Your top 3 clothing brands

Filmer Paradise

Hi all.

Just wondering how age demographics affect your choice of clothing brands.

Not a survey or anything sinister, just a bit of craic.

I'm 54.

1. Levis (jeans & sometimes jackets)
2. Barbour(Jackets & sometimes knitwear)
3. Addidas. (trainers)

Honerable mention to Tommy Hilfiger for loads of other stuff....

Strumms

French Connection/FCUK - jackets, sweaters, shirts, T-shirts, boxers

Diesel - jackets, T-shirts, sweaters, boxers

Nudie - jeans, T-shirts, jackets

honourable mention

40ish age range

Pissy Missy

Dunnes stores - dresses

Asos - dresses

Littlewoods - dresses

Carraig Donn - dresses

iclothing - dresses

Depop - all clothes

34 yrs old

P.s. I don't pick favourites amongst my children

rob316

30s

Trainers - air max 90 - I'm obsessed

Shoes/boots - Timberland

Jeans - gap

Hoodies, t-shirts, jumpers - Tommy Hilfiger

banie01

I'm in my 40s and my main brands apart from sportswear.

Billabong; all clothes

Quiksilver: all clothes

Penney's: everything else 😂

Honourable mention to the GAP, I stocked up well during their store closing sale.

I've got quite a few suits and other formal wear that doesn't get worn anymore apart from weddings or funerals. Retirement has its upsides 👍

Filmer Paradise

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Bejaysus, you must buy an awful lot of dresses...

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119315731#Comment_119315731

You have no idea

Bobblehats

i do not believe in the branding but fabric of the man.

Wanderer78

giving less and less sh1t about branding, dont overly buy, try to make clothes last as long as possible, the planets fcuked up enough from the industry, becoming more and more cheap brands, lidl, aldi, tesco etc, but i do have some good outdoor brands,

north face, lowe alpine, mountain equipment, montane, patagonia, berghaus, gelert etc.

footwear: asics, zamberlan, teva, merrell

impossible to give top 3, most of my time is in cheap clothing, no point destroying good wear doing regular dirty work

Larbre34

I'm a fat c***, so its American brands for me, Tommy H, Ralph L, Levi's, Gant etc. I also do pretty well for summer wear from some of the outdoor adventure brands, Timberland, Superdry, Helly Hansen.

I've a couple of bespoke suits (cheaper than you'd think by the way) and I wear the footwear of Ecco, Skecher, Vans and Barker for the brogues. All have a nice wide fit for my size 12 dinner plates.

fryup

Levis, Timberland and....Durex

Filmer Paradise

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Trez drole fryup.🙄

Any idea of your age, (it's part of the rules of this thread)

Filmer Paradise

On second thoughts, don't answer.

You're 16.

olestoepoke

I'm almost 50 and over the years have come to appreciate comfort and value for money more than fashion.

1. Under Armour for Tops and T-shirts most are soft, comfortable and last a decent amount of time
2. Carharrt for caps, jackets, T-shirts and tops. Not as comfortable as Under Armour but absolutely bullet proof, a tad expensive here in Ireland but cheap if you can get to the US. Lasts for ever, I still have Carharrt clothes I bought 25 years ago.
3. Adidas trainers (mostly originals) a product of my youth so I guess brand loyalty.

chicorytip

Levi's for jeans and socks.

Hugo Boss for underpants.

Hotter for footwear.

Riddle101

I'll typically buy whatever I find in the shop that suits me but if I were to select three clothing brands that I prefer.

Wrangler - I have a few pairs of combats and jeans.

EMP - For T-shirts and music merchandise.

Timberland - For shoes and boots

razorblunt

Trying to focus more on sustainable brands lately aiming to buy Patagonia out of season so it’s slightly cheaper and so on. Have an eye on a few other brands that I’ve never worn before like Rapanui so will see how that goes.

carharrtt, Barbour and Under Armour are three I hit often. Carharrt is pricey but they do great sales and the clothes are indestructible. Barbour guarantee their jackets, you’d have one for life.

my biggest issue with “fast fashion” is that the clothes often wash poorly. The amount of shirts that shrink after one wash is crazy. Saying that though, the OXFORD shirts in next where the best bang for your buck you could get. They’ve made them cheaper looking and stamped their stag head logo on them now and ruined it.

tabby aspreme

Man 50's, Gardeur jeans, H&M tops and jocks, usually get them online as the slim fit stuff that fits me is not sold in Ireland, after that its Donegal wool jumpers, Carhartt, Patagonia,Rab, I try and buy clothes that are not plastered with logo's

barneygumble99

Early 40’s

1- Adidas originals (trainers) too many pairs to wear

2 - Levi’s jeans, hold their shape and don’t fade or shrink

3 - Polo/Ralph Lauren polo shirts

4 - Next socks and jocks

5 - Superdry hoodies

Havent bought many new items of clothing in the last 2 years with covid/not much going out and a complete lack of options for mens clothes shops where I Iive

The Mighty Quinn

Seems I'll be the first to give Nike a nod.

