Brand name clothing & your tween/teen
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Brand name clothing & your tween/teen
| Sat, 11-04-2006 - 3:09pm |
On Thursday, I took a friend of mine to her doctors office in Charlotte. (About 2 hours away from here) Anyway...on the way home, we stopped by Concord Mills (a large 'outlet' mall). Quinn (my son, 13 yo) needed a heavier jacket & had told me he wanted a denim sherpa lined one or a Carhartt one. It's very unusual for him to request a certain style. I'm not sure where he saw this style at. While at the mall, I went into the Gap store & they had a denim sherpa jacket he wanted. It was $30 (which is fair). I bought him that & I saw a Gap hoody with colors that he likes. It was on sale, so I got it for him too.
He loved the jacket, but flat told me "Thanks for the shirt, but I don't like it." Of course I asked him why (it didn't matter too much to me, I was just curious so I won't make the same mistake). He said he just didn't like it. Then finally I figured out that he does not like brand names on his shirts. I've never thought about it, but his shirts do not have brand names on them, except he does have 2 or 3 Element tee-shirts. Element is the brand of skateboard that he has. He also has an Alien Workshop. (again, skateboard company) He said that if he's going to wear a shirt with the company name, they ought to pay him for advertising it for them. LOL! I thought that was pretty funny. There is a Gap store at a couple of the malls in our area & I plan to return the sweatshirt.
I just thought it was different because I've noticed that at his school a lot of the kids wear 'brands'. Albercombie & Finch (or whatever), Gap, Apostrophe (I think) & some others come to mind.
The way Quinn dresses is his own style. He has several rock artist & rock band tee-shirts (Jimi, Led Zep, Kiss & Greenday). He has 2 or 3 Monty Python tee-shirts. A lot of the kids have never even heard of Monty. (shock!) He has a few skateboard tees. And tee-shirts with guitars on them. He has a few tees with skulls on them. And he has a couple of Stewie tee's (Family Guy's weird baby) His favorite thing to wear when it's cool is a long sleeve tee-shirt with a short sleeve tee shirt over it. (Common style, I like to wear them too) He also has a couple of work shirts by Dickies that he wears.
As far as jackets, he has khaki brown cord jacket with a BAM logo (Bam Mergera) patch along with an electric guitar patch & a Thrasher logo patch. No one else in school has anything like it. He's had several boys ask were he got it. I 'fixed' it up for him. (I had a mother to call me last week asking about the jacket. She said that her son has asked for one several times & she had not seen it. I told her to get the jacket off Landend's Outlet on-line & order patches from Ebay, but asked her to please not duplicate the ones Quinn has. LOL) He also has another jacket. It's a sweatshirt zipper type that we paid $8 for. It's black w/a scorpion on the back. And another solid hunter green one.
As far as shoes go, he likes Vans sneakers. I try to buy them when we are my brothers in Orlando (there's a Vans outlet there). They are tough, hard wearing shoes. It's the only shoe that he will outgrown before they wear out. (Nikes & etc. wear out first with him) I will buy him a pair of high top sneakers for basketball though.
I like that Quinn likes to look different, but one thing that drives me nuts is he does not like to dress up. He doesn't like button up shirts unless it's a work shirt. He doesn't like sweaters (too hot) So, occasionally we have a disagreement this.
Anyway...what sort of style does your teen have? Are they a 'brand' person?
He loved the jacket, but flat told me "Thanks for the shirt, but I don't like it." Of course I asked him why (it didn't matter too much to me, I was just curious so I won't make the same mistake). He said he just didn't like it. Then finally I figured out that he does not like brand names on his shirts. I've never thought about it, but his shirts do not have brand names on them, except he does have 2 or 3 Element tee-shirts. Element is the brand of skateboard that he has. He also has an Alien Workshop. (again, skateboard company) He said that if he's going to wear a shirt with the company name, they ought to pay him for advertising it for them. LOL! I thought that was pretty funny. There is a Gap store at a couple of the malls in our area & I plan to return the sweatshirt.
I just thought it was different because I've noticed that at his school a lot of the kids wear 'brands'. Albercombie & Finch (or whatever), Gap, Apostrophe (I think) & some others come to mind.
