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Pihrd · 2025-04-21T21:54:37+00:00

Why can’t you get a plain hoodie or tshirt any more? They’re all emblazoned with New York, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Arizona etc. I can see buying one if you’re in that state on holiday, but why are they being sold everywhere in the UK? Are they selling them with Blackpool, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast on them in the US? You see Paris or Milan ones too but the states dominate. Why are clothing manufacturers doing this? And why are people buying them? Let us have plain clothes please!

steff13 · 22/04/2025 21:10

FionnulaTheCooler · 22/04/2025 21:09

Teenage DD likes the football ones despite never having seen a game of NFL. She has a Dallas Cowboys one because she likes their cheerleading squad and another one I can't remember the name of because Taylor Swifts boyfriend plays for them, apparently. It's harmless enough, they're just t shirts.

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FionnulaTheCooler · 22/04/2025 21:09

henlake7 · 21/04/2025 23:06

Those Primark ones really do irritate me. I can see having maybe a couple with New York or Nevado on for instance but a whole expensive range of American university's and football teams?
Waste of space in the store.....they could be making nicer and cheaper versions.

Teenage DD likes the football ones despite never having seen a game of NFL. She has a Dallas Cowboys one because she likes their cheerleading squad and another one I can't remember the name of because Taylor Swifts boyfriend plays for them, apparently. It's harmless enough, they're just t shirts.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 21:06

CreationNat1on · 22/04/2025 21:00

I bought a hoody that had the year 1986 embroidered across the front, thought it might make me look younger 😆😜. As in the false year of my birth.

Im contradicting everything I’ve said on this thread about hating writing and characters on clothes. I’ve got a Beetlejuice T-shirt that’s got 1988 written across. I bought it because it’s the year I was born. So I’m a hypocrite!

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 21:05

Needmorelego · 22/04/2025 20:55

@mathanxiety I'm not sure if the camping place was real or made up to be honest.

It’ll be Grand Teton. It’s up there with the New Yorks and Floridas when it comes to hoodies.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 21:03

AmazingBouncingFerret · 22/04/2025 20:26

This has annoyed my daughter for years.
She won’t shop in New Look anymore because she’ll see what she thinks is a nice jumper/hoodie/tshirt and it ends up having Los Angeles or Florida written across the front.

I could not sympathise more! This is what gets to me. They’re nice clothes ruined by the writing.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 21:01

Floatlikeafeather2 · 22/04/2025 20:06

I have several plain sweatshirts. I absolutely hate shopping for clothes which means I don't spend much time doing it so it's honestly not that hard to find them. I get your wider point though - I would feel silly walking around with anything written on me actually.

I agree. I don’t get writing on clothes at all. I also don’t get characters on them, unless you’re actually going to Disney or only wearing them at home.

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CreationNat1on · 22/04/2025 21:00

I bought a hoody that had the year 1986 embroidered across the front, thought it might make me look younger 😆😜. As in the false year of my birth.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 20:59

Morevinegar · 22/04/2025 20:00

Yes OP! I can’t stand them, I’d happily wear a sweatshirt with ‘Surbiton’ or ‘Tooting’ on it but I detest the American ones!

‘Hartlepool’ and ‘Torquay’. There’s a gap in the market here. This is the proper, realistic, way to brag about places we’ve visited.

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Needmorelego · 22/04/2025 20:55

@mathanxiety I'm not sure if the camping place was real or made up to be honest.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 22/04/2025 20:26

This has annoyed my daughter for years.
She won’t shop in New Look anymore because she’ll see what she thinks is a nice jumper/hoodie/tshirt and it ends up having Los Angeles or Florida written across the front.

Happyher · 22/04/2025 20:25

Temporaryname158 · 21/04/2025 22:56

Yep, I wouldn’t buy one that’s for sure! It made me laugh the thought of Americans wearing a Blackpool hoodie!

I did find it funny when I went in to a New York bar and they had banners on the wall for R Whites Lemonade and Newcastle Brown like we have banners with Budweiser and Miller Lite!

nomas · 22/04/2025 20:20

mathanxiety · 22/04/2025 19:48

Speak for yourself.

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I think only 1% of Brits would be able to point to Minnesota on a map, same as only 1% of Yanks would be able to point to Blackpool on a map.

mathanxiety · 22/04/2025 20:16

Needmorelego · 22/04/2025 19:59

@mathanxiety it is odd that the fashion buyers of Primark etc decided that we (the Brits) would want to wear a hoodie with the name of an American city most of us have never been too.
I'm not irritated by it like the OP - just baffled.
I actually saw a cute t-shirt that was one of those fake faded ones that was for a (pretend?) camping place in somewhere like Wyoming (I forget the actual place).
It was a cute t-shirt but it actually made me sad because I haven't actually been there and never will even though I think it sounds nice.

I wonder what the place was? Camping in Wyoming isn't for the faint of heart thanks to all sorts of wildlife.

I don't think it's odd that buyers/ marketers identified a market for an 80s throwback fashion. That's what they do. One year it's American college gear, next year it's I'm With Stupid -> and the like...

