Ask a Romanian: What do Romanian females wear?
Sara’s ever curious journalistic mind wondered a few days ago how Romanian women dress. That’s a tough one because you’d get numerous answers depending on whom you ask and what city you’re in. If you narrow this down to the younger demographic, many would be inclined to reply: “the majority goes for slutty and see-through. Which, some would gladly argue, is awesome because men like it and women like men to like it.”
Since that would be stereotyping Romanian women as being constantly on the prowl for rich old men with fancy cars (hmmmm) I decided the answer should lie within the more decent yet trendy realm. So I’ve asked Andressa to provide an answer and she did. She also provided a sample from her personal photo album.
There you go, a little more decency than you normally get at pools around the city (why are 15-year-olds topless?). And we have chosen decency today for selfish reasons–there are enough fat old men from Italy and Turkey flashing their cash and blabbering with excitement about how Romania is easy-pickens paradise.
Andressa says: “Most college girls choose jeans and sport shoes with a t-shirt showing their bellybutton during the day, and adult females usually wear a deux-piece or a skirt and a short sleeve blouse (very rarely you would see a lady in sports garments). I myself like sports outfits: t-shirts, short skirts / jeans and sandals.
In the urban areas, many young women wear skimpy outfits, many accessories and colorful make-up. I guess that is why they say Romanian girls are beautiful: they show a lot of skin. But that’s starting to change. Many famous international brands have boutiques in Bucharest now and that’s reflected in the everyday style of people: there are less and less differences between the way a Romanian woman dresses and a Western European one does.”
July 25th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
you forgot the hair, the purple-red hair…
July 25th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
To elle: shhhh! I’m trying to make a good impression !
To everybody: nevermind that. Women have good taste in Romania!
or at least we’re trying….
July 26th, 2006 at 3:41 am
I am tempted to make a top 10 list of things Romania needs to bad. The purple-red hair and a few other poorly red-hair variations would definitely make that list. Oh man, they are poor choices. Welcome to the land of bad dye jobs.
July 26th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Nice mosaic and elegant answer on your part, considering that it’s a tough nut to crack indeed. I expected something like fashion police
Since many of your recent posts have images, I have a question too: I keep hearing that Vama Veche (the place) is not what it used to be. Ccn you get some visual evidence?
July 26th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
andressa: i understand. and i will say romanian women have a much better sense of what flatters their own bodies than american women do.
July 26th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Purple red like old ladies?
Thanks for doing this question for me.
July 27th, 2006 at 4:11 am
Raluca, were you adressing to me? Pics from Vama Veche?
July 27th, 2006 at 4:38 am
“there are less and less differences between the way a Romanian woman dresses and a Western European one does”
good one Andressa
And still remains a difference: style, the esthetic taste which romanian women fully have:P
July 27th, 2006 at 4:55 am
@sunhunter :I agree with you but it’s still one diference: money that the romanian womans don’t really have..and you can see the differences..(I don’t live in Romania anymore so I’m an witness)
July 27th, 2006 at 5:39 am
Well, Adi, before writing the text I took a good look at people in the street. And you know what I saw? That young girls love the Avril Lavigne style - which is not a all vulgar.
Most people in Bucharest dress from shops that have similar clothes with the one you can find in Western Europe. Globalisation. There are less and less differences. Take a look around. It’s the “MTV style”.
There are differences, I admit, but that’s starting to change.
July 27th, 2006 at 6:48 am
I think that romanian style,when it comes to girls,should be categorised in those who like studying,those who like going out and those who listen to manele.It`s very yeasy i guess to see how owful look those tiny-skirted girls with cheap tea-shirts and make a difference between them and those who like quality more than anything.Sometimes beauty is made by ourselves.C-ya
July 27th, 2006 at 6:55 am
oh!and stop being so subjective guys.we still have a lot to work concerning our dressing style.Romanian girls may be beautiful but they shorely have to “study” more the western style.If u all think that this is all that matters.:P
July 27th, 2006 at 9:49 am
Andressa, sorry for the mix-up, my question was addressed to Cristian. But if you have pics, I’m looking forward to seeing them
July 28th, 2006 at 9:47 am
@Paul: I don’t know why everyone just it’s bringing always infront this idea:”romanian girls are beutiful,gorgeus….”and so on..Like dressing it’s not such a big difference betwen the romanian girls and the rest of the Europe..What we really should see it’s how come with not so much money they can look good and can prove that they have good taste..