Nike - most comfortable footwear for me, don't like Adidas fit at all. Nike tshirts are also good quality and wash well.

Hilfiger - best fitting and most comfortable pants for me

Underarmour - I wear shorts most of the time, especially since working from home started. UA shorts, especially the double layered ones are the best fit for me.

I'm 36.

Sgt Hartman

Usually Zara or River Island for t shirts, hoodies, runners and cargo pants. Crosshatch for jeans and Penneys for socks, jocks and tracksuit bottoms. I'm 42

OscarMIlde

39 years of age.

Tops/blouses. Rebecca Taylor and Joie, have a good few by Reiss as well.

Dresses. Reiss, Whistles, French Connection, Monsoon. Have loads by Ghost M&S diffusion line now too.

Jumpers: Massimo dutti, Reiss, Selected femme, French connection.

Jeans. I only wear AG adriano goldshmied.

Coats: Massimo Dutti, Selected Femme and All Saints.

Have a few nice bits from Cos, & other stories, and Mango.

Runners are mainly Adidas sambas, winter boots are Panama Jacks, work shoes are mainly Dune.

I'm pretty cheap so buy a lot of my clothes from Ebay, can get last season clothes cheap often with tags still on. I'm lucky in that I'm a standard size so don't have to worry about fit. Otherwise it's sales. I have to really like something to pay full price.

Mister Vain

Superdry, Diesel and Adidas. 39 years old.

eeloe

Footwear - Nike AirMax 90s, Dunks, and Adidas Superstars

Jeans - Hollister, they are the best fit for me, i've tried many, but these are just unreal comfort, i don't mind that i'm the oldest person in the shop buying them either!

T-shirts, pretty much anything, once i like it.

Mid-Late 30's.

darragh o meara

Early forties male:

Shoes/Trainers: Ecco ( Cant beat these, have a few pairs and some are 10 yrs old at this stage and still perfect ) / Nike (Air Force 1's in particular)

Jeans: Tommy Hilfiger and Levis (Both unbelievably hard wearing and last forever, I still have a pair of TH Jeans I got in 2007)

T-shirts: Tog 24 ( they last forever, started buying them 6-7 yrs ago and still have most of them today )

Jumpers: Tommy Hilfiger

Hoodies: Under Armour / North Face

Socks: Penguin ( You really cant beat decent socks, showing my age here )

Tracksuits: Canterbury ( Love the fit and finish of them )

Irish_rat

30's male:

Jeans: Levis.

Jumpers/Shirts: Tommy Hilfiger, Selected Homme, Next

Tshirts: Next, h&m, zara

Running tops/shorts: Nike and adidas.

Budget buying is grand but you find the top brands usually are worth buying for long lasting wear. Especially jeans, jackets and jumpers.

I don't have a top 3 but a number of favourites. I'm 30*

Sezane for everything apart from jeans and dresses, so far.

River Island I like for jeans and the odd top and earrings.

On a very rare occasion I will see a dress I like in Carraig Donn.

Fat Face for cardigans and the odd dress.

M&S for night wear and underwear jumpers in the winter and chunky cardigans, plain t shirts and some things for work, tights.

Intimissimi for underwear.

Veja and Nike are my favourite trainer but I do like Adidas. Usually buy them online.

I like Zalando too.

Avoca have lovely jewellery. I'm obsessed with earrings! Can never have enough.

*I'm actually 40 buy it's a hard fact to swallow 😆

I'm probably the only woman about who hates Zara and I wouldn't be overly fond of H&M either. Any of the high fashion type places do nothing for me. And everything is neon and belly baring. No thanks.

pgj2015

Adidas trainers

G-star shirts and jeans

Hugo boss jeans

male late 30's

Mullinabreena

Jackets - Stone Island, Fjallraven , Barbour,

Jeans/Chinos - Norse Projects, Nudie, orSlow

Jumpers/shirts/over shirts - Stone Island, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren

Trainers - Adidas, Nike,

Running stuff - Nike mainly

Hiking - Patagonia, Nike ACG, Salomon, Columbia and Fjallraven

gmisk

Age 40

Jeans - superdry and Paul Galvin range from Dunnes (hey I am as surprised as you! But they fit extremely well)

T shirts, shirts, trousers, jackets etc - Zara (Liffey valley one is terrific) H and M (very good quality basics)

Trainers/shoes - I have a lot too many tbh....but Nike, ASICS (Japan s style especially) adidas mostly

Schwiiing

Tesco jocks and socks. Diesel jeans. Gildan Hoodies and tshirts.

