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Popular vs quality

Histrion

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Branding can have an influence on some women, but they are also likely to notice things such as the fit as well as whether or not the color of your shirt looks good on you.

I have received compliments about several article of clothings coming from some pretty good looking girls over the last few years. I have received compliments both for branded items as well as for items whose brand you couldn't see by a logo or didn't have a logo that the usual girl would recognize (APC, R&B, RLPL shirt, random lilac dress shirt, ties, watch, Tretorn shoes).

I guess there is a very important variable that you completely let out of your way of thinking: what girls are you targetting? If you are going after some airheaded trailor trash whore, then, yeah, by all mean they will be impressed by your pair of True Religion and you will get laid, most likely joining the select club of one New Yorker out of four that has herpes. Girls that have commented on my branded item (i.e.: a washed out Burberry polo that used to fit me well) were generally much less sophisticated and interesting than those that commented on items by SF-approved brands.
 

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If you want to get girls buy Mystery Method, the 20 bucks you'll spend on it are much better spent then on stuff like true Religion.
 

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I, for the most part, disagree with the notion of girls only noticing labels; I rarely see this happening, and frankly the girls that do this tend to be skanks anyway. Usually quality is visible on clothing, as is fit and the way the colors work for you.

Trust me, the ones that are worth chasing (and won't give you drips) will appreciate the fact that you aren't a carbon copy of all the other guys. Besides, if a girl likes your style, shes going to be 10x more attracted to you than some hoodrat with a label fixation.

Be patient, find your own look, and roll with it. The best part is, it won't be out of style in six months.
 

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Originally Posted by Spilotro
The best part is, it won't be out of style in six months.

Exactly, because its you!
 

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Originally Posted by Spilotro
I, for the most part, disagree with the notion of girls only noticing labels; I rarely see this happening, and frankly the girls that do this tend to be skanks anyway. Usually quality is visible on clothing, as is fit and the way the colors work for you.

Trust me, the ones that are worth chasing (and won't give you drips) will appreciate the fact that you aren't a carbon copy of all the other guys. Besides, if a girl likes your style, shes going to be 10x more attracted to you than some hoodrat with a label fixation.

Be patient, find your own look, and roll with it. The best part is, it won't be out of style in six months.


Agreed.

Ever since I was "saved" by this forum, I've gotten a lot of compliments from the fairer sex
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None of them care what the brand is because the brand isn't visible. The quality and especially the fit is what they notice. I love it when I sit next to a girl and she takes notice and says, "Wow, I love your jeans," and then proceeds to rub my thigh
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That's not what I was aiming for, but hey, I'm not gonna complain. Though in all seriousness, like Spilotro said, the girls that notice you because of the brands you're wearing probably won't be the ones you're looking for (at least for me they aren't.)

Women notice more than just clothes. I dress for myself, and when I know I look good in my clothes, I'm more confident, it shows and women are drawn to that.

I'm still fixing my wardrobe, and it's a slow process finding my personal style, but I'm definitely getting there.

If you wanna buy brands to get laid, then be my guest. Let me know if "Hey baby, look at my True Religions. Wanna ****?" works on anybody worthwhile. You could have all the right brands, but in the end, if you can't wear it well, it's all worthless.

And lastly,

Originally Posted by Chinook
Judging by the way you posted this topic and your replies have you ever considered that.. Maybe your just an asshole that can't sweet talk the princess?

+1
 

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hmm... Yeah I think im just going to find some affordable nice looking jeans and stick to that. I might try a pair of raw denim like apc or something off here, thats really catching my interest.
The guys in the above couple post that just had his epiphany prorably hit it right on. I could probably get near the same result with just a pair of fly shoes and designer sunglasses, which works anyways becuase i need some shoes, and i already found a pair of sweet prada sunglasses i want becuase "I" actually like them lol. Shoes is really killing me though, just to many damn choices!

And as far as the girls went, snagging a good one had no bearing to me
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. Any girl that went for me cause i looked fly in desginer is probably scrached off the GF list automatically, but she still stays on the get laid list, thats the imporant one at this age lol.

Thanks for all the replies guys, i think ima go research raw denim some more.
 

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You are the biggest ****** ever first off for wanting to buy labels to be validated by girls. If you really want to get laid get some confidence and spit some game. You won't get with every girl you hit on but some girl is bound to **** you if you try hard enough. If you truly want a pair of fashionable jeans that will last a long time I suggest a pair of number nine darted jeans or dior 19cm. They will last longer than a pair of garbage apc or nudies that generally get recommended here.
 

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If you stay around long enough you'll realize that having random guys on the internet like you is more important than girls.
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Seriously though. I get plenty of compliments on my general style/outfits as well as individual items and nothing i own actually has brand names or logos on it. A few cool graphic tees, some button downs (plaid/western and normal) interesting jeans/pants, and nice looking shoes. Throw some combination together and smart women take notice. Might want to try www.honestforum.com though. Seems more like what you're looking for in terms of impressing women with brand names.
 