July 28th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
I’ll stand up as the devil’s advocate. I’ve come to LIKE the red (purplish red) hair!
It’s far far better than the cheap looking, but expensive cost, platinum blonde craze we see in other nations.
Grass is greener and all that, I suppose.
July 31st, 2006 at 11:31 pm
the big problem with the mentality of the Romanian women, the way I see it, is what they think makes them admired, envied, even happy. It’s not having a career, going to school, trying to accomplish something. It’s marrying the rich guy. No matter how old or young, Romanian women tend to meet every cynical man’s expectations: flaunt their assets to get guys with money. Look at Iri & Monica. Why would th TV stations think the wedding would be worth being televized in the first place? Well, they know their target.It shows a dream come true for the Romanian girls: Monica marrying the sleezy, old rich guy. Sadly, the exceptions to this mentality get fewer and fewer.
September 5th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Romanian women use their bodies to attract men, wear far too much make up and look like cheap hookers trying too hard to look decent. If they dressed themselves a little more they may gain more respect.Other than this, romanians are just cheap and slutty and have the morals of alley cats
October 1st, 2006 at 7:12 pm
I like the way the Romanian women dress.
Cheap Hookers isn’t necessarly a bad thing…when you don’t have much money. I’d like to meet some of those Romanian Ally Cats sounds refreshing… Just because one is older and has money does not make them automaticly sleazy. They do the same things you do but with more money at their disposal.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:45 am
I tink that everybody can do what they whant with their life. No matter if it’s in Romania, in England, in Germany or in any country that exist on Earth.. you can live you’re life by the way you whant it. Only people without any worryes or people who are unhappy talk about other’s wonderfull life. Have a wonderfull life !
March 7th, 2007 at 3:26 am
isnt romania cold????
March 29th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Solange- (kinda late i know) please do not come up in here trying to disrespect. don’t be immature and don’t act like you know the first thing about Romanians.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:58 pm
hi, im in alaska right now but im pure romanian and i was born in cluj-napoca. i came here 7 years ago but i still speak perfect romanian as well as english fluently and spanish. when i visit romania to see my family in the summer, me and my cousins all dress to go to the club (discoteca) much like american women do here in alaska. however, i do agree that during the day, girls tend to show a little more skin because its really hot outside and we might be trying to work on our tans…ha ha but im just guessing, this is only based on my opinion and my experience there. i love going to bucuresti and buying clothes
haha and whenever we go swimming, i wear my swim suit under some nice loose clothes that might appear to be a bit more revealing than most girls wear haha…and when im walking down the street with my cousin, i notice that the girls we pass by wear small tops and usually capris, shorts or skirts and maybe some sandals. but i havent really paid it much attention. maybe when i go back there on vacation, i’l hope to notice a bit more on how romanian fashion has progressed through the years ;).
April 15th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
i just went on 2 cruises ,the crew alll romanions. i found the women very pretty, and now, i want to date them all,from canada.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Well, in my humble opinion, there are some slight differences between the clothing of western european girls and romanian ones. Lemme enumerate a few:
1. Money. Here you won’t get more than 350 - 400 $ if you are a fresh employed person.
2. Quality. Heck, our market is invaded by chinese and turkish cheap clothes. If you ain’t got money, what will you buy? An expensive or a blouse?
3. Culture. No comment here. “Prietenii stiu de ce…” (Translated: Friends know why - from an old TV commercial).
In conclusion, you simply cannot compare two different things. It’s a logical unwritten law :).
Best wishes,
Alex, Romania.
June 9th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Romanian Tigan women are better though. I love gypsies. Better music better style, and oh yea, a hell of a lot more money!
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:52 pm
You North American people make me laugh. I’ve been in NA for over 20 years and let me tell you going to visit Romania is a breath of fresh air. North America is 80% overweight (thank McDonalds kids) so the clothes that these beautiful FIT romanian women wear would look like a sausage skin on a typical American woman. So all you unfortunate North American men please enjoy what you have while we enjoy what we have. Oh and calling romanians tigan shows lack of knowledge on your part do some research and stop embarrassing yourselves. There’s more “tigans” in Canada than in any part of the world…not to mention UK. Here they go by the name of “East Indians”.
