Really? Ed Hardy is popular?

I hate shopping. I mean really hate it. I worked in a mall for several years and could never understand why people shop. Everyone talks about the great deal they got shopping. "I got 30% off, or 50% off, I bought something and got a free keychain with it." The retailers are all liars, every last one. Sure that shirt is buy one get one free, but last week it was 50% off. It is the exact same sale, always! They word it differently because people perceive one to be better than the other. Some stores have jeans 50% off, but when regular price is 100 dollars 50% off is still more than jeans cost at discount stores. There is no difference between name brand jeans and knockoff jeans, other than the label on the back. Untuck your shirt and no one will ever know.


Every pair of name brand jeans I have ever owned has had the crotch ripped out or the back end split. The 'cool' jeans that look worn already are cheap and break down quickly. Why would I pay twice as much for a pair of jeans that already has half the life worn out of them? I would rather buy jeans that look new for half the price and have them last twice as long. Do the math.


Knockoff jeans

30 dollars x last 2 years = 15 dollars per year


Name brand (worn jeans)

100 dollars x last 2 seasons (half a year) = 200 dollars per year


So, you could buy 13 pairs of cheaper jeans a year for the price of 2 pairs of name brand jeans. Or even better, buy 2 pairs of cheap jeans and pocket 170 bucks. This seems like a no brainer. If you are so into fashion and making stuff unique maybe you should buy cheap jeans and spend the time to customize them. Personally I don't like to stand out, I want to fit into a crowd and not have people staring at me. I don't want jeans that look old and worn, I don't want jeans that have colors and sparkles on them. I want plain jeans that I can wear 2 days in a row and no one notices. Do you know why? I hate laundry, and feel that washing clothes that aren't dirty just shortens the life even more.


Maybe I am not the best example, I still wear t-shirts that I got in elementary school. In my regular rotation of shirts I have a 1993 Governor's Cup champion shirt, a French IV AP shirt, and a Mortal Kombat t-shirt from 1992. These shirts were cool when I bought them, then I got made fun of because they were old and it was as if I couldn't afford new clothes, and then they were cool again because Vintage t-shirts were in style. So, while people forked out 40-50 dollars for a shirt that looked old I spent 0 dollars on shirts that I have been wearing since I was 10 and really were old. These shirts were well made and still cost under 10 bucks each. A shirt that can be worn for 15 years is a well made shirt.


Today, i was in the mall with a friend and saw something that made me madder than I have been in a long time. I saw a t-shirt, just a plain white t-shirt. There is nothing special about this shirt, it looks like a t-shirt that is in a three pack fruit of the loom pack for 4 dollars at Wal-mart. This shirt had a goofy looking tiger head on the front of it that looked like one of those iron ons that that your mom would make for you and you were embarrassed to wear. This shirt was made by a popular designer, who I have never heard of, his name was Ed Hardy. I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget. This t-shirt was $132. There is no excuse for this. The shirt would fall apart after only a few washes. It would have pit stains in it immediately. It would fade and stretch in the wash. Anyone who would pay 132 for a t-shirt needs to have their head examined. I do not spend that much on groceries in a month. I can never see a time in my life when I will ever understand the rationalization for spending that much on a t-shirt. The thing is, what happens next, you can't wear cheap jeans with a shirt that expensive. So after you spend 500 on jeans and 75 on socks, and over 1000 on shoes you might be ready to go out in public. Then do you know what happens? Some dumb-ass spills a coke or squirts mustard on you. Then all the clothes are ruined. You can't wear a shirt with a mustard stain, because even if it comes out in the wash it will show up under a black like at the trendy club you are showing off your 132 dollar t-shirt. I can't imagine anything worse than getting made fun of for wearing a 132 dollar t-shirt, that is the ultimate smack in the face.


People wonder how I have such nice things in my house house even though I don't have a job and never had a really well paying job. The answer is simple. I don't spend money on overpriced name brand shit. I have never had a problem making friends, I have never had anyone not like me because my clothes were cheap. The reason is because people are brainwashed by marketing that they need expensive name brand clothes to fit in, but your true friends will still like you no matter what you wear. I am friends with people are are obsessed with the fashion world and they don't judge me. So, spend wisely, don't waste your money supporting overpriced ugly clothes just because they are 'in style'. If you want to make a statement and be an individual make your own clothes. They will truly be unique, and you won't have to worry about someone else at the bar you are at wearing the same thing. Not to mention making your clothes is cheaper than this shit.