Gregor Samsa

Jack & Jones jeans.

Adidas Gazelle trainers

Dunnes plain T-shirts, socks and boxers.

Apart from outdoor activity wear, that’s my entire wardrobe.

Late 40s.

pauliebdub

Uniqlo - a Japanese brand that produces plain and cheap fashionable clothes that I like. Most of my wardrobe comes from here.

Hifiger - for nice shirts

Gap - also for nice shirts

dorothylives

I have never heard of most of these brands, I must be really old. That or I need to shop more. 😀

Ray Palmer

47

Absolutely no brand loyalty. I always think it is sad to see somebody still dressing the same as they get older stuck in some past. It is funny when you see an old Mod still wearing the same clothes and brands.

theteal

I'm not far off 40 but perhaps I'm broken as I don't like to be a walking advertisement without payment so I find it difficult to answer. You can't really escape branding with runners/football boots and I'd definitely lean towards adidas for both. As for clothes, it's a case of quality, fit and as little branding as possible - preferably none at all. I'd say most of recent (very loose term) purchases have come from camping shops and Next - mainly because it's close to home. In truth, shopping is not one of my hobbies. . .

Gregor Samsa

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I am a Mod

I’ve always been a Mod

My father was a Mod before me

My coat is a Crombie

My shirt’s a Ben Sherman

The boots on my feet

Were made by a German

Outside the kitchen window

Sits my broke down Lambretta

I’m going to fix it

When the weather

Gets better

(Jock Scot)

FlubberJones

Boss, Hilfiger - T-shirts, jeans, jumpers

Belstaff - T-shirts

Ted Baker - Shoes (historically, as I've not had to wear shoes for the office in 2.5 years)

Boss - casual shoes, trainers

male 50+

hunter2000

Super dry, super wet, super moist

Irish_rat

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Classic wear stands the test of time. If the tops and pants are plain then you can probably wear them at any age providing it's classic fit and not skinny jeans!

whisky_galore

Don't care about brands, certainly wouldn't be going around with a t shirt or a jacket with huge letters screaming what brand it is.

Everything I like is durable, as much as possible easily washed and dried and in colours that tend not to show dirt, white sneakers are a no-no for me. They look grubby within a day of wear. No jeans either, after the previous pairs I wore didn't last pissing time before tearing.

Sports type wear I avoid like the plague.

ILikeBoats

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119331098#Comment_119331098

What do you wear if no jeans? Chinos/slacks?

whisky_galore

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Yep.

Bastard jeans take too long to dry, too uncomfortable and they're too heavy esp. in hot weather imo and tbh they're a bit of a uniform. Best decision ever.

Ray Palmer

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It does but Mod is nt as classic as they like to think and just brand loyalty. Ben Sherman label sticking out and Fred Perry logo on their tops etc... It is also how you wear them with the top button closed on shirts. I have some Ben Sherman things because I liked them not because I need to to stay on a limited appearance dictated by my youth. I mostly wear tshirts but as I used to have to go into work and wear a "collared top" I have a lot of casual shirts from many designers and don't get brand loyalty. It is about quality and appearance to me not brand as many brands do cheap lines of questionable quality along with their good stuff.

chosen1

Thing jumping out at me here is the amount of people saying trainers instead of runners. From the midlands and work in north Dublin,and rarely hear trainers being spoken of outside of the nicer areas of south Dublin and of course the UK.

On topic, my go to brands would be Diesel or Jack and Jones for most casual clothing and Addidas Originals for the casual shoe. Next for more formal work clothes.

On the lookout for a decent fit Jeans brand that doesn't disintegrate at the crotch after a few months though. Wouldn't mind paying for quality either, but the same has happened with Tommy Hilfiger and Levis for me as well. Wouldn't be described as a fat b*stard either but bigger thighs might be the issue here.

fits

40s female

mostly have a capsule type wardrobe with long lasting sustainable brands. Usually natural fabrics with a few of the modern thrown in like ecovero. Bought two jackets by maje and weekend maxmara in the sale ( denim and navy) .

most commonly buy from arket and cos and toast before it got mega expensive.

Birkenstock and Veja shoes.

I’m a walking cliche I think. feck it - it’s not hard to pull an outfit together.

happinessfr

40s Male

Muji, Uniqlo & Carhartt