August 12th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I am a full Romanian living in the US and trust me I get criticized everyday for keeping my Romanian roots even in the clothes I wear.
I go back home every summer and so I know whats in style. My cousins work part time as models and getting an education (to cut out the uneducated,noncareer women steryotype). Most romanian women do wear makeup but not the over exagerating one. If you pay close attention you can see a difference in their clothes and makeup depending on the situation. At work they are more professional and on a night out of course they are more reveling and have more make up on. I get criticized here because I don’t wear a bra and most Romanian women don’t. We love our bodies and love to show them off without being asamed of everything and we take care of our looks not for someone else…but for us.
We do wat we do for fashion….not for society or anyone elses expectations. Tell me a model on a runway in paris who is wearin a bra under a seethrough shirt…its call fashion idiots…..something America tends to lack……
August 13th, 2007 at 3:09 am
hi romanain girls..
why all romanain girls are hungry for money?thye have no love features in them.they just want money no matter what or where…i have not seen any girl who lokking for real ,honest and faithful love.
Even romanai women are not faithful to their husbands.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:32 am
I’m not hungry for money, and i am in love. I do admit i have a attraction towards it, but then again i dont need money. Most romanian girls that live in romania have a small or no income. Salleries there are small, so most girls go for wat they need which is money. I’m a girl to and my cousins always ask me for money or to get them things. Its not because they aren’t looking for love, they are looking i guess for a way to live a better life.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Romanian girls are superior to U.S. women.
Women in the U.S. are ugly fat looking pieces of shit. Only 5 pecent of U.S. women are hot versus 90 percent of Romanian women.
I love Romanian girls with their tight bodies and smooth skin. Plus they kiss deeply with their tongues down my throat.
U.S. women are just scum and even 5 percent of hot women do not even compare to Romanian girls.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:26 am
What’s the deal with Romanian girls wearing the wrestling boots?
November 30th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Not all women are like that in the US Trident. Im from Romania and i can say the girls i choose to date can easily compare with the doe-eyed beauties of my homeland.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 am
Its true. romanians are the coolest. The guys and the girls both have awesome hair styles. a romanian friend (girl), of mine has the coolest hair I’ve ever seen and the romanian guy hair is so cool I’m trying to copy it. can’t seem to get it to work though… one said they use straighteners?
January 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Taylor you are a homosexual. You are not a real Romanian. Romanian girls are superior to U.S. women. U.S. has way too many ugly fat cow whale women, while Romania has way more hot tight bodied girls.
You dont know what you are talking about cause you are gay.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:45 am
romanian women are hot. really hot.
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:44 am
I know that the American girls have more style than most Countrys
March 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I yi yi. People…please use some common sense.
@Trident…of course the Romanian women are hot! You’ve read for yourself there is little to no income … how would they ever indulge?!!
As for Romanian women dressing cheap…again…show me the money that says they can afford to shop in stores like our NA little dress shops!
And why are you putting down American women?? They CAN afford to indulge occasionally. Most people in Canada and the US have roots from other lands. Soooo….why did they come to NA to begin with? For a better life…that’s why!!!!!! Chees!!
March 20th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Rachel you are a fat obese whale.
As for RomanianRoots, you are a mentally retarded moron.
U.S. women are unworthy when compared to Romanians girls.
Romanian girls love to show off their great bodies and they were silky clothing.
Just cause fat U.S. women have European roots, it does not mean they are European. They have niether the bodies or sexy accents. So your argument is shit.