The way Quinn dresses is his own style. He has several rock artist & rock band tee-shirts (Jimi, Led Zep, Kiss & Greenday). He has 2 or 3 Monty Python tee-shirts. A lot of the kids have never even heard of Monty. (shock!) He has a few skateboard tees. And tee-shirts with guitars on them. He has a few tees with skulls on them. And he has a couple of Stewie tee's (Family Guy's weird baby) His favorite thing to wear when it's cool is a long sleeve tee-shirt with a short sleeve tee shirt over it. (Common style, I like to wear them too) He also has a couple of work shirts by Dickies that he wears.
As far as jackets, he has khaki brown cord jacket with a BAM logo (Bam Mergera) patch along with an electric guitar patch & a Thrasher logo patch. No one else in school has anything like it. He's had several boys ask were he got it. I 'fixed' it up for him. (I had a mother to call me last week asking about the jacket. She said that her son has asked for one several times & she had not seen it. I told her to get the jacket off Landend's Outlet on-line & order patches from Ebay, but asked her to please not duplicate the ones Quinn has. LOL) He also has another jacket. It's a sweatshirt zipper type that we paid $8 for. It's black w/a scorpion on the back. And another solid hunter green one.
As far as shoes go, he likes Vans sneakers. I try to buy them when we are my brothers in Orlando (there's a Vans outlet there). They are tough, hard wearing shoes. It's the only shoe that he will outgrown before they wear out. (Nikes & etc. wear out first with him) I will buy him a pair of high top sneakers for basketball though.
I like that Quinn likes to look different, but one thing that drives me nuts is he does not like to dress up. He doesn't like button up shirts unless it's a work shirt. He doesn't like sweaters (too hot) So, occasionally we have a disagreement this.
Anyway...what sort of style does your teen have? Are they a 'brand' person?

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My daughter is less brand conscious, and more style conscious. Her style would best be described as preppy. She wears Ralph Lauren, Gap, Abercrombie, American Eagle, and Talbots. I require her to dress with a certain degree of modesty (no bellies or short skirts), and I prefer well made clothes in good fabrics. I am a pretty good shopper, so I am able to find things at 50% off. Recent brands she has requested are North Face jackets, Ugg boots, and Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers.
I can deal with all of the above. The problem is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. I live in a town with a lot of money. While most would be described as upper middle class, we have more than our share of multi-millionaires. This has brought a some high end boutiques into town, and a new level of brand shopping. The high school girls (and some middle school girls) are wearing $200.00+ jeans (Rock and Republic, Antik, Red Engine, ect),have Prada or Coach purses, and Lilly Pulitzer dresses. I am not even going to attempt to keep up with this level of brand shopping.
>> Ugg boots<<
I just bought DD a pair of periwinkle and a pair of fuschia Uggs from Marshall's. They were $59.00. That is pricey BUT I bought a pair for her for $40 at Limited Too last year. They were CRAP.
I am hoping to find a pair at Marshalls. I am NOT paying the $119.00 price at Footlocker.
Were the boots at Limited Too Uggs, or boots that looked like Uggs?
They were UGG lookalikes. Which made me consider. If I'd spend $40 for the knock offs...what's $20 more for the real deal, that will last longer?
It made sense in my head....LOL!
DH has a pair of uggs he wears all the time in the winter.
Connor (13, 8th grade) likes Levi jeans and most American Eagle Outfitter clothing. (mostly for the fit... he can buy right off the rack and never try stuff on there and it fits really nicely). He refuses to wear anything from Abercrombie (He has moral issues with their advertising)and while he does have a few Gap items, he doesn't care for writing on his clothing much. Most of the Gap clothing is just basic solid Thermal T's. His style is simple. Button down shirts not tucked in, Thermal long sleeve T's, Hooded sweatshirts, Polo shirts and jeans.
He would never wear a shirt with an animated charactor on it. He says that sort of thing is lame.
Shoe wise he wears New Balance sneakers or hiking boots.
BTW...My son has no clue who Monty Python or Stewie are.
Stacy
What are some of the name brand athletic wear your kids wear? My 11 year old daughter is asking for yoga clothes and I am totally lost?
those converse sneakers are big around here
Laura
mom to Gabrielle
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