Clothing Britain’s Spies During World War II

Re:Clothing Britain’s Spies During World War II by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:59PM (#17769227)

Just walking down the street in London, it's usually possible to tell tourist from local by clothing. I doubt I could express it in detail but Northern europe has still fairly distinct tops that younjust don't see much.

i imagine in 1940s it would have been glaringly obvious.

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Re:Clothing Britain’s Spies During World War II by 56chan4 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:38PM (#17770684)

You can tell where someone is from just by looking at them, facial proportions, bone structure, and thats before you even get into clothes which mimic social conformity aka dedicated followers of local fashion.

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Re:Clothing Britain’s Spies During World War II by lifeisstillgood on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:26AM (#17772137)

yes, but that does not mean they are a local (ie live here, shop for clothes here) or not.

But someone who dresses in Carrefour looks different to someone who dresses in Lidl, BIM or MARHNT (cannot find russian letters easily, but you get the idea)

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