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kimba1

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Re: can`t keep up with reality sometimes
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 03:22:59 PM »
I find this amusing.

It is somewhat less amusing than Abercrombie and Fitch's mass marketing of "Hollister" tee shirts in an infinity of styles and colors, based on the assumption that people who have never visited this relatively unknown California town seek to pretend they have been there to purchase their tee shirts, made in China by an East Coast store chain.

It would amusing to see how many people wearing "Hollister" tee shirts could find Hollister on a map.
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Re: can`t keep up with reality sometimes
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2011, 12:19:39 AM »
  I have been not wearing this stuff for free!

    A&F owes me years of backpayments.

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Re: can`t keep up with reality sometimes
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2011, 01:32:45 PM »
It is amusing that the only difference between a normal tee shirt costing $1.99 and a "Hollister" or "A&F" or some other 'designer' tee shirt costing $12.99 or more is the logo. They are actually charging $11.00 (plus additional sales tax) for the privilege of advertising their wares. You don't get a pocket, the fabric and fit are identical, it's not like any designer spent even a half hour making it somehow better.

What is even more amazing is that people will pay that $11.00 for the 'approval' of some 'designer'.

There are a lot of shirts with clever slogans and artwork on them for less online for less.
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