It's nice to have some company honeybunny. :sun: Shall I make us some tea?
That's pretty much how I feel. If you can identify something's branding at ten paces then I don't want it. . I like to "be my own brand" and avoid all the others. I'd also like my own "brand" to be about me being funny and lovely and not about my handbag / jeans / shoes. I won't even wear Louboutins because they are instantly recognisable.
Some people have the gift of putting obviously branded things together and making them their own - but I don't have that talent. I just feel uncomfortably "logoed" or "branded" and as if the item is wearing me like a billboard.
I can handle the Levis 501 level of branding - a little tag here and there and stamped rivets and buttons - but that's about my limit.
My son's the same - about everything except trainers funnily enough. I think that's because trainers have reached the stage where the brand is all that matters. It's not about performance for casual trainers it's just about what brand they are cos that identifies what tribe
you are.
My daughter wears a long plain vest, jeans and Converse with her emo mates and the same vest, same jeans and Adidas for her RnB mates. Changing the brand of her trainers is all she needs to do to slot in.
(Which just makes me feel very old!)
*dismounts hobby horse* I know I'm weird about this. One of my friends recommended a book called Pattern Recognition by William Gibson cos he says one of the main characters is like me only worse - which might make me feel less of an oddbod so I borrowed it from the library this morning. I've read the first page and I'm interested already so at the very least it might be a good read!