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"Of the many dubious distinctions America has earned in the recent past, this one really makes my heart sink a bit: According to a survey of more than 2,000 people in 80 different countries, the world&amp;#x27;s worst-dressed tourists live right here in the U.S.A. The Titanic Awards celebrate everything awful about travel, from the world&amp;#x27;s most overpriced souvenirs to the least-appealing places to go to the loo, and their most recent survey, ranking the most offensively clad tourists in the world, points a finger straight at America. A whopping 49% of participants voted that we&amp;#x27;ve done the most damage with our T-shirts, white sneakers and fanny packs, while our nearest competition, Germany, wrangled just more than 11% of the votes. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! I can&amp;#x27;t say I&amp;#x27;m surprised--when I travel, I&amp;#x27;m usually cringing as I keep a mental checklist of badly dressed fellow Americans (shorts are a dead giveaway) and simultaneously doing my best to wave my chic flag to prove we&amp;#x27;re not all culturally insensitive slobs--but I am disappointed. I hate that when people think of Americans, they think of serious style Don&amp;#x27;ts. A little bit of effort goes a long way, and I wish we&amp;#x27;d all be willing to take those few extra moments to look polished and put together, especially when we&amp;#x27;re guests in someone else&amp;#x27;s territory. It may help to think of travel the same way you think of a dinner party--look nice, be on your best behavior, try everything, even if you wouldn&amp;#x27;t necessarily eat it at home, play by the host&amp;#x27;s rules (ie, if she wants you to take your shoes off, you take your shoes off!), and above all, enjoy yourself! I&amp;#x27;ve got tons of great tips for packing light and chic when you travel, and for putting together cute outfits that won&amp;#x27;t mark you as an American of badly-dressed distinction. Check &amp;#x27;em out now...then tell me...are you offended by the way most of your fellow Americans look when they hit the road? Are you a little embarrassed that we&amp;#x27;ve got the worst dressed tourists? Do you think we can eventually turn it around, or is slob-dom our collective fate as a country? Discuss! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Photo: Comstock/Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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