what do you guys wear?

[bedake]

If anyone wants to read a good book, read Branded http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073...Fencoding=UTF8

For those of you big into name brands it might make you think twice about yourself and your life.

[SmurfyBH]

If anyone wants to read a good book, read Branded http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073...Fencoding=UTF8

For those of you big into name brands it might make you think twice about yourself and your life.

I'm not big into name brands. I do know I like certian thigns better then others tho? I like alot of the stuff at www.digitialgravel.com because it seems artsy. And alot of it is still under.

[bedake]

Well, the whole book is actually about how kids from birth are exploited by manufacturers advirtising, the way advirtisements are built today are totally made to exploit the youth of today, ranging from the way things are shelved in stores to whatever. It also talks about universities, bar/bat mitzvahs, quince partys, i forget the name of those, when latino girls turn 15.


From a review by some dude-

"Ms. Quart shows that the marketing tactics used are often invasive and unscrupulous, amounting to a sort of "corporate pedophilia" whose aim is to grow the corporate bottom line at the expense of childhood itself. Indeed, the author explains that whole classes of products (such as sexually-provocative undergarments designed for pre-teen girls) are unapologetically marketed to ever-younger children, thereby accelerating the pace at which children develop, perceive and interact with their surroundings. Ms. Quart blasts the justifications used by marketers to defend such indefensible actions and alerts us to the moral vacuousness that lies at the heart of the corporate agenda.

Ms. Quart argues that our children bear unmistakable psychological, physical and financial scars from this assault. Media-induced anxiety leads boys to steroid abuse and girls to anorexia; social acceptance is garnered by the flaunting of expensive designer clothes and accessories; class status is predicated by admission to brand-name colleges; and so on. The end result is a hyper-competitive, anxious and debt-ridden generation of youths who collectively are getting locked into the cycle of labor and consumption at a significantly earlier age than their predecessors. "


thats basically what the book is about, very good.

[soxsuk6432]

I wear whatever my Mom buys. usually Blue heans and color t-shirts. And I have a really cool Rolling Stones sweat shirt I wear amost everyday.

[Irv]

"The clothes must fit the man!!" i think that is how the quote goes, anyway, that's why i have many different sizes

[rsbluerelm]

I do wear the expensive shit

Roca Wear,Timberlands,Nikes,Sean John,Phat Farm,South Pole.Stuff like that.

I quess itt maybe just to feel better about myself

[SmurfyBH]

"The clothes must fit the man!!" i think that is how the quote goes, anyway, that's why i have many different sizes

So you wear other mens clothes?

Seriously confused about your statement. lol.

[homemade]

tight straight jeans, tight band t-shirt (mainly zeppelin,floyd,hendrix)
black vans skateboarding shoes, floyd hat for lounging

or night out/ parties

"casual" dress pants , vans shirts, black fedora, black blazer, vans checkerboard shoes,

[BizzleLuvin]

i wear a lot of hemp, fair trade supported, secondhand, true-cost economy, organic, grassroots supportive 'brands'. i am an educated consumer and I refuse to wear what corporate america says is cool. i try not to wear anything that is not recognized by fair trade organizations or that are purveyors of sweatshops or wage labor. i wear stuff that I can feel confident knowing that is fair to the maker and the wearer and that there is no middleman. it may be more expensive to buy FTF clothing, but I know that I am getting exactly what I paid for and giving exactly what is owed. anyway, I hate brand-name clothing except for the following FTF brands. i dont really treat them like brands, but as companies that i can trust:
Blackspot
People Tree
Equop
American Apparel
Bishop Trading Company
Ethical Threads
Footprint Clothing
Funky Ghandi
Tonic
Tradecraft
Greenfibres
One World Is Enough
Hemp Union Hug
Spirit of Nature
Re
Nomads
Alpaca Accessories
Surprise
Marlo Clothing
THTC
Hug
Pachacuti
visit fairtraderesource.org
or adbusters.org

(this reply is for bedake)

[eddievanzant]

w.e u guys say...
nie clothes are all part of looking good
plus where i am, looking good attrcats girls

Around these parts the girls really dig good spelling (Oh snap!).
I don't really have a problem with bad spellers, I just noticed a potential burn and took it. On a side note, props to Mars for putting a The Mamas And The Papas' song in the Snickers commercial.