Stone island attire is chav.

Centralscrutinizer said:
40+ year old blokes wearing Stone Island clothes are fools who should know that they ought to be wearing Superdry to try and look trendy 🙈
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Ah Superdry, that's a whole other thread. Clothes for men who let their wife buy their clothes for them, have their steak blue and make sure everyone knows it, own 3 CD's one of which will be Coldplay, go to "Twickers" to watch "rugger" as "football players are nancies", and think Top Gear is essential viewing.......
 
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The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Ah Superdry, that's a whole other thread. Clothes for men who let their wife buy their clothes for them, have their steak blue and make sure everyone knows it, own 3 CD's one of which will be Coldplay, go to "Twickers" to watch "rugger" as "football players are nancies", and think Top Gear is essential viewing.......
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Bit 'judgey' there..... :) :ROFLMAO:

FTR other than jackets, t-shirts and trainers I let my wife buy all my clothes. Saves me a job. I don't like rugby though, either code.
 
"By 2005 the term had become widespread in its use as to refer to a type of anti-social, uncultured youth, who wear excessive flashy jewellery, white athletic shoes, baseball caps, and sham designer clothes. The girls commonly wear clothing which exposes their midriff."

TBF I think most people use the word 'chav' to describe 'brash' individuals these days, I don't think it is often entirely intended to be a slur on the working classes or the Romani folk.
 
Nano said:
When I started reading this thread I instantly thought of Burberry. Whether you use the word chav or not the fact is that Stone Island is synonymous with the football away days/hooligan culture. People choosing to wear it to go to football matches do so knowing that is why they are wearing it. They might not be hooligans themselves but the quality/innovation or whatever is irrelevant because the only reason people are wearing it is because it is the fashion within that culture.

I wouldn't wear Stone Island gear if it was free because I don't want to give off the impression that I want to be seen as a hooligan. Just like I never would have wanted a Burberry cap. I have always found it funny though that people that want to give off the impression of being a hardman at a footy match are so bothered about what each other is wearing.

I'm really not interested in fashion enough to know or care about interesting fabrics/dyes etc. Even if I was the negatives of being associated with hooliganism massively outweigh the benefits of it being good quality. Personally, if I pay good money for clothes I want it to be quality in the way it feels and lasts but I think there is a limit on that. I think there's a huge difference between a £10 t shirt and a £50 one but I don't think there's much between a £50 and a £150 one. I don't care what other people wear though. It does help me know who to avoid at least. The correlation between having a Stone Island badge on your arm and spending most of the time in the toilets snorting coke is definitely high.
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You've absolutely nailed this thread Nano, spot on
 
atypical_boro said:
"By 2005 the term had become widespread in its use as to refer to a type of anti-social, uncultured youth, who wear excessive flashy jewellery, white athletic shoes, baseball caps, and sham designer clothes. The girls commonly wear clothing which exposes their midriff."

TBF I think most people use the word 'chav' to describe 'brash' individuals these days, I don't think it is often entirely intended to be a slur on the working classes or the Romani folk.
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Agreed. I don't think it's exclusively a class thing - more about the vulgarity of external labels and Veblen goods.
 
JackG said:
Agreed. I don't think it's exclusively a class thing - more about the vulgarity of external labels and Veblen goods.
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Yes. For me it should just be a term exclusively reserved for those people who hire limousines for stag and hen parties then spend their entire journeys shouting random things at passers-by through the windows, as if these strangers are somehow supposed to be in awe of the fact that a large group of people they don't know can collectively afford to hire a limousine for half an hour in their hometown.

Is this judgey? Perhaps, but I think it is entirely fair. :)
 
grumpyoldgit said:
Just so I've got this right:
The 1970s were a time of decent fashion? Purple loons and platforms? Are you being serious?
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Yeah, and before that around the 40s. It was the last time men dressed a bit dandyish with a bit of flair and originality. My stuff tends to be flares and trousers - never wear jeans. Braces, waistcoats, hats brogues. 70s stuff is fantastic. The designer stuff is just so so boring. Menswear is so boring. I didn't like the book but American psycho absolutely nailed it.
 
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
Yeah, and before that around the 40s. It was the last time men dressed a bit dandyish with a bit of flair and originality. My stuff tends to be flares and trousers - never wear jeans. Braces, waistcoats, hats brogues. 70s stuff is fantastic. The designer stuff is just so so boring. Menswear is so boring. I didn't like the book but American psycho absolutely nailed it.
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Corduroy trousers I'm assuming 👀
 
I’m sorry but the term innovative fabric either sounds like a folk band form the Cheltenham Folk Festival or something Alan Partridge would say when describing his pullover

Man from C&A, innovative fabric
 
Raheem Sterling and Bukayo Saka are wearing Stone Island football boots for this World Cup..
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