April 25th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Just to let everyone know, I am an american guy who married a romanian girl. Not only do I agree that Romanian women put American women to shame, but any foreign girls outside the U.S. are superior to these americans sluts. I love my romanian wife more than I did all the american girls I dated put together. I feel that her fashion style is outstanding no matter what these americans think! Foreign women aren’t ashamed of their bodies one bit because the majority of them AREN’T fat, while most american women are. So hell yes to the hot foreign chicks with nice bodies, bring us american boys some lovin…
May 4th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Tim you said it… That is what my fiance must be thinking… thanks for the insight
May 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Ive been to 146 countries romanian girls have slim bodies no tits horrible smiles horrible body odor and a evil mentality that comes from a country which has been captured at every! single! stage! of its existance most romanians besides securitate children and relitaves would leave romania in a instant if they have the chance they have NO! love for their country they will defend it when confronted but they think its shitty dirty and thoroughly corrupt.
ask them the truth they will tell you! Romanians love spending money on silly things like fancy cars and Gucci ALL repeat ALL Romanian girls will do anything anything for Money! gniving and lying in their nature and the country as a whole has a WORLD WIDE reputation for theives as for TIM you probably couldnt get a hot American girl so you came out here found yourself a romanian and came back home to declare romanians are hot.
In my travels I have come to see there is no such thing as a country with only beautiful women there are hot chicks in Mongolia,Haiti,Seirre Leone,Sweden,Poland,FRANCE,London,Los Angeles,Mecca,Cairo,Brazil all over the world FACT is there is no romanian international supermodel.There are many american international supermodels.Fact is there is no romanian internationaly known or recognized by anyone in the industry of fashion designers
NYC and LA make the fashion of the FFing WOLRD including PARIS AND MILAN the only people who dress worse than romanians (men and women) are Georgian women.
Good times.
Chuck Stefanescu
Hong,Kong/Tokyo
May 11th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I’m an American married to a Romanian. While any talk about differances between groups of people includes vast generalizations (there are many exceptions), the fact is, as anyone who has spent time in Europe will know, the typical American women is much fatter and dresses with less fashion/femininity than European women. And Romanian women definately hold their own against other Europeans, especially in regards to femininity. Besides appearance, the typical American woman is far more demanding of their man, never satisfied, less educated (real education, not party college), and more likely to be unfaithfull. You don’t have to believe me — it’s just funny to see what American men put up with when their are so many better choices out their. Then again, I guess some men just like to be slaves to never satisfied big and fat trashy manlike women.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
The Chuck Stefanescu above is a typical Romanian man who is still mad at Romanian women for their rejection of his brutish & boyish ways. His talk about fashion models reveals his mastabatury obsession with thin & tall boylike racks, and lack of feeling for real women. He is an example of why many Romanian women seek foreign men. It is sad but true, that many Romanian men don’t know what they have, and believe what they see on TV and magazines in regards to American women. Yes, it’s true, that all nations have hot women & ugly ones. But we are talking about the typical women of a country here, not some magazine pictures. His type always learns the hard and long way. Sad, but good for me!
May 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Hey Glenn,
Stiu Dar…….
A. Read my post again notice you did not comment on anything I said.
B. I am married to a curvy slim French Model she has her MA in physics from the Sorbonne
C. British and American Schools in romania is where wealthy Romanians send their children because their schools suck (party college.
C. ROMANIA IS NOT EUROPE NEVER WAS NEVER WILL BE 60% of the LIMBA is SLAVIC so stop. please. romania was never European far east asian nations and turks (both ugly as sin) ruled there for hundreds of years you think because the EU wants your gas pipe lines and your strategic military location that you have style.
Go to Paris, London,Stockholm,Frankfurt, you will see EUROPEANS
ROMANIA IS A BALKAN STATE and it has 0 class and the most corrupt government in the world.
And I love Romania it is my home we have good food insane wine and great music. our women is not what we can take pride in.
Chuck Stefanescu
Tokyo/HK
July 7th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I’ve been with many women in my time, but there was one that
toronto/Can
I always judged other woman against, her name was Florina from
a small village called Sibu, in Romania. She was not the the best looking girl in the world, nor did she have a super model like body, but she had character and substance. When she walked in a room people would automaticaly be drawn to her, the way she moved and smiled and brought life to anywhere she went. I have not yet met anyone even close to her magic, I loved her but now she’s gone. I miss her so much.
You guys just keep away from Romanian women and leave them to me
July 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Got a foreign passport? Then you have no problem getting Romanian women. Romanian women can be offended all they want about my statement but it does not change facts.
