Sometimes it would be true that it is not about men. For example, a lesbian might want to attract women, not men. And if the clothes are stylish, it is quite possible that it has nothing to do with men, but with other women's approval or maybe because they want to post in some social network and get likes. There are plenty of reasons.

But as a rule of thump, freeze to look sexy is to attract (they might want to attract other women though). And the ones who are about fashion, would wear a coat over the dress.

On the other hand, if it is summer, most women would be showing skin because it is hot, not because they want men to look. In general, you can see that because the women who want attention also pay attention to men. They look. While the women who want to survive the warm weather are going about their days and not paying attention to men.

Anyway, in my opinion, italian women dress better in general. But this is completely subjetive. And I'm still the one with several layers of clothes in winter because I hate being cold hahaha