The Shallow Man was recently approached by an expat lady, who in spite of having lived in Amsterdam for three years, still hadn’t made and Dutch female friends. Upon listening to her sad story it quickly became clear to me that the root of her problem was actually that she was simply too well dressed, and needed to learn how to ‘doe maar normaal’. Â So I provided her with advice on how to dress just like a Dutch girl.
The things I do for my readers!
How to dress just like a Dutch girl part 1
The Shallow Man provided detailed advice on not wearing makeup, and the importance of leggings as pants. I also provided the expat lady with some additional fashion advice which can be seen below.
How to dress just like a Dutch girl part 2
I’m pleased to say that since the making of this video, that Stevie Long, the expat lady, can’t cross the street without Dutch women desperate to get to know her and become friends. The advice of the Shallow Man has been a huge success. If you need any advice on expat life in the Netherlands please contact the Shallow Man, and I’ll only be too happy to help.
No hairdressers were hurt during the making of this post.
Till next time, doe maar gewoon!
The comments are amusing. People who do not recognize satire are funny!
But there is a grain of truth in these video’s:
If you want to dress and behave like a Dutch, then you conform to the “doe maar normaal” rule. Which is literally “behave normally” but actually means “behave like everybody else. Be boring and non creative. Or else random people on the street will give you angry looks.”
We Dutch are no fun and we’re apparently very proud of it.
Hahaha 🙂 Of all the people in the world, an AMERICAN woman is representing ‘fashion’? From the land where the legging, universal white socks and universal sneakers were invented. Oh, and the McDonalds BMI. Did I mention the universal rugby shirt? Oh wait, that was the UK. Sorry….