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Slogan Clothes

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Iwanttoliveinagardencentre · 18/10/2025 09:25

Why does anyone want clothes with whatever supposed inspirational / suggestive / brand name slogan emblazoned across them?

I would honestly rather wear a bin bag.

YABU = they are great
YANBU = they are stupid

OP posts:
Netcurtainnelly · 18/10/2025 13:00

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:43

T-shirts with slogans should match with the person. There was the time where I saw a boy wearing "well behaved" on his t-shirt and he was not well behaved.

Then a lady who was about a size 24, wearing a very tight top saying "sexy babe". So tight that you saw more flab than t-shirt.

She might have been sexy to some.

ModernLife1sRubbish · 18/10/2025 12:56

I don't buy slogan t-shirts but I really couldn't get excited about other people wearing them.

They occasionally make me laugh. I once saw a very ordinary middle age man walking down the street, in daytime, on his own with a t-shirt emblazoned with "I fuck on a first date". The ridiculousness of it still makes me laