American yuppies live in their sweats

Since I arrived here, I've been fascinated with the yuppie American's addiction to wear their gym clothes outside the gym. When I saw tabloid pics of J.Lo, Paris Hilton, Madonna, and all those other Hollywood startlets wearing "couture" (read: overpriced) gym clothes walking around, shopping or dining, I thought it was just another frivolous Hollywood trend. J.Lo is promoting her clothing line, and everyone has jumped into the Juicy Couture bandwagon, so they're all wearing gym clothes. Fine.

Much to my suprise, gym clothes seems to be a part of the young American dressing culture. It seems 3 out of 5 yuppies wear their college sweaters and some ratty gym pants while walking the dog, meeting friends for coffee or grocery shopping. Frankly, it's not attractive. I may have grown up in a 3rd world country with most of the people not having even 1/8 the average American's budget, but men and women back home still have the excitement and energy to dress up when going out and not leave the house wearing whatever's nearest to the door.

I'm sorry, but if I were a guy, my sensibilities would automatically cringe when I see a grandfather sized shirt and pants even if the woman wearing them looks like Angelina Jolie. It's boring, it looks uninspired, it looks sloven, and who likes a man or a woman seemingly too bored to let some creativity loose--even if its only with the clothes they wear?