July 12th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hey Glenn, you probably found your wife on the net or via some matrimony service which provides men who can’t get their own spouse (regardless of their nationality) with wives from Russia, Romania, China, etc. The reason why your Romanian wife was hoping for you because you were her exit ticket out of Romania. More than likely you stroke gold, you might be lucky enough to get someone who will appreciate, respect and devote herself to the marriage. But do not pretend you know anything about Romanians because you happened to marry one. As one of my favorite lines goes from “Groundhog Day” when Bill Murray becomes more proficient in piano playing with the repeating day(s) and his teacher, amazed, asked if that was indeed his first day ever playing he answered that his father was a piano teacher. Knowledge by association only occurs in the world of the clueless.
July 12th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
“Foreign women aren’t ashamed of their bodies one bit because the majority of them AREN’T fat, while most american women are.” Hey, Tim, last census taken worldwide showed that South American women are the fattest in the world. And also, I wonder if you shop “Men’s Wearhouse XXL” yourself because you need to look at your fat, BBQ eating, 6-packs gurgling, Cheetos ingesting buddies and then tell me about women being fat. In my last trip to Romania I could see no difference between the girth on women on both side of the puddle. Fat is everywhere, it have become the norm due to precarious nutrition. Make sure you wipe off the grease from the Doritos before you start typing to answer any of this!
July 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
One cannot help but wonder how many times Trident has been dissed by American gals
I cannot help myself wonder with all these…patriots, singing praises to the wonderful life in Romania yet you chose to live and earn an living overseas and go home on holidays. This does not make you a Romanian, it makes you a hypocrite. If you truly believe in the Romanian way, get your ass back there, start living in that society and then start preaching about the greatness of that society. Majority of the people left behind are nothing else but roasted seeds eating, beer drinking, cheating, stealing trash. I said majority, that does not mean all of them, there are indeed some wonderful people left behind. Meanwhile, this “wonderful” society allows to be abused by ridiculous politicians and everyone is sighing remembering the past when Romanians had the balls to clean up the trash and take control of their own destiny. You chose your own path and you now suffer the consequences and living in the past or lying to yourself is not going to help anyone.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:53 am
i love my romanian girlfriend she rocks….english girls can go suck off..they have no idea how to please a man or how to be a person in love..romanian girls know the lot and are a lot more responsive in every way..so naff of you uk girls and get a life..you sad fat drunk tarts…=))
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Hi all together,
I lived 3 years in bucharest and I can say that it is really absolut not so intresting how a romanian girl is dressed.
The 40 years communism, the emptyness in their brains, the behaving in public, their not existing ability to have friends (becouse every romanian is a selfish romanian) or to be strong in a team, the cheating and lying (i really dont want to hear something “you should not generalize” - becouse in this case i strongly can), the fact that doctors advice you to leave dying people on the streets alone (no better you should kick them in the ass as long as they are gypsies…), the deep deep deep corruption in every soul there (with a little money you get your paper faster…lol) and so on and so on…yes it really matters if they copy some mainstreet dresses from MTV…absolut. If this country starts not soon to change their whole livestyle - the whole world will laugh about them as cheap workforce provider with 50% of their income from bitches in videochat houses. Quality starts not with a good dress - it starts with a site that translates their manele lyrics in english - this would be a brilliant picture of this society!!! La revederci Romania…
October 15th, 2008 at 12:22 am
not all romanian girls are after money!!! i knw this romanian girls who is with a rich bloke and wants to leave him to earn her own money and get her own flat so not all romanians are the same !!! she is just upset coz she cnt get permission to work so cnt leave!!! she also dresses very nice and is very beutiful much more than english women romanians are the sexiest girls in the world!!!!!
October 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I love Romania and I am an american male 40 years old si vorbesc deasemenea limba romana pentru ca am studiat un an aici in statele unite.My romanian language teacher here in the United states is from Maramures and she is without a doubt one of the most beautiful woman I have ever meet in my life!I have a friend of mine from France and he was the one that introduced me to her and you know what he said?Ken,she’s just average for a romanian woman,there are even women hotter than her.With that comment alone I left to go visit Romania and spent three months in Baia Mare and I loved it!Romania is awesome,love it!love it!love it!