Hi y'all. for the last couple months, the kids at my school have been saying that i wear cheapy clothes and would look a lot hotter if i wore name-brand apparel.

today, i decided to take a visit to the local A&F store, hoping to buy some nice polo's or jeans. Truly, I didn't know what to expect. I hadnt asked anyone about the prices, my thoughts were about $20 for shirts, $40 for jeans.

Boy was I wrong!

In the store i saw lots of neat piles, and at least 20 mannequins. Polo shirts cost $40-60, while jeans were $60-400!

I'd rather wear my 4$ shirts from Old-navy and get made fun of, rather than pay $40 for some "cool" clothes.

it can be a balance of both, but whatever you feel comfortable with.
but i haven't seen any jeans at A&F for $400....
i've seen them for $60-80.

Does anyone else here choose not to buy brand names? (assuming tey can afford them)

fuck A&F, aeropostale is waaayy cheaper, especially on- sale items.

^ i used to like it, but not as much lately.
their clothes arent as good this year.
American Eagle is good though.
it's not expensive and still cute.

^ i used to like it, but not as much lately.
their clothes arent as good this year.
American Eagle is good though.
it's not expensive and still cute.

AE is just as expensive as A&F.

AE is just as expensive as A&F.

no, it's wayy cheaper.
their jeans are $20-40.
and in A&F they're $80.
and they have tshirts for $7-20 .
while in A&F they're $25-60.
hoodies in AE are $20-40
and in A&F they're $70 and up.
it's cheaper.

Cyberdog for the win. Maybe i'm biased here. But Cyberdog is the best thing ever.

I love A&F!,and hollister and they are not that expensive in the states i know for a fact,i shop in the states almoste everyweek,and just overall i dont really think that they are that expensive.

Hi y'all. for the last couple months, the kids at my school have been saying that i wear cheapy clothes and would look a lot hotter if i wore name-brand apparel.

today, i decided to take a visit to the local A&F store, hoping to buy some nice polo's or jeans. Truly, I didn't know what to expect. I hadnt asked anyone about the prices, my thoughts were about $20 for shirts, $40 for jeans.

Boy was I wrong!

In the store i saw lots of neat piles, and at least 20 mannequins. Polo shirts cost $40-60, while jeans were $60-400!

I'd rather wear my 4$ shirts from Old-navy and get made fun of, rather than pay $40 for some "cool" clothes.

Amen, sista'!!

Does anyone else here choose not to buy brand names?

I don't by clothes just for the brand name. I think it's kind of pathetic that you're only considered "cool" because of a label.

Cyberdog for the win. Maybe i'm biased here. But Cyberdog is the best thing ever.
I've been on their site before. They've got some cute clothes.

we have a TKMAXX over here. "big labels, small prices" .. do you not have anything over there that is similar?
And.. shopping designer isnt always best because you can find some pretty good things in general high street shops without spending a bomb.
You could always try ebay, you get some good deals on there and the clothes are sometimes brand new, with tags attatched.
shop around.

Amen, sista'!!

Im not a girl.

Abercrombie and Fitch can go to hell...along with Hollister, and American Eagle. Its gotten to the point where people shop there just to show that they can afford it...the clothes aren't even all that. I almost get annoyed when I see girls and guys with the gi-normous logos emblazoned on them, especially when the girls have it written across their ass....show some damn originality.

400? For a pair of jeans at Abercrombie? You're full of shit.

I don't by clothes just for the brand name. I think it's kind of pathetic that you're only considered "cool" because of a label.


I've been on their site before. They've got some cute clothes.

Hell, I've never actually bought anything from the place. I just love the shops. They're all glowy and more like a club than a shop.
Hell, can you tell me of any other shop that is massive, has psytrance blasting at you from every angle, has a massive display of a Xenomorph made from scrap metal, mannequins in what look like cloning pods, UV lights and a friggin' live DJ? In what's esentially a shop?!

Im not a girl.
Ummm, brotha'?
:slash:

Hell, I've never actually bought anything from the place. I just love the shops. They're all glowy and more like a club than a shop.
Hell, can you tell me of any other shop that is massive, has psytrance blasting at you from every angle, has a massive display of a Xenomorph made from scrap metal, mannequins in what look like cloning pods, UV lights and a friggin' live DJ? In what's esentially a shop?!
Aww, I wish they had a shop like that where I live.

