Which brand do you find the most annoying?

GoldenTribe · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Klobber

Good point, my complaints regarding Dior will be retracted. Simple logic says - if Dior dont fit, dont buy or complain about them.
You're allowed to complain about anything you want, just complain rationally.

If the fit is way off for you, the fit is way off. But don't say the brand makes "loud" clothing because it doesn't fit you, you can't really mean that after saying you love the way a lot of it looks and trying to buy pieces.

Renfield · Feb 13, 2011

Usually, the ones I can't afford.

Klobber · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by GoldenTribe

But don't say the brand makes "loud" clothing because it doesn't fit you, you can't really mean that after saying you love the way a lot of it looks and trying to buy pieces.

+1, I agree with you. My definition of loud included the notion of fit as well (not just colours, wavy fabrics or designs etc). Conclusion = my bad interpretation of the popular definition of loud.

I actually heard a store rep tell me a pair of slim dark grey pants looked loud on me - reason being the front of the pants bulged my crown jewels out. So I assumed loud applied to fit / silhouette as well. My bad

hymo · Feb 13, 2011

Rolex

turtleracer81 · Feb 13, 2011

Abercrombie & Fitch

BlueHorseShoe · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by GoldenTribe

You're making this up 100%. There are great, luxe, visibly unbranded, beautifully fitting clothes from every designer listed in this thread at Holt Renfrew right now.

"But that's what I see on the bus" is not the same as "but that's all the brand sells" -- and to conflate these two things, as LOTS of people in this thread have done, is beyond absurd.

Why? If all I see from <name> is obnoxious logo crap, why can't that be grounds for annoying me? So HR sells a nice Gucci shirt. So what, I just saw some golden Gucci sneakers. It's obnoxious and annoying.

The thread is "Which brand you find the most annoying" NOT: "Which brand only makes total ****"

Mountains · Feb 13, 2011

TLDR: these guys made an ugly pair of shoes, now I cant shop there any more

GoldenTribe · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by BlueHorseShoe

Why? If all I see from <name> is obnoxious logo crap, why can't that be grounds for annoying me? So HR sells a nice Gucci shirt. So what, I just saw some golden Gucci sneakers. It's obnoxious and annoying. The thread is "Which brand you find the most annoying" NOT: "Which brand only makes total ****"
You're right, if everything you see from the brand pisses you off I guess you're allowed to be pissed off at the brand. What I would have liked to emphasize better is that it's not really the case that a bunch of logoed crap gets dumped on North American department stores and then one boutique in Ukraine gets the three nice runway pieces that were actually produced. There are lots of nice pieces by almost every major brand almost every season. So if you hate them because you see their worst stuff, it's a legitimate reason to hate them, but it's NOT a legitimate basis upon which to state that everything they make is garish crap. It's definitely too bad that the over-branded, aspirational rubbish gets the most visibility.

BlueHorseShoe · Feb 13, 2011

Absolutely. It is a shame.

Rosecity · Feb 14, 2011

Originally Posted by pvrhye

I hate Zara's tendency to make something almost nice, then add in a ridiculous extra detail like fake leather.

This is so true. I bought a jacket when I visited a Zara in Chicago. Later when I was looking at it, I just kept wondering what the purpose of some of the details were. That's all they were, details, zippers the had no pocket.

I heard the take clothes that don't sell and redesign them. Constantly trying to improve the design.

Rayson · Feb 14, 2011

Originally Posted by BlueHorseShoe

Why? If all I see from <name> is obnoxious logo crap, why can't that be grounds for annoying me? So HR sells a nice Gucci shirt. So what, I just saw some golden Gucci sneakers. It's obnoxious and annoying.

The thread is "Which brand you find the most annoying" NOT: "Which brand only makes total ****"

That's the thing. Brands that produce some decent or nearly decent stuff among the truly awful often annoy me even more than ones that produce nothing but crap.

gateslion · Feb 14, 2011

Originally Posted by JayJay

Kenneth Cole
John Varvatos
Hugo Boss

+1 on the Hugo Boss.

While I generally realize that its kind of unfair and shortsighted to hold a company accountable today for the actions of its owners in the past, I just can't possibly see myself buying Boss, once I learned that the actual Hugo Boss was a straight up, dyed in the wool, card carrying Nazi who used POW slave labor to work in his factories producing uniforms for the SS. Yeah, won't be buying any Boss. Thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss#History

Also, affliction and ed hardy, just because they suck and are ugly.

NewYorkBuck · Feb 14, 2011

Ken Cole
Versace
A&F - the original owners are rolling over in their graves at what the brand had become.....

gio3969 · Feb 14, 2011

Originally Posted by gateslion

+1 on the Hugo Boss.

While I generally realize that its kind of unfair and shortsighted to hold a company accountable today for the actions of its owners in the past, I just can't possibly see myself buying Boss, once I learned that the actual Hugo Boss was a straight up, dyed in the wool, card carrying Nazi who used POW slave labor to work in his factories producing uniforms for the SS. Yeah, won't be buying any Boss. Thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss#History

Also, affliction and ed hardy, just because they suck and are ugly.

You are honestly citing war affiliations from three generations ago as a reason for not buying a suit. Wow. I really cannot think of a worse reason.

-100000000000

Fuuma · Feb 14, 2011

Ralph Lauren

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