Brands that scream CHAV
Discussion
PSBuckshot said:
Barbour are very mixed.
They make chav tat and they also make decent clothes. I bought their Steve McQueen cardigan when it was in production and then I'll walk around and see some
woman in a red barbour jacket. Bothers me.
Red Barbour? I thought blue were bad enough but luckily I've never seen anyone in a red Barbour jacketThey make chav tat and they also make decent clothes. I bought their Steve McQueen cardigan when it was in production and then I'll walk around and see some
woman in a red barbour jacket. Bothers me. clonmult said:
Beats/Dre/Monsters, utterly horrible. Overpriced underperforming ste. They scream "I haven't got a freakin' clue about sound quality, and don't mind walking around looking like a colour blind cyberman". Although you do wonder how many of them that you see around are the actual brand and not some cheap knock off.
Saw them for 3 quid a pair in Marrakesh last summerte. They scream "I haven't got a freakin' clue about sound quality, and don't mind walking around looking like a colour blind cyberman". Although you do wonder how many of them that you see around are the actual brand and not some cheap knock off.Sheets Tabuer said:
Melman Giraffe said:
So you think Paul's Boutique is a classy brand? 
I have to admit I thought it was a work uniform, I was thinking the other day wow a lot of people work at Pauls boutique, I must leave the house more.Why on earth would you wear something that makes you look like an employee of a shop
PSBuckshot said:
Barbour are very mixed.
They make chav tat and they also make decent clothes. I bought their Steve McQueen cardigan when it was in production and then I'll walk around and see some woman in a red barbour jacket. Bothers me.
So you went to a supplier of outdoor clothing to buy a populist item, being sold on its connection with a dead actor, and worry about other items from there being chavvy........strange.They make chav tat and they also make decent clothes. I bought their Steve McQueen cardigan when it was in production and then I'll walk around and see some
woman in a red barbour jacket. Bothers me. I would have said that by involving themselves in things like the cardigan they were already well on the way.
The jackets which have become increasingly popular are part of their original core business, so which is the more chav, reproductions of dead actors clothing or outdoor jackets?
The jackets which have become increasingly popular are part of their original core business, so which is the more chav, reproductions of dead actors clothing or outdoor jackets?
mercfunder said:
I would have said that by involving themselves in things like the cardigan they were already well on the way.
The jackets which have become increasingly popular are part of their original core business, so which is the more chav, reproductions of dead actors clothing or outdoor jackets?
Neither. I don't class a navy cardigan or a wax jacket as chav. Real chavs wear track suits.The jackets which have become increasingly popular are part of their original core business, so which is the more chav, reproductions of dead actors clothing or outdoor jackets?
ClassicMotorNut said:
I might have missed it (in fact that's quite likely) but I don't believe I've seen Primark mentioned here. If there was one clothes shop in which I would expect to find chavs it would be Primark.
Primark is cheap, granted, I shop there. Chav it is not - however. The essence of what has been mentioned here so far is an outpouring of conspicuous consumption with the sole intention of displaying wealth by means of ostentatious branding. Primark accomplishes neither of these. It fulfils a function, selling cheap clothes, and nothing more. Everyone knows that Primark clothes are cheap - therefore you cannot use them to display wealth. They also don't go for ostentatious branding. I personally object to displaying an advertising motif on my clothes so happily shop at Primark. I have nothing against fashion - I look like everybody else in skinny jeans, tee shirt, hoody and plimsolls. I suppose it's the geek chic end of the market when paired with my larger than average glasses and matching haircut.
It is all generic though. I created a look, and by default a persona, by a simple circuit of Primark. It's not chavvy at all - some of the stuff they sell is - just a means to interpret the identity of whatever social group is popular for little outlay. Long may it continue - I like Primark.
Futuramic said:
Primark is cheap, granted, I shop there. Chav it is not - however. The essence of what has been mentioned here so far is an outpouring of conspicuous consumption with the sole intention of displaying wealth by means of ostentatious branding.
Primark accomplishes neither of these. It fulfils a function, selling cheap clothes, and nothing more. Everyone knows that Primark clothes are cheap - therefore you cannot use them to display wealth. They also don't go for ostentatious branding. I personally object to displaying an advertising motif on my clothes so happily shop at Primark. I have nothing against fashion - I look like everybody else in skinny jeans, tee shirt, hoody and plimsolls. I suppose it's the geek chic end of the market when paired with my larger than average glasses and matching haircut.
It is all generic though. I created a look, and by default a persona, by a simple circuit of Primark. It's not chavvy at all - some of the stuff they sell is - just a means to interpret the identity of whatever social group is popular for little outlay. Long may it continue - I like Primark.
My wife loves Primark, especially the Cambridge branch which resembled a normal department store. Primark accomplishes neither of these. It fulfils a function, selling cheap clothes, and nothing more. Everyone knows that Primark clothes are cheap - therefore you cannot use them to display wealth. They also don't go for ostentatious branding. I personally object to displaying an advertising motif on my clothes so happily shop at Primark. I have nothing against fashion - I look like everybody else in skinny jeans, tee shirt, hoody and plimsolls. I suppose it's the geek chic end of the market when paired with my larger than average glasses and matching haircut.
It is all generic though. I created a look, and by default a persona, by a simple circuit of Primark. It's not chavvy at all - some of the stuff they sell is - just a means to interpret the identity of whatever social group is popular for little outlay. Long may it continue - I like Primark.
Chav? Pah amateurs! Doesnt anybody remember the whole 'gangsta' thing? Importing $100 polo shirts in size 4XL from brands like Phat Farm or FUBU, baggy jeans below the waistline, wearing big watches/chains and calling girls 'bhes' and getting laid instead of a slap/feminist rhetorical.
The only living reminder of the scene being the flatcaps swagfags wear.
hes' and getting laid instead of a slap/feminist rhetorical. The only living reminder of the scene being the flatcaps swagfags wear.
TheHeretic said:
Brands aren't chav, people are.
I can walk around in MegaChav and only aficionados would know I'm committing a cardinal sin. Which says more for them than me, according to the wisdom of this place.
Don't do labels & don't care for prices.
Buy what you like & don't shout. Few will notice and even fewer will care if you look presentable (or rich or good looking).
11110111 said:
Next - these guys started off by selling stuff to those folk who had no money but offered credit, their primary customers being low income households
Utter bks. NEXT grew out of what was Hepworths (a rival of Burtons). They were a long established but pretty staid chain of menswear shops until the young(ish) George Davies transformed them into NEXT which eventually became one of the biggest UK high street success stories. Their market was always the young, reasonably fashionable, middle income group.
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