$30 for a tee, and $80 for jeans isn't all that much unless your poor or lower middle class......I work, and I pay for half of my clothes, and still have easily enough money to spend on insurence, gas, etc. and I wear more expensive stuff then A&F. It's all about having a budget and planning in advance.

I rarely pay full price for big-name clothes. Sorry but I think it's a ripoff to pay $100 or more for jeans. I won't pay more than $60 for jeans, and I won't pay that kind of money for ripped jeans. I wait and buy them when they go on clearance, or I go to an outlet.

I usually just buy a few expensive shirts ($70 max) and then the rest of my clothes are t-shirts or marked down shirts. IMO, I don't care that much about buying the latest thing, and I don't feel the need to pay a store's high-dollar rent. That's what you are paying for by buying full price Hollister, AE, A+F etc.

I'm a cheapskate I guess but I would rather save money for other things. That is just my choice.

Hollister is the same quality as Abercrombie&Fitch, same clothes different name.
Its also quite cheaper.

Don't you ever get bored of Old Navy?

Urban Behaviour is extremely inexpensive!

I hate Abercrombie. I'll stick with Target.

Hollister is the same quality as Abercrombie&Fitch, same clothes different name.
Its also quite cheaper.

Don't you ever get bored of Old Navy?

Urban Behaviour is extremely inexpensive!

Bored of Old Navy?!!?
You're crazy. ;]

no, it's wayy cheaper.
their jeans are $20-40.
and in A&F they're $80.
and they have tshirts for $7-20 .
while in A&F they're $25-60.
hoodies in AE are $20-40
and in A&F they're $70 and up.
it's cheaper.

Ahh, you're right. Every thing's expensive when you're poor. :happysad:

I think it's funny though that the higher quality clothing(AE) is less expensive than the shit clothing(A&F).

I'd rather wear my 4$ shirts from Old-navy and get made fun of, rather than pay $40 for some "cool" clothes.

Good. Keep it that way.

Fuck abercrombie... abercrombie is for girls and gays. If you're a girl or a gay, its for snobby girls and gays.

For one, don't do what other people want you to do, if you liked your other clothes why change? And two, Abercrombie is shit. Everyone wears it. But if you want clothes like that I'd tried AE they're alot cheaper then Abercrombie, or maybe even Hollister, they're the same clothes basically but a little cheaper. But personally I think Abercrombie, Hollister, AE, and Aeropostale are like clones of each other and anyone who wears them are like clones, they all look the same and have absolutely no orignality.

you could always do somthing that dosent look cheap, or too expencive, but cool, Urban Planet, Garage, Urban Behavour, on sale items in American Eagal.
stitches is a good one too ..
i hate old navvyy :rolleyes:

Fuck abercrombie... abercrombie is for girls and gays. If you're a girl or a gay, its for snobby girls and gays.

you make it sound like your neither . girl, nor guy.

you make it sound like your neither . girl, nor guy.

No I don't i make it sound like im neither girl nor gay.

Because im not a girl, nor gay you see...

I wasnt joking you, $400 AF jeans:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_328772_-1_12236_12202[/URL]

ok people; i live in a sort-of upper class neighborhood. Average homes here sell for 721k. My parents make a decent amount of money, probably more than most of the residents here. That doesnt mean that i can waste their money on clothes and other shit.


So, I have devised a way to get brand name clothing without the brand name price;

Today i visited Old Navy, bought 6 nice shirts with absolutely no logos on them for around $3.50 each.

I also stopped by the fabric store, and purchased a bottle of discharge paste ($4.50). Putiing discharge paste on cotton causes the opposite color to appear, as so demonstrated in this shirt:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_322787_-1_13051_12202

At home, i pulled out my stencil kit, and spelled out some cheasy solgan that i found on the internet. I painted over it with the discharge paste, and voila, an awesome preppy t-shrit for 1/6th of the price.

$30 for a tee, and $80 for jeans isn't all that much unless your poor or lower middle class......I work, and I pay for half of my clothes, and still have easily enough money to spend on insurence, gas, etc. and I wear more expensive stuff then A&F. It's all about having a budget and planning in advance.

Excuse me, I'm not poor and I still can't afford those prices. I have money, my fiance has really good money and we budjet properly. I'll stick to walmart, it doesn't break my bank account.

I wasnt joking you, $400 AF jeans:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_328772_-1_12236_12202[/URL]

ok people; i live in a sort-of upper class neighborhood. Average homes here sell for 721k. My parents make a decent amount of money, probably more than most of the residents here. That doesnt mean that i can waste their money on clothes and other shit.


