Refusal to wear brand names

You've got to know whats behind the brand name before you buy it. Some of the main labels are quite ethical, and equally some really cheap none label clothes are made in child labour sweat shops in Asia. Basically, just do your research. But buying from charity and second-hand is probably the best way.

 

Why

Don't you think you STILL have to look where they are made.. last time i heard charity shops did not make clothes ?.

 

You obviously don't understand. If you buy from a charity shop you are reusing somebody elses waste and therefore not adding to the increased demand for the manufacture of new clothing items. Unless of course you want it to be buried in a landfill waste site.

 

I understand .... i was just eluding to buying second hand unethical clothing..
Imho you are not even adding anything to the economy of the 'exploited' workers.. or any workers for that matter.
They still have a living to maintain.. how is 'reducing the demand' going to improve conditions for them ?.



If you are at least buying clothes that have once been made from 'ethical' or 'good' manafacturers.. is that not a good thing .. heck even a added bonus.

maybe it is just a double edged sword..

 

Good point - basically its hard to get the balance right.

 

True... i suppose some 'guilt' might be offset with knowing that the charity shop is just that, a CHARITY..

So obviously somewhere along the line some one less fortunate benefits.

 

I buy nearly all my clothes second hand, without looking at the brand name, and then take any tags that they have off. I don't buy anything that's completely obvious (such as a T-Shirt with an ad on the front), but if it's just a patch on a pocket or something I'll just cut it off so it looks like it was never there.

 

while i also in principal favor refusing them, for me it's not so much a matter of refusing to as simply not affording to and can't immagine why i would want to anyway.

if they show up in the thrift stores that's fine. other then thrift stores i buy what little clothing i buy, and that as little as i can get away with, i'd rather spend real money if i'm going to spend any at all, on tools and hobbies that bring some kind of creative gratification, places like ross (new 'seconds' mostly), mervin's (not for the name or names but because it's about the third cheepest after thrift stors and ross), and j.c. penneys (where i got the very distictive suit i wore for my wedding which i couldn't find anything with half as much style at four times the price ANYWHERE!)

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i guess it really all depends on what its advertising... i'll wear clothes from small time stores that have their name on them... im helping support their store and spreading their name...

 

i don't usually wear brand names, because they're usually made using sweatshop labor.

 

I dont wear brand names especially from big multinational companies which use young chilrden to work for them for 1$/day.Besides,they're expensive and I dont like most of them.

 

I'll wear clothes from a big company, but not if it has the name all over the shirt. I'm not going to wear something based only on where it's from.

 

i dont really care, most of my shirts say some random thing on it or have some corny joke but ill wear w/e u throw at me... (mainly)

 

I'm not into being a walking billboard for much besides music. Or a good cause.
I'm not implying that anyone else has to give a shit, it's just my personal choice not to.

 

hey i wear whatever i find whats by me or cheapest

 

the clothes all looks like shit to me so i dont buy it. instead i almost always wear jeans and a black t-shirt or black dickies and a black t-shirt with a black or desert colored jacket. i get all my shirts online and most of them are bands i support and listen to. all my clothes are really really old tho ppl always tell me to get new shit but im like what the fuck, theres nothing wrong with it it isnt all ripped up and shit yet. and people always tell me to get a haircut and shit. fuck people.

 

if it's comfy, and looks good, i'll wear it. i don't care if it's a brand name or not, but i definitely won't pay $70 for a pair of pants.

 

I feel you bro, especially the hair part \\//

 

I guess I just dont like the look of brand names. Brand clothes piss me off, they seem to put labels on things at the expense of the clothes lookoing any good... plus they cost so much more

 

I don't wear brand names. Not only are they outrageously expensive, but I feel it is superficially materialistic indulgence when there are people in this world who cannot even afford to eat.