Comments on: Brand Whore

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:02:48 +0000

Just want to add my two cents about brands. I saw a really cool Haute Hippie top with a skeleton on the front. I ordered the top and a pair of pants (both on sale) still expensive non-the-less. Paid for my order. Two days later I get an email telling me that both items are out of stock! I wrote to the manager and complained, no apology, NOTHING. Let it go, ordered a sweater at a considerable discount and a tank with a funky skeleton type logo. Well, the order got sent to the wrong address and FedEx and arrived here two days later than it should have. The sweater was nice, but the tank is a piece of garbage. The M is HUGE, it has no lycra so it is very baggy. It was out of shape just trying it on and taking it off! I am so done with this brand. These clothes are definitely for the rich who wear something once then throw it away. $95.00 for a crappy tank not worth it. Also, the attitude at Haute Hippie is chronic, I guess if you are a “poorer” customer they don’t give a crap if they take your money, can’t deliver and disappoint you considerably. Don’t apologize even though it was their fault that they have someone who cannot do their job at inventory. So my money is not wanted. Fine, in this economy I would have thought they needed every penny they can get. In a nutshell, PRETENTIOUS, BADLY MADE CLOTHES, MADE IN PERU BTW, VERY OVERPRICED CLOTHES. I thought Rag and Bone was a ripoff, however, Haute Hippie have them beat.

By: sfpoppy

sfpoppy — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:56:12 +0000

Target is interchangeable with Walmart in my mind, and I can’t get past that block. Nordstrom needs to boot the Jessica Simpson line already; the woman is an f-ing cartoon. All jeans from Diesel are apparently appalling. Louis Vuitton is the king of douchebag. The preponderance of those bags looks like the end result of a decades-long social experiment in which the hypothesis “proof that an individual ‘gets’ social cues is more important that not being retarded” was proven correct.

By: kate

kate — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:46:39 +0000

Why can’t anyone who claims to love Ossie Clark spell his name right?
Wendy B could help.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:55:09 +0000

Dooney & Bourke – I carried a purse a few years ago and a co-worker told me that his teenage daughter had one w/ the same pattern, but smaller. Done!
Victoria’s Secret – b/c their “I love my body” commercial makes me gag and b/c I cannot find an underwire bra from there that will not pop thru the fabric and poke the shit out of me. (yes I hand wash, baby, and am gentle w/ them, they are just crap!)
Coach – b/c everyone, and I mean everyone has one. Puke. You can spot a Coach from a mile away and her pre-teen daughter carries one as well.
____ for Target – I don’t care that you’re a big name and now you are producing for the masses…that’s why I hate you.
Crocs – I won’t even allow my children to wear them. This goes along w/ any shoe that lights up in any way.

By: Braindance

Braindance — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:25:58 +0000

Nadia, I also went through a Adidas phase in the 90s.
Little black dresses with the stripes up the side, and tracksuit tops.

Ossie Clarke, he could do no wrong, a king of fabric and cut.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:19:55 +0000

Thankful there is no Jessica Simpson brand clothing in either Australia or Bangkok, can imagine it would be awful. Who on Earth let her have her own label? Do people actually buy it? How does it sustain itself? So many questions! I just can’t imagine that her name would sell that much anymore.

I was a brand whore for Margiela when I first started university and my lecturer (who I was in awe of at the time) first told us about him. Spent most of the money I was making from this shit retail job on on-sale Margiela that year (not my proudest moment) but still only managed to end up with only about 4 or 5 items to curate. One particular blogger may have turned me off Margiela lately, doesn’t seem so luxurious or rare anymore. I still treasure the pieces I have though – the only designer items I own! Also, don’t even know if this is worth mentioning, but I use to be a brand whore for Adidas in the late nineties. I didn’t own much of it, but I just remember being quite obsessed for some reason!

Brands I wouldn’t go near in any circumstances include: Ed Hardy, Sass & Bide, BCBG, Baby Phat, Diesel, Miss Sixty, Erin Wasson RVCA, DKNY, G-Star, Tommy Hillfiger, House of Holland, L.A.M.B, Jimmy Choo and Pringle of Scotland. I’m sure there are many more too.

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:12:03 +0000

OK, I’m uncool, I have one ancient Dooney bag (back before they were project girl bling) and love it like my ancient Coaches.

But please explain Kate Spade bags and why I’d spend that much for PLAIN FABRIC? Black satin polyester more than $29.99? Girl, please.

By: Audi

Audi — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:11:39 +0000

That’s interesting, because I have a completely irrational bias against Zac Posen, and I have no idea where it came from. On the other hand, I’m a total brand whore for All Saints.

By: elli

elli — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:33:46 +0000

I’d like to add Miss Sixty and Fornarina (I like how the speller suggests that I must have meant fornication…) to the selection of utter shit, which Replay and Pepe Jeans escape only thanks to the fact that some of their pieces for men have been rather decent. I absolutely loathe Guess’ pathetic excuses for clothing, but must admit, that my man happens to look damn fine in one of their shirts… French Connection and Mango I’d like to praise for both design and quality. That’s as high my student budget allows me to go, though. Gotta give it up to H&M too, for taking risks and selling crap, that doesn’t look too bad…from far, at least, for what it’s actually worth. Oh and here is a fun fact: There actually are some countries left on this planet that don’t have H&M and I happen to live in one of those.

By: suzbee

suzbee — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:59:37 +0000

Brighton, LAMB, those multicolored quilted tote bags, SAS shoes.