So, I have devised a way to get brand name clothing without the brand name price;

Today i visited Old Navy, bought 6 nice shirts with absolutely no logos on them for around $3.50 each.

I also stopped by the fabric store, and purchased a bottle of discharge paste ($4.50). Putiing discharge paste on cotton causes the opposite color to appear, as so demonstrated in this shirt:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_322787_-1_13051_12202

At home, i pulled out my stencil kit, and spelled out some cheasy solgan that i found on the internet. I painted over it with the discharge paste, and voila, an awesome preppy t-shrit for 1/6th of the price.

Why try so hard to be a snobby fake ass piece of shit?

Why try so hard to be a snobby fake ass piece of shit?

BECAUSE HE HAS TO IMPRESS PEOPLE ON A MESSAGE BOARD.

I wasnt joking you, $400 AF jeans:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_328772_-1_12236_12202[/URL]

ok people; i live in a sort-of upper class neighborhood. Average homes here sell for 721k. My parents make a decent amount of money, probably more than most of the residents here. That doesnt mean that i can waste their money on clothes and other shit.


So, I have devised a way to get brand name clothing without the brand name price;

Today i visited Old Navy, bought 6 nice shirts with absolutely no logos on them for around $3.50 each.

I also stopped by the fabric store, and purchased a bottle of discharge paste ($4.50). Putiing discharge paste on cotton causes the opposite color to appear, as so demonstrated in this shirt:

http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_322787_-1_13051_12202

At home, i pulled out my stencil kit, and spelled out some cheasy solgan that i found on the internet. I painted over it with the discharge paste, and voila, an awesome preppy t-shrit for 1/6th of the price.

Pathetic...:rolleyes: My god go through all the work to impress people at your school. You my friend are the exact definition of a poser...but kudos on the ideas.

AE is just as expensive as A&F.

No. Not at all.
I personally think American Eagle is a cheap store. I dont really even like the clothes either.
ThreadStarter, why make some knock-off look alike clothes? This reminds me of some freshmen girls in the bathroom with a big black marker & stencils(sp) drawing the Hollister bird on their clothing. Pathedic. it just looks poser-ish to me. (&& dont they know once they wash it the marker is going to run, ruining the shirt?) If youre upperclassmen, you can afford these clothes. Or get the clothes on sale or something.

This reminds me of some freshmen girls in the bathroom with a big black marker & stencils(sp) drawing the Hollister bird on their clothing. Pathedic. it just looks poser-ish to me. (&& dont they know once they wash it the marker is going to run, ruining the shirt?)

ROFL.

ROFL.

Yeah. I walked into the bathroom & was like "wtf?"
:weirdlook
Freshmen...

If things at A&F weren't so expensive, I would probably shop there. I used to buy a lot of stuff from Hollister, but after having a shitty shopping experience there I've stopped.

^ like what?

Well, first the store opened 15-20 minutes late. Then right when I walked in my coat (which was from hollister) set the alarm off cuz one of the tags was still in it. Then I couldn't find anything I had seen on the website that I wanted and it was so dark in there I couldn't tell what color anything was. The music was so loud and that store is like a maze. I was getting lost in there. Then I finally found a cami i liked but they didn't have my size in it. I ended up getting another shirt which turned out to make me look pregnant. I learned from that 2 try stuff on before i buy it.

I like the darkness. The moose head though, I still cannnot figure out if its real...

abercrombie clothing is ugly anyways.
its tacky and makes you not an individual.

The moose head though, I still cannnot figure out if its real...

same here. I always stare at it.. idk why.

H&M and wet seal are a lot better. a bit different then the usual logo hoody and layered top.

blahhh.
A&F.
i used to shop there.
but now its rarely.
& yeah super expensive.
i like Agaci Too.
& Wet Seal.
and sometimes American Eagle.


& wtf. 400 for a pair of jeans?

Pathetic...:rolleyes: My god go through all the work to impress people at your school. You my friend are the exact definition of a poser...but kudos on the ideas.

well if people wernt such snobby judgemental whores i wouldnt have to resort to this. Its gotton to the point of being denied a seat during lunch. Some friends, eh?

but mind you, my diy shirts look pretty darn sweet.

Instead of my previous idea to write brand names on the shirts, ive started using my own designs.