- I'm seeing a lot of corduroy.
- Oh.
- Huh.
- It's either yoga pants, or too much.
- Maybe UK people just can't understand it.
- I imagine this is what the average American
is going to run to.
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- Good fashion is subjective.
Especially when it comes to which region
of the world you're from.
Word on the street is that the Brits
say that Americans can't dress.
So we're going to put that hot take to the ultimate test
with a clothing swap.
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(ding)
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- I'm Freddie, and I'm based in
the Los Angeles Buzzfeed office.
This video was not my idea,
I'm not going around saying different countries
don't know how to dress,
apparently, that's what Ada did.
Apparently, Ada said "the average Brit
definitely dresses a lot better than the average American."
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- Hi, my name is Ada, I'm in the Buzzfeed UK office.
American style is very lax,
and I also feel like they're like 10 years behind us.
American girls tend to just want to put
a random boot on outfit.
- I love a boot.
What part of the US are they talking about?
Are they talking about the east coast,
the west coast, the mid-west?
We all have very different styles,
and the weather varies so much across the board.
I think maybe there's just a little bit of hate happening,
I think LA people are just a little bit
more open-minded with our fashion.
We take risks, we do fun mixing and matching.
- I play this game with my friends,
like can you spot the American while we're in London,
and if they're wearing New Balance,
(laughing) that's definitely an American for some reason.
- I'm going to be pulling together outfits
for three different occasions.
- I am going to pick out three outfits for Freddie.
- One for brunch, one for work and one for a night out.
- So let's go shopping.
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- Okay you guys, so Ada's package has arrived in the mail.
Oh, interesting. - Okay, so.
- Oh, look at this little blazer dress, from ASOS.
- Body suit, I do love a body suit.
- I'm seeing a lot of corduroy.
A lot of corduroy.
Are those together?
Heh.
- Buying leather pants for another person is quite risky.
Black little boots.
Cute. - Cute.
I love a tank.
- Gingham checked pants.
- Nantucket.
All and all, it's a very neutral palette.
Everything in general kinda makes sense,
except these two pieces, I'm just not sure.
- I don't, I, um, yeah.
We're just going to close that back up.
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- I think you look cute, but then on further lookage,
you're in a lot of corduroy.
I love this top a lot,
but I don't think I'd pair it with those.
- Yeah, that's a lot of corduroy.
But you could pull it off, Fred.
- Well, I've never seen corduroy on corduroy before,
and I'm not mad at it.
- It's very fall with the corduroy, you look warm.
You have a little LA look with the Converse,
and I feel like you got a little
European look with the corduroy.
- [Freddie] Oh yeah.
- I like it, 'cause I think you
can pull off almost anything,
but as a hot take of like, we don't know how to dress
and this is what she dressed you in.
- [Freddie] Oop.
- I don't think so.
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- It's not something I would buy,
but I can see somebody else wearing this for sure.
And exactly what I thought,
and it is a pair of New Balances.
So we'll see what everybody else at work thinks.
- You look like a golfer, but not a good one.
Muted, but also loud.
I really see what the aim was,
execution on the other hand.
- Yeah.
- You look nice, I'm not going to be bullied by you guys,
I think she looks good.
- It's cute though, Rugrats is cute.
- Do you know what the problem is,
is that you have a boxy jumper.
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Which is like, cropped,
and then you have a pair of trousers, which are pants,
which are also boxy on top,
so it gives you a very awkward shape.
- There's just a lot going on.
- [Woman] Yeah, there's a lot going on.
- So, general consensus around this outfit
is that the pieces are good separately,
but together we just don't think it's working.
So, I've done a little switch around
to try and make the top work,
I think I've done something all right.
I've basically put on the pants that
I sent to Freddie for her work outfit
and they pretty much go with everything.
I think this just like ties everything together a bit more
and this is how I would have done it.
I've done day one, and this is it.
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- All right, so I will admit,
when I saw this come out of the box,
I was like "oh, this is going to be like very not me."
This is probably going to be something that someone
who wears boat shoes would wear.
But, when I actually put it on my body,
the fit is so nice, I feel super thick in it,
like ahh.
I could see myself wearing this to brunch,
honestly, I could see myself wearing it on vacation
over brunch, but I would never really wear sandals like this
unless I'm on like serious vacation,
like with the beach and stuff.
With this look, I probably would have done like
a cream boot, a cream cowboy boot or something.
I will say, I'm pleasantly surprised with this look,
it fits me like a glove, makes my booty look big.
It's cute, I like it.
Don't love the shoes though.
- [Freddie] Okay, so we're about to go to brunch.
- Damn.
- [Freddie] How do you feel about my look?
- It's cute!
I like this, I think you're going to be cold,
but you're definitely giving me summer LA vibe.
It's brunchy, you're definitely brunchy.
- [Freddie] Have you ever seen me wear these kinda sandals?
- No, no I don't think I've ever seen these kinda.
Have I seen your toes now that I think about it.
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- It is the second look of this challenge, the brunch look,
I'm going to Bampton's brunch with my friends
'cause that's all we do in the UK,
and it's the one I was definitely most nervous for,
mainly because of the boots.
Americans really like to just throw
a random boot on to outfits,
I feel like I can see where this was going,
but it's just not, it's just not come to fruition.
I'll just get people's reactions from the day,
and they can just dictate this for me.
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- Jesus Christ.
It's a little offensive.
- [Woman] What are those?
(laughing)
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- [Ada] So what did you think of my outfit guys?
- I think.
- I'm not a fan.
- [Ada] Do you think this represents
American style well though?
- I hope not.
- It was a bit of a wildcard,
and it was probably the one I knew
wouldn't be received well the most,
but, no, we will move onto the next outfit
and see how that goes.
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- So this is the going out outfit that Ada chose for me,
um, this is the bralette that she actually
wanted me to wear with the work outfit
but it works really well with the dress outfit.
These little sandals are very cute,
very on brand for me, like I really like a chunky heel,
but something that gives me a little bit of height.
This is kinda like a satin adjacent kinda material
which I like.
I think it's a little safe for me
in terms of what I would wear going out in LA,
and it's also a little dressy,
just because LA is like so casual
and people rarely wear this kinda thing out.
I definitely like this more than the work outfit.
Feels really good on my skin, the dress fits well,
cinches my waist.
Also, this is my color, I like this color, a lot.
- [Freddie] Open your eyes.
We are going to drinks.
- Yes.
- [Freddie] You also look super cute.
- So do you.
Is that lingerie?
A robe?
Or a parachute?
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- This outfit is very questionable.
I look like what the cast of "Little Women"
will be wearing to their premiere.
- [Ada] This is my outfit.
- For what?
- [Ada] To go out.
(laughing)
- What?
- Freddie, it's the UK and it's winter
so like, something with a little bit more clothing
would have been great, but you know,
I could just freeze to death.
It's the UK, so it's quite cold,
I didn't know what jacket to wear with this
so I just opted for none,
because you know, a hoe never gets cold.
Is this guy going to hit me with his moped?
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- I would love to try this out with different countries
and do swap boxes with people from around the world.
And I hope Ada got something out of this too,
hopefully there's something that she likes out of it,
I mean, I thought that there some fire fits in there
so hopefully she comes around to thinking that
maybe we do know how to dress a little bit.
- Overall, it was a great experience, and you know what,
I hope Freddie really enjoyed her outfits.
- Swap box UK edition,
lady tested, lady approved.
Did I sound British?
- [Woman] No, no, try again.
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