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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!

Speckson · 21/04/2025 23:51

Slightly off topic, but our Canadian cousins found DH's "Studland" t-shirt hilarious.
We live near Studland and it had never occurred to us that it might be misconstrued.
(nb. available in many colours from the National Trust shop 😁)

nyancatdays · 21/04/2025 23:50

mathanxiety · 21/04/2025 23:12

You don't have to buy them if they're not to your taste.

There's clearly a market for them if they keep on stocking them, so somebody must like them.

For some reason they are everywhere in the shops this season and have been since January. I suspect someone in some design forecasters a few months ago thought it would be the in look this year (maybe on a wave of hopeful Kamala Harris optimism?) — but didn’t quite anticipate the extent of the last couple of months’ Trump-Musk shenanigans and the strength of anti-US feeling 😆🤦‍♀️

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Pihrd · 21/04/2025 23:50

chateo · 21/04/2025 23:23

I’ve got one with Seattle on. Never been but would love to one day when Trump isn’t in power. Weird that it bothers anyone else tbh. I see loads of plain ones too.

It bothers me because you see a lovely coloured, comfortable looking piece of clothing that you think would suit you. Then nine times out of ten it’s got a random place name emblazoned across it. I just don’t understand why.

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Pihrd · 21/04/2025 23:48

Meadowfinch · 21/04/2025 23:18

There are plenty of plain sweatshirts & hoodies around. I don't see the problem.

Just choose something else.

It is difficult to get a plain hoodie or T-shirt.

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Pihrd · 21/04/2025 23:46

FKAT · 21/04/2025 23:15

Yes you're right. It's physically impossible to buy any t-shirt that doesn't have the name of an Ivy League university on the front. I believe it's now illegal in fact. Fewmin'.

Right, well, thanks for that.

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Sunsweetsandandicecream · 21/04/2025 23:30

chateo · 21/04/2025 23:23

I’ve got one with Seattle on. Never been but would love to one day when Trump isn’t in power. Weird that it bothers anyone else tbh. I see loads of plain ones too.

Definately go for it, I went many moons ago. It was incredible!

ItGhoul · 21/04/2025 23:30

They’re everywhere because lots of people like them.

It isn’t remotely difficult to find plain ones.

Sunsweetsandandicecream · 21/04/2025 23:28

I can understand wearing it, if it is somewhere you've visited on holiday, and have fond memories though, or if it has a connection in a nother way/somewhere you want to visit. Otherwise, it's a bit random, almost like wearing a team shirt of a sport you know nothing about/don't support. I'm not bothered by it though. I have a few!

chateo · 21/04/2025 23:23

I’ve got one with Seattle on. Never been but would love to one day when Trump isn’t in power. Weird that it bothers anyone else tbh. I see loads of plain ones too.

hereismydog · 21/04/2025 23:22

Shitmonger · 21/04/2025 23:18

You have to tell us which state it was! 😂

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The one with Lincoln as its capital city

Emoleno · 21/04/2025 23:19

"Comfort cinema capsule" sounds like pretentious twaddle for 'slobbing around gear'.

Shitmonger · 21/04/2025 23:18

hereismydog · 21/04/2025 23:15

I have a jumper with the name of a US state on it that DP got me for Christmas because it has a funny/sentimental meaning to us. I had a lot of interventions during my induction and kept begging the midwife to stop when I didn’t mean it, so she stopped and things weren’t progressing. I suggested we use a ‘safe word’ so she would know she still had my consent even if I was making a terrible fuss. She asked me what word I wanted to use when I’d just taken a big old huff on the gas and air, and I blurted out the name of a random US state I’ve never been to and have no connection with

Other than that, I wouldn’t buy one! Hi midwife, if you happen to read this 🤭

You have to tell us which state it was! 😂

Meadowfinch · 21/04/2025 23:18

There are plenty of plain sweatshirts & hoodies around. I don't see the problem.

Just choose something else.

worcesterpear · 21/04/2025 23:17

AprilBunny · 21/04/2025 23:00

I have a few of these plus a Paris one, I wear them because I love sweatshirts but absolutely hate plain ones. I wear them in the house and they are part of my comfort cinema capsule.

What's a comfort cinema capsule? (Never heard of this phrase before).

Yes agree in general, unlikely you'd get Americans wearing English football team shirts, or names of universities other than Oxford or Cambridge.

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 😂😂😂

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 21/04/2025 23:16

It’s been around for ages but I’d never wear it.

hereismydog · 21/04/2025 23:15

I have a jumper with the name of a US state on it that DP got me for Christmas because it has a funny/sentimental meaning to us. I had a lot of interventions during my induction and kept begging the midwife to stop when I didn’t mean it, so she stopped and things weren’t progressing. I suggested we use a ‘safe word’ so she would know she still had my consent even if I was making a terrible fuss. She asked me what word I wanted to use when I’d just taken a big old huff on the gas and air, and I blurted out the name of a random US state I’ve never been to and have no connection with

Other than that, I wouldn’t buy one! Hi midwife, if you happen to read this 🤭

FKAT · 21/04/2025 23:15

Yes you're right. It's physically impossible to buy any t-shirt that doesn't have the name of an Ivy League university on the front. I believe it's now illegal in fact. Fewmin'.

ErrolTheDragon · 21/04/2025 23:13

MoodyMargaret11 · 21/04/2025 23:04

Haha, I imagine the Harvard one is for social status. Although they're sold in masses, who knows maybe you are one of the few who actually went to Harvard 🤣 Same as the NYC and LA ones, maybe you'd been to these flashy locations living the Dream!

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Social status? Wearing the name or logo of a uni you haven’t been to is naff in the extreme, I doubt they fool anyone.

Needmorelego · 21/04/2025 23:13

AprilBunny · 21/04/2025 23:05

I don’t even notice what’s written on mine, if the colour suits me, it’s the right length, feels comfy and goes with my bottom halves then I’ll buy it. I don’t think a £6 sweatshirt is something to overthink.

How can you "not notice" a giant logo that says "New York" or "Yale" on it.
(see that photo above ^ - you really don't notice that?)

mathanxiety · 21/04/2025 23:12

You don't have to buy them if they're not to your taste.

There's clearly a market for them if they keep on stocking them, so somebody must like them.

Needmorelego · 21/04/2025 23:12

MoodyMargaret11 · 21/04/2025 23:04

Haha, I imagine the Harvard one is for social status. Although they're sold in masses, who knows maybe you are one of the few who actually went to Harvard 🤣 Same as the NYC and LA ones, maybe you'd been to these flashy locations living the Dream!

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Is having gone to Harvard (or Yale) a status thing in the UK.
I mean I know they are fancy universities in America. I'm not sure exactly where they are without looking it up.

BlueLoris · 21/04/2025 23:11

I always found it irritating but now it’s even worse. why would you want to wear anything that affiliates you with that country?

Emoleno · 21/04/2025 23:09

I agree, op.
They're just so stupid-looking.

Needmorelego · 21/04/2025 23:07

ErrolTheDragon · 21/04/2025 23:03

wonder if they’re made in China and were intended to be sold in the US but being dumped on the U.K.? I can’t imagine why you’d buy a garment with a random placename on it.

Primark (and other retailers) has sold them for years (on and off).
I doubt they are unwanted chinese products.