Do people really do that? I can't stand big, or any, logo on my clothing to be honest. I'd rather be solid colors or prints with better quality fabric than a specific brand. IDK if it's the ADHD or the autism, but I hate logos on clothes.
The only "apparel" item I have with branding I have is a backpack with a Supreme look alike fake logo that just says Pretentious.
This pisses me off so hard, I refuse to buy apparel that has anything more than a logo on it. I am giving you my money for your design, I'm not paying you to be a walking billboard I'm paying you to have clothing on my body. It's becoming increasingly harder nowadays to buy clothing that doesn't have a quarter of the item taken up by some sort of brand name on it it's ugly as shit and annoying
I've recently had to forgo my favorite style because you can no longer find it without having it plastered with brand or logo, it's just a simple pair of sweatpants with a racing stripe down the side it does not need a brand name that takes quarter of the leg
Dude at least pick a cool brand that has unique designs and art for each shirt like O'Neil, quicksilver, Roxy etc. Fuck I think even Hollister and clones had cite branded shirts.
Now it's a red box that says Supreme. And apparently is lucrative because their website is closed? I'm too stoned for this shit
I work in a sportswear store and only buy things that are on sale so I get heavy discounts on Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, etc.
These brands are pretty much ubiquitous anyway so I'm not particularly bothered about wearing their products. One thing is for sure though, I won't go around telling everyone how great big corporation is.
Certainly can't argue with the comic!
It's is truly fucked up how corporations figured out how to sell their own ads.
Time to mention Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0
edit: wow, turning an image into a hyperlink is silly in Markdown
The obvious difference is, someone, somewhere out there will see you wearing/using that luxury brand and think "ooo, fancy", and thus will think you are more "refined" for it. Whether you agree with that or not, that's the reality.
nobody is going to think you're more refined for watching a YouTube ad.
Be the ad you want to see in the world
laughs in my white Kanye t-shirt.
To me, the weirdest / funniest example of this is "Superdry".
First of all, the name comes from alcoholic drinks without a residual sweetness. That is a ridiculous name to use for something that's mostly made out of water. But, a lot of food-related words are odd. But, then you apply it to a clothing brand, where "dry" has a different and much more normal meaning. It sounds like it should be a brand of special wet-weather gear.
As for the Japanese-style characters on it, the British founders of the clothing brand collected a lot of random packaging from things in Tokyo, and then slapped mangled versions of it on American-style clothing. Of course, it never sold well in Japan because they actually knew what he random text actually meant. It's like the famous "Engrish" text that you sometimes see people in Asia wearing.
So, people were wearing a premium to wear clothing that had very basic styling, featured huge company logos, and nonsense faux-Japanese characters.
I had to ask my mom to kindly not buy me Aeropostale, or other brands that are in your face and ugly like this. I don't even like those brands. I have always been the jeans and band t shirt guy, or just a plain tee. I'm 40 by the way but moms never stop buying us shirts.
I've never owned a branded piece of clothing in my life aside from a Roots sweatshirt when I was a teenager, when that was a Big Deal, and I don't understand why an adult would.
Pro tip: Most company logos go off easily with precise sanding tools you can get in hardware stores. Coming from someone who's had to buy the perfect pair of shoes (which were also the cheapest) which for some reason had one fugly logo on the back ruining it all. Sadly you can't really return them after, so you can only really do it if you're sure you will keep it, but sometimes that's enough.
EDIT: To clarify - I totally agree with the comic. This isn't an endorsement to buy brand clothing. I'm saying that sometimes you have no other choice, and this is the way to give the company the middle finger while still getting the quality you desire.
