Comment by Trinity

September 27, 2007 @ 11:05 am

oh dear gawd, please stay away from Burberry! Have you heard the the saying ‘To Chav and Chav Not’? It may be expensive, but over here and in the UK, if you wear Burberry your a yobbo or a scumbag or a chav. I think the Beckhams added to it’s decline as well to be honest. It’s a very tacky brand over here. It’s become a symbol of ‘Look at me’, ‘I’m the King/Queen of tackyness’. It’s also associated with football hooligans, known for their burberry hats!

But I’m just saying like! it’s entirely up to you :)

Comment by Marinela

September 27, 2007 @ 1:31 pm

It’s definitly not that way here in Croatia,:)
But if you say so …if I buy one I sure wont wear it in the UK, he, he ;)

Comment by martapiotrowska

September 27, 2007 @ 8:43 pm

Oh Trinity,I live in East London. I know what real Chav is, it has nothing to do with Burberry, trust me on that one! ;) Besides show me a Chav who can afford Burberry.

Anyways I love that bag!

Comment by Trinity

September 28, 2007 @ 8:56 am

To Martapiotrowska– I have a friend living in London and Burberry is synonymous with chavs over there, according to her anyway and any news article I have read and documentaries on same aired here and in the UK in recent months. And it’s very much associated with scumbags here in Ireland. But I’m not putting Burberry down, I’m must saying loike :)

An article from the Times online

..Chav fashion

Imitation is the sincerest form of annoying the fashionistas

Burberry blames chavs for its disappointing sales. The adoption by chavs of plaid as a low-life uniform is frightening away upmarket customers. Tommy Hilfiger has removed the logo from some clothes in order to discourage chavs from buying baggies as tribal uniform. Fashion houses are threatened by the popularity of their gear among the unfashionable classes.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtaken. But it has been overtaken, ever since it became fashionable to advertise the name of one’s tailor on one’s clothes, like a footballer. The poor are too rich, and the rich have run out of ideas. And the queue for service is getting awfully long.

Economists call this phenomenon a positional good. When everybody’s somebody, then no one’s anybody. Motoring used to be a transport of delight, when the elite motorarchy bowled along the open road instead of stop-start-stopping in a tailback. Ski-ing is another hierarchical good. In its pristine age, the slopes were empty for the fortunate few slippers and sliders. Now that everybody, even the XYZ list, takes a winter break, they all spend the day queueing for the ski lift.

What is the point of wearing designer clothes as a visible symbol of your celebrity and superiority, if every Tom, Dick and Chavette is wearing the same exclusive label? Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. What is unbearable is when they start wearing our fashions. Could twin sets and pearls, carpet slippers, and shabby tweed sports jackets with leather patches on the elbows and cuffs be about to become le dernier cri?..

Comment by Keisha

October 1, 2007 @ 3:53 pm

Lost in translation….
what is a chav?
and the elitist author/editor of the Times online article should probably stop smoking crack and come back to reality.

Oh — and by the way — I like the bag! Treat yourself!

Comment by martapiotrowska

October 1, 2007 @ 4:48 pm

Chav, Keisha, my dear sister is (let me link you to wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

Comment by Keisha

October 2, 2007 @ 3:12 pm

Oh, it’s a wigger. Interesting. Thanks Marta.

Comment by Goobersnooper

October 5, 2007 @ 9:54 am

People still wear Burberry without problem in Sydney, none of that stigma here.

Comment by Mathias

July 20, 2008 @ 11:42 am

In Denmark where i live, is Burberry one of the hottest brand!:)