Are you an Abercrombie whore?

anonymous_joe

Know a lot of people who buy the A+F stuff to fit in/look cool. Especially in UCD. :rolleyes:

Das

I wear clothes I buy at the local shops for cheap as ****.

I've got no problems wearing it either.

Wearing something only because it's a brand name is a horrible thing to do.

rainbow kirby

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Know a lot of people who buy the A+F stuff to fit in/look cool. Especially in UCD. :rolleyes:

You're in Quinn, it's endemic up there.

I have never bought a piece of Abercrombie clothing, and I don't ever intend to. I just don't like the stuff, and I don't particularly like looking like every tosser in UCD that seems to be covered in it.

Funnily enough, where I am, the dress code seems to be "As long as you wore pants this morning it's OK".

cson

This is very interesting guys, there seems to be equal debate on both sides of the fence (even though most of you seem to be against it per se).

While I don't find it incredible any more (unlike in my youth :P) that a corporate brand can captivate a genre so much, I find it heartening that enoguh of you pay little attention to "fitting in" as such.

Personally, I won't lie; I have plenty of Abercrombie/Hollister/AE gear. Absolutely whack loads of it. Part of it is trying to fit in but tbh more of it is because I like their gear, it fits into my style (the small sleeves help my petit biceps ) and that most of the alternative gear in Ireland is ****e.

The Corporate argument is an interseting one, one which I would have found myelf vehemently against in my younger years but now I see as part of the world and sadly a world which one can have very little effect on.

Insect Overlord

I worked in an Irish College for 6 weeks over the summer (2x 3-week courses) and during the first course it was remarkable just how prolific the Abercrombie brand has become. There's something very wrong when literally more than 50% of the students in a hall of 110 are wearing the same "uniform" during the summer holidays! It was creepy...

Coincidentally, the group of students in that first 3 weeks were officially the worst group I've ever experienced in that college, out of the 6 groups I've been in/worked with. Abercrombie must be to blame!

In fairness,the CEO of A+F is a dick and very creepy too.
He is like trying to be O Leary but not pull it off.

anonymous_joe

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness,the CEO of A+F is a dick and very creepy too.
He is like trying to be O Leary but not pull it off.

He's truly horrendously jaw-droppingly unpleasant. ^^

Anyone who says he wants bullies and jocks to wear their clothes...

Ricky91t

Never even heard of it,and the fact some of you mention kerry girls wearing it,I must know all the others that don't cause i'v never seen a hoodie with that written on it..

Davidius

I don't even know what it looks like.

All I know is that people talk about it a lot when talking about clothes.

And conversations about clothes tend to bore me. :pac:

Fast_Mover

I think I own about two A+F hoddies/two Hollister hoddies..bought them when I was in America for the summer last year..they're so comfy! Great to throw on over a pair of O'Neills when you're just after rolling out of bed/late for college.

Can't do that anymore though..damn real world/professional job!:(

seamus-2k7

I have one a&f but i don't wear it.
First reason is d4 snobheads are the scum of the earth follewd by scumbags, fact. I do my best to avoid them. Im not saying all a&f wearers are d4 heads, just most of them.
Second reason is there is plenty of cheaper, better clothes to be had.
Third is the whole manufacturing process.

bythewoods

I wouldn't buy Abercrombie stuff, ever.

I don't even own any hoodies. At all.
Not my thing, I'm more of a cardigan-waering, dressing-decently kind of person. I own 2 tracksuit bottoms, and they've never been anywhere but the gym.

I don't get why people buy A&F stuff? It's not particularly nice tbh, it's just extremely boring. Yet expensive.

Piste

seamus-2k7 wrote: »

I have one a&f but i don't wear it.
First reason is d4 snobheads are the scum of the earth

No insulting mods -_-

anonymous_joe

D4 snobs are people too.

bythewoods

anonymous_joe wrote: »

D4 snobs are people too.

I doubt that.

Piste

Aw well I'm not a snob, but I go to school in D4, hang out with people from D4 and have a slightly milder version of the accent (which becomes more pronounced the drunker I get).

It doesn't make me a bad person!

bythewoods

Piste wrote: »

Aw well I'm not a snob, but I go to school in D4, hang out with people from D4 and have a slightly milder version of the accent (which becomes more pronounced the drunker I get).

It doesn't make me a bad person!

Do you wear a plethora of fake tan? That's all i need to know :P

Nah, tbh, I don't really have a problem with D4s. Everyone tells me I talk like a D4 actually (Oh, the shame!) despite the fact that I live in Wexford.
Seriously, like. OMG.

anonymous_joe

bythewoods wrote: »

I doubt that.

Tsk tsk.

Piste wrote: »

Aw well I'm not a snob, but I go to school in D4, hang out with people from D4 and have a slightly milder version of the accent (which becomes more pronounced the drunker I get).

It doesn't make me a bad person!

Ah schools in D4 did have an effect on one's accent. As does living there. :pac:

Piste

bythewoods wrote: »

Do you wear a plethora of fake tan? That's all i need to know :P

Nah, tbh, I don't really have a problem with D4s. Everyone tells me I talk like a D4 actually (Oh, the shame!) despite the fact that I live in Wexford.
Seriously, like. OMG.

Fake tan doesn't suit me at all, I'm too naturally pale so I don't bother.

rainbow kirby

anonymous_joe wrote: »

D4 snobs are people too.

Keep telling yourself that

anonymous_joe

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Keep telling yourself that

That hurts...



:P

Fad

seamus-2k7 wrote: »

I have one a&f but i don't wear it.
First reason is d4 snobheads are the scum of the earth follewd by scumbags, fact. I do my best to avoid them. Im not saying all a&f wearers are d4 heads, just most of them.

Gang of Jocks on one side of a street, gang of Skobes on the other, you have to walk down the street and its a busy road, who'd you rather have to walk past?

and if you say Skobes, you're a liar, sorry :pac:

Piste wrote: »

Aw well I'm not a snob, but I go to school in D4, hang out with people from D4 and have a slightly milder version of the accent (which becomes more pronounced the drunker I get).

I'm in a very similar situation, but accent doesnt really get pronounced when I drink, just kinda slurred

eVeNtInE

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seamus-2k7

I'd rather walk by the scobes, who wouldn't?;)

I'm saying d4's less likely to stab you but on a whole the 'scanger' type are genuinely nicer people.
I suppose its minorities on the both sides that bring each class down. Having said that I prefer the generally nicer scangers to the generally snob d4's.

B00MSTICK

I agree with the whole unoriginal/expensive for what it is brigade.

I've been in the library lately and there is a shocking amount of it, but its mostly just a plain item of clothing with the brand name.(For lads anyway, I've been told they do nice ladies clothes but I havent seen any yet!)

Most decent hoodies are comfy FFS!

Im sure there may be some clothes they do that I'd like, but I don't see the point in getting a plain T-shirt with just a name like this, but thats exactly what you see most people wearing.

Just seems to say "Look I have an A&F Tshirt!"

Fad

Piste wrote: »

Fake tan doesn't suit me at all, I'm too naturally pale so I don't bother.

Me too, though due to my general shunnage of jumpers from around march onwards, reduces the paleness




(I would say, i'd shudder to think of men wearing fake tan, but I have seen it )

seamus-2k7

B00MSTICK wrote: »

I agree with the whole unoriginal/expensive for what it is brigade.



Just seems to say "Look I have an A&F Tshirt!"

I totally agree, they are wearing the brand not just a hoodie or shirt.

hunter164

Fad wrote: »

Gang of Jocks on one side of a street, gang of Skobes on the other, you have to walk down the street and its a busy road, who'd you rather have to walk past?

and if you say Skobes, you're a liar, sorry :pac:

Skobes.. you sure you don't mean povs? :rolleyes:

Fad

hunter164 wrote: »

Skobes.. you sure you don't mean povs? :rolleyes:

Never have used that word, never will.

Censorsh!t

nooope.
I wouldnt wear it ever. Ever.