing diapers underneath)
Local women follow fashion to a T (whether it suits them or not.) |
Women follow trends to a T (whether they should is a different kettle of fish). Some really shouldn’t. Middle aged women do like their Capri pants. |
| Cosmetic surgery | Gives Dallas a run for its money. Botox, collagen, boob and nose jobs are rampant. | Fake boob and Botox central |
| Nails | Natural. Red. Dark colours. | Long, fake talons |
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Colours |
Lots of black for work and play. Otherwise, it depends on which colour is in fashion that season. | Lots of pink |
| Summer footwear of choice | Leather boots in winter, strappy sandals and flip-flops in summer. | Flip flops galore (all year round) |
| Jewellery | Colourful necklaces in the warmer months. | Big and bold |
¡Hola! I love these tables! Harem pants are horrible, no matter how fashionable! Hey, you could do one table with Barcelona, too, I’d like to see our style from a different perspective 🙂
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Thanks Marta! they are fun to make too. I’d have to do some research on Barcelona…. maybe I should go there soon 🙂
Camden: aren’t they just horrible??
Sabrina: I agree. I couldn’t so it myself, I’m so low maintenance.
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You are so right about the harem pants!
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Nice 🙂 I like the face-off! And it’s true. I’ve noticed that in Texas girls just wear much more make-up than in other places. Looks really pretty many times, but all the work to put it on? No thanks! Plus, many times it looks a little too fake too.
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hahahaha…this is great Ana ! And yes we are all fashion victims in some way or another but hopefully we can avoid the AB FAB way of doing it 🙂
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By staying away from alcohol and cigarettes?
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great face off, never knew Dallas plastic surgery is giving BA a run for its money!!
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jajajajajaja! me hizo reír mucho lo de las aspirantes a dolly parton! jajajajaja
buenísimo!
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Heading there soon, so nice to see the information on clothing as I was totally unprepared when I hit Colombia and had to go shopping – I know, so traumatizing!
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I know what you mean!
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Ana,
Nice style face-off on Buenos Aires vs Dallas. Next you should do a food/cooking comparison.
Jason
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Great idea!
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Hola!! Muy buena la comparación, además practico un poco my english. ¿Qué quiere decir la expresión “follow fashion to a T”?
Me causan la misma impresión los pantalones harem… no me acostumbro a verlos!!!
Besos!!
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Gracias. Viste, las babuchas son de terror!
Esa frase significa seguir la moda al pie de la letra. Que bueno que el blog tenga otros usos jaja!
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