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Originally Posted by siman
You are the biggest ****** ever first off for wanting to buy labels to be validated by girls. If you really want to get laid get some confidence and spit some game. You won't get with every girl you hit on but some girl is bound to **** you if you try hard enough. If you truly want a pair of fashionable jeans that will last a long time I suggest a pair of number nine darted jeans or dior 19cm. They will last longer than a pair of garbage apc or nudies that generally get recommended here.

I'm plenty confident and do plenty well for myself to get laid just the way I am even in trash for cloths. I find nothing wrong with wanting to add some extra flare and trendy style to give my self an extra leg up, if you dont agree with that your welcome to go suck a dick and **** off.

I've been plenty nice here and have been soaking in tons of new information about lots of things. I found this site to be an overall positive learning experience. I thank all you for your constructive comments but you faggots spouting pointless mean **** like this to try to get your ego rocks off ******** off.
 

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Originally Posted by siman
You are the biggest ****** ever first off for wanting to buy labels to be validated by girls. If you really want to get laid get some confidence and spit some game. You won't get with every girl you hit on but some girl is bound to **** you if you try hard enough. If you truly want a pair of fashionable jeans that will last a long time I suggest a pair of number nine darted jeans or dior 19cm. They will last longer than a pair of garbage apc or nudies that generally get recommended here.

Dude, you should refrain from posting. I'm going to time you out for a week to help you with that.

Originally Posted by cazten
I'm plenty confident and do plenty well for myself to get laid just the way I am even in trash for cloths. I find nothing wrong with wanting to add some extra flare and trendy style to give my self an extra leg up, if you dont agree with that your welcome to go suck a dick and **** off.

I've been plenty nice here and have been soaking in tons of new information about lots of things. I found this site to be an overall positive learning experience. I thank all you for your constructive comments but you faggots spouting pointless mean **** like this to try to get your ego rocks off ******** off.


Dude, I think that your logic is flawed. Not a bannable offense. However, I'm going to have give you a couple of days off for being an asshole. No use of the word "******* is allowed here, for example, especially in a blattant ad hominen attack. You get only a few days off in recognition of the fact that you were provoked.

Fok.
 

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I don't know, but I'm the opposite of you, I revel in the fact that what I wear isn't recognizable to 99% of the people around me. As for women, I could care less about impressing them style-wise, I do it for me only. Classy women still compliment me on my style, not because of the brand since there's no visual branding but solely on the fit-ment.
 

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Originally Posted by somecallmebj
Agreed. Ever since I was "saved" by this forum, I've gotten a lot of compliments from the fairer sex
smile.gif
None of them care what the brand is because the brand isn't visible. The quality and especially the fit is what they notice. I love it when I sit next to a girl and she takes notice and says, "Wow, I love your jeans," and then proceeds to rub my thigh
icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif
That's not what I was aiming for, but hey, I'm not gonna complain. Though in all seriousness, like Spilotro said, the girls that notice you because of the brands you're wearing probably won't be the ones you're looking for (at least for me they aren't.) Women notice more than just clothes. I dress for myself, and when I know I look good in my clothes, I'm more confident, it shows and women are drawn to that. I'm still fixing my wardrobe, and it's a slow process finding my personal style, but I'm definitely getting there. If you wanna buy brands to get laid, then be my guest. Let me know if "Hey baby, look at my True Religions. Wanna ****?" works on anybody worthwhile. You could have all the right brands, but in the end, if you can't wear it well, it's all worthless. And lastly, +1

Agreed completely. Women don't know what brands I wear but I get 10x more compliments for how I dress than ANY of my other friends (who wear True Relgion, 7's, etc). In fact, I've never known my friends to get any compliments on their outfits, though it's pretty common with me. A friend of mine got pissed when the girl he was dating at the time told him he should dress more like me.
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Furthermore confidence is much better for getting laid than designer clothes.
 

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Originally Posted by onion
Agreed completely. Women don't know what brands I wear but I get 10x more compliments for how I dress than ANY of my other friends (who wear True Relgion, 7's, etc). In fact, I've never known my friends to get any compliments on their outfits, though it's pretty common with me. A friend of mine got pissed when the girl he was dating at the time told him he should dress more like me.
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Furthermore confidence is much better for getting laid than designer clothes.


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Fit/style first, brand second. You can wear all the brands you want but it can look ****** if it doesn't flow. I've never had any girl say, "man, if those jeans you were wearing had some flashy designer label on them I'd be all over you."

Last woman (in HK, where woman are incredibly conservative) at dinner said she wanted to go shopping with me in the future.

Now, this sounds good for any internet expert but in reality this is usually a ****** deal. Who wants to go shopping with a girl? Usually you don't get laid, you get put into 'friend' category - but before this she mentioned how she likes to go to Victoria's secret shopping when shopping with friends.
 

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