Euros also love this specific kind of horizontal patterned sweater that your older cousin used to wear. In America, you might get your ass kicked wearing a sweater like this, but in Europe, this style of sweater is even popular on tough guys. Have you ever seen
Un Prophete? In fact, based on that movie, I'd hazard a guess that the whole "sweater and wispy moustache" look makes it a lot harder to tell who the criminals are in France. If you go there and get mugged by what you thought was a hipster, don't say I didn't warn you.