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Why do they have to put shite over clothes

17:00 / 28.05.04

the other day i went on one of my twice yearly clothes buying expeditions and boy was it difficult. Firstly, we had the lack of men's clothes shops on the average high street, but worst of all is the shite slapped across them. I don't want bollocks words/phrases etc all other my clothes in distressed lettering (and by the way whats this think with people wearing t-shirts with Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix, its obvious these people's record collections are Usher and Robbie W*?%@:ms, etc not 60's and 70's rock).
Anyway, it was difficult but in the end i found a few worthy bits in M&S - yes i have resorted to this, BLUE HARBOUR RULES.
Anyway rant over. Any views, comments, etc welcome

01:03 / 29.05.04

I'd have to agree. On this side of the pond the hip thing is to have a "witty" insult on the forn of your shirt. First off, I prefer my insults to be a bit more extemporaneous. Second off, I want people to think I'm a jerk because I am a jerk, and I want to give people the chance to find that out for themselves. Is the average consumer so socially pathetic that they can only broadcast their allegence by buying it? Why when I was a kid we had to shave our heads and dye our hair to do that! It took creativity (within well-established boundries)! Kids these days...

07:27 / 29.05.04

I have a hard time finding pants that are just pants. Not cargos, not khakis, not shorts, not jeans, not track pants or those zip-off things...just pants.

Do they make pants that are just pants anymore?

21:13 / 29.05.04

You guys need to quit shopping for clothes at the swap meet.

22:53 / 29.05.04

You know, there are architects that have been writing stuff on their buildings since the 1960s. Welcome to the PM world :-)

Tryphena Absent

15:06 / 30.05.04

I have some advice for you... BHS, Debenhams and Marks and Spencer.

ONLY NICE THINGS

15:37 / 31.05.04

Maybe it's a matter of price? One of the common features unifying much of the high street is that it keeps its pricing competitive, not least because it is in competition with the rest of the high street. Putting some sort of differentiator, like writing, a slogan, a pattern for that matter, onto the item of clothing is a fairly inexpensive way to differentiate and add value for the wearer, maybe.

at the scarwash

20:27 / 31.05.04

Phrankphutta, what kind of pants are just pants? You seem to have nixed every possible combination of two-legged lower body covering aside from jhodpurs and lederhosen.

00:52 / 01.06.04

Haus, have the baby voles been feeding you happy pills ? That seems like an alarmingly fair-minded and reasonable comment otherwise...

03:23 / 01.06.04

One time, long ago, they had pants that were just pants, I'm sure of it...My grandpa never wore cargos or track pants or jeans when he was young, but he had to have worn something, right? I don't know what you'd call them...work pants maybe?
Trousers?
Slacks?
Just pants, y'know?

03:33 / 01.06.04

Also: The "swap meet" isn't only Where Clothes Go To Die, it's also Where Good Clothes Come From, and more often than not, their clientele dictates what you'll be seeing on the runways a year from now.

In my opinion, people who spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes have far too much money, or at least that's what they'd have everyone believe.

*shifty eyes*

Our Lady Has Left the Building

10:56 / 01.06.04

Detourne your clothes. I got an Addidas t-shirt at Trade which had had half the insignia unpicked and instead sewn to spell 'Sabotage'. Get some clothing pens and do the same to your CK t-shirts.

Or become a transvestite, it's certainly broadened my wardrobe.

00:07 / 02.06.04

Phrankphutta, I believe you mean slacks. Trousers that are plain pantsleg up and down, with two pockets back and two pockets front. They are still made. JC Penny's gents department is full of them. Or you can get Dickies (sp?) work trousers if you're looking something more durable. I picked up a pair, simply because they look like they can take a serious beating.

Tryphena Absent

12:34 / 02.06.04

I have some of them there Dickies trousers and they are amazing.

16:30 / 02.06.04

Wow, I'll have to get some, I've never been amazed by a pair of pants!

pointless and uncalled for

08:31 / 16.06.04

Black trousers, just plain ordinary business casual chino-ish black trousers. Or Black jeans for that matter. Why can I not find them in summer. Plenty of men are wearing them. Trousers wear out just as much in summer as they do in winter. Surely the manufacturers and marketers must be cognisant of these facts, but so they sell them, so they bollocks. I hang my head in shame that the only place I can find what I'm looking for at a reasonable price is GAP.

Last summer I went into a Levis store to try and buy a pair of jeans that I like the fit of and feel comfortable in. When I asked if they had them in black I was told that they didn't stock them as they weren't in fashion for the summer. A little peeved at being told what I should and shouldn't wear by a company that I am offering money too, I pointed at their poster that said "quality never goes out of fashion" and asked "Are you trying to tell me that you sell shoddy goods in winter?". The sales assistant started to get flustered and it didn't seem to help when I followed up with "Or perhaps your marketing is rubbish?". At this point he replied with "I'm sorry sir, I don't think I can help you", and backed away. In retrospect it was probably a bit cruel but when it comes to sales reps I like to think of myself as an occupational hazard.

All Acting Regiment

20:19 / 15.07.04

The FCUK thing is just getting so, so, * boring * these days...that ever present thing that you know the person wearing thinks they're o so cool and they don't even understand what the t-shirt slogan relates to.
And, uh, "Hendrix Football Team 69" pissed me off no end as well.

pointless and uncalled for

07:17 / 16.07.04

I'm tempted to get a bunch of T-shirts and print them with the phrase "There is nothing cool about a T-shirt that almost says FUCK" and then sneak them into stores.

I'd love to see the cashier's face when someone walks up to them and asks how much they are?

19:54 / 17.07.04

Mildly on-topic - I have a huge dislike for the shirts that all of my local sex-positive and fandom friends wear from time to time: a blank shirt with a phrase that's suggestive ("Sleeps well with others") or fannish ("Still not king!") printed on it. I don't mind the content, but they almost always look like the words were typed up in freaking WordPerfect. Argh, would it hurt to apply a little design? Tweak the leading/kerning just a little? Damn.

odd jest on horn

20:39 / 17.07.04

The FCUK thing is just getting so, so, * boring * these days...that ever present thing that you know the person wearing thinks they're o so cool and they don't even understand what the t-shirt slogan relates to.
And, uh, "Hendrix Football Team 69" pissed me off no end as well.

Hmm interesting, I just bought FCUK jeans a week ago. No crap, just thick durable denim, good seams, and still comfortable. Cheap also. Well, relatively cheap.

21:18 / 18.07.04

but does it have a shitty slogan on them?