Floatlikeafeather2 · 22/04/2025 20:06

I have several plain sweatshirts. I absolutely hate shopping for clothes which means I don't spend much time doing it so it's honestly not that hard to find them. I get your wider point though - I would feel silly walking around with anything written on me actually.

EmpressaurusKitty · 22/04/2025 20:01

I have way too many sweatshirts & hoodies. Only two have got writing on: my Adult Human Female hoodie, and a 'keep your distance' sweatshirt from the pandemic. I'm wearing that one now, as it's no longer suitable for general use - though it could be useful in some circumstances, I guess.

Yes, the only clothes I’ve got with writing on are Adult Human Female & the like - several witch tops from Wild Womyn’s Workshop, but I got all of them to make a statement with.

Morevinegar · 22/04/2025 20:00

Yes OP! I can’t stand them, I’d happily wear a sweatshirt with ‘Surbiton’ or ‘Tooting’ on it but I detest the American ones!

Needmorelego · 22/04/2025 19:59

@mathanxiety it is odd that the fashion buyers of Primark etc decided that we (the Brits) would want to wear a hoodie with the name of an American city most of us have never been too.
I'm not irritated by it like the OP - just baffled.
I actually saw a cute t-shirt that was one of those fake faded ones that was for a (pretend?) camping place in somewhere like Wyoming (I forget the actual place).
It was a cute t-shirt but it actually made me sad because I haven't actually been there and never will even though I think it sounds nice.

AprilBunny · 22/04/2025 19:55

Pihrd · 22/04/2025 19:49

Yes, you make a good point. I hated all of these trends too. Just want the nice designs without the writing.

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I don’t like plain sweatshirts, I love plain jumpers but for some reason plain sweatshirts remind of a prison uniform
and if I do try one on I know I won’t wear it.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 19:49

AprilBunny · 22/04/2025 19:18

Honestly I think you are overthinking this, it’s just a fast fashion thing. A few years ago there were lots of positive messages on sweatshirts, be kind and things like that. Then there were nature ones, I have lots with mountains and slogans such as adventure. Next we had Paris, Milan and New York, now there are American states etc and American universities.

Yes, you make a good point. I hated all of these trends too. Just want the nice designs without the writing.

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mathanxiety · 22/04/2025 19:48

Pihrd · 22/04/2025 02:31

Why though? Why do you want to walk around with Minnesota plastered on your jumper when you couldn’t point at it on a map?

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Speak for yourself.

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Pihrd · 22/04/2025 19:47

CreationNat1on · 22/04/2025 19:03

Primark sent their designers to USA thrift stores to pick up trendy revival items, like 1980s 90s fashion. Those varsity pull overs were considered retro and cool, so they started making them again.

That’s interesting! Didn’t know they were popular in the 80s/90s but it explains the earlier photo of Diana wearing one.

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mathanxiety · 22/04/2025 19:42

Needmorelego · 21/04/2025 23:16

@mathanxiety you live in America don't you?
Can you tell us - does Walmart or Target sell hoodies with "London" or "Yorkshire" printed on? We need to know 😂😂😂

Nope. I doubt anyone even makes such clothing, though I don't normally go to souvenir shops when I travel.

Walmart, Target, and other places do sometimes sell merchandise with placenames like Venice Beach, Malibu, Florida Keys, Key West, Nantucket, Cape Cod, etc, and official apparel of various local sport teams.

Elementary schools, high schools, community colleges, and universities all sell 'spirit wear' and branded merchandise (t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, sweatpants, pajama pants, sweaters, wallets, insulated mugs, etc). I have several hoodies from universities my DCs went to. They're all nice quality items. I also have some random hoodies from a national park, a midwest state, and a farm in a neighbouring state whose main product is honey. Those three appeared over the years, probably abandoned by DCs, so they're mine now.

We don't have any commercially branded clothing - 'Pink' or 'Gap' or 'Michael Kors' stuff for instance. I think that's a bit trashy.

AprilBunny · 22/04/2025 19:18

Honestly I think you are overthinking this, it’s just a fast fashion thing. A few years ago there were lots of positive messages on sweatshirts, be kind and things like that. Then there were nature ones, I have lots with mountains and slogans such as adventure. Next we had Paris, Milan and New York, now there are American states etc and American universities.

LadyNairne · 22/04/2025 19:08

Because American cities and towns are aspirational and people who aren’t American want to look like they’re American.

I think this will change but it’ll take time. Most people don’t follow the news and don’t yet realise that America has lost a bit of street cred recently… if it even has.

nomas · 22/04/2025 19:05

Pihrd · 22/04/2025 18:59

That’s true. PJs I wouldn’t care but sometimes I see a lovely cozy hoodie perfect to throw on over leggings on an April day but they’ve handily suck ‘Yale’ over the front, and wearing it in a northern town in England would making me look like a dickhead who’s pretending she went to Yale 😅

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Oh yeah, the Yale and Harvard ones are the worst! I don’t mind them on others but wouldn’t wear it myself.

I bought a lovely Chicago Bulls v necked sweatshirt because of the rare v-neck, but couldn’t tell you if they play basketball or baseball or American football.