Jon, being a Humble Observer, has a theory about Ukrainians and their clothes:
Clothes are a Ukrainian’s most valuable possession. Okay, you accuse me of overstating the matter, but I stand by that statement. What about cars, apartments, and televisions you ask? Well, most Ukrainian’s don’t own cars, apartments, or televisions, but everyone has clothes. It’s like this – when they report the percentage of men with ponytails in any given country, they don’t report the raw facts, rather they report it per-capita. That means the number of men that have long hair per 1000 men in that country. That way if you get one small country with a large hippie population, they can win first place. Same in Ukraine. (well, almost the same, except for the hippies) You can judge people’s attitude toward clothing by their relative expenditures on clothing in relation to other purchases. It would be my contention (and I’m interested to know if I’m right, for now this is just a theory) that the general population of this country south of Belarus spends more on clothing (over the course of their lives) than on any other purchase.How does this work out? Well, I know students in Ukraine, and students are poor in any country, that have nicer leather jackets than I would allow myself to buy. If you were to go down to main street on a Friday night, it might be unclear whether the people are out for a walk, or if Fashion TV was doing a outdoor shoot.
I think the same theory might just hold true for Russia, too.
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