12 very different reactions to people’s clothing depending on geography

It seems that what blends into the crowd in one area might cause much more of a stir in a more provincial town, and a tweet got people talking about it.

Wearing a beret in London: Nobody cares

Wearing a beret in Sunderland: Somebody yelled out of a car 'bonjour!'

— The Flood Defence (@TheFloodDefence) December 26, 2019

The Flood Defence’s post caused, well, a flood of similar anecdotes. These were our favourites.

1.

I once wore lime green flares, from London, in York, and someone wound down their car window and shouted, “What have you come as?”

— Sophie Heawood (@heawood) 28 December 2019

2.

One day I was wearing a dress and knee boots, in Armagh,and someone shouted across the street to me “someone thinks they’re in hollyoaks” https://t.co/MTkNAYqRUJ

— Ciara McShane (@Ciara87C) December 27, 2019

3.

In Shields, I’ve had both ‘hat!’ and ‘tiiiiiiie!’ shouted at me from moving cars.

— Daniel J. Clifford (@danielclifford6) 27 December 2019

4.

One of my Glasgow pals was wearing a beige coat and a ned shouted, "ya mad Caramac" at him https://t.co/RScu711WPz

— DasGift (@DasGiftBerlin) December 28, 2019

5.

I had the temerity to have a fringe when I was about 18, living in my home town of Carmarthen. People used to routinely come up to me in pubs and say to me ‘who do you think you are, the 60s?’

— Elis James (@elisjames) 28 December 2019

6.

Just remembered the time I wore big gold hoops in a club in Wrexham and was referred to as Ashanti https://t.co/7ikgkiLCj8

— Esther Webber (@estwebber) December 28, 2019

7.

I wore glasses in Dundee once and got 'FUCKING ELVIS COSTELLO!' thrown at me in a corner shop https://t.co/TIy2sWHlY7

— Ed B (@EggBanana) December 27, 2019