I never quite understood how it comes that the English like the accent French speakers have. To me, it is ok as long as it is only a faint accent, but a strong one is about as enjoyable as having your toe nails removed. Without anaesthetics** painful.
But then I realised that it is all a matter of taste. After all, I’ve never seen as many – what I consider – badly dressed people as in the UK: leggings and shorts; undersized cloths on oversized people, hyper creative colour combinations…
* Or: How to insult two nations with one post.
** Mes chers amis français, je vous aimes! D’autant plus que nous pouvons communiquer sans devoir passer par une autre langue que la votre.
La puce, die Welt and everything else 
Hearing someone speak English with an accent often means that they are bilingual, at the least, which is very impressive to someone from a nation of monolinguists like me.
As for fashion, I agree, the Belgians, Dutch, and French seem to have an effortless style that seems impossible to emulate.
You heard me speaking: I have an accent too. That’s not the matter.
What I have sometimes trouble bearing is people abusing a language; speaking grammatically and phonetically wrong, torturing the listener…
A strong German accent in English makes me cringe just as well as any other.
Emulate – learned another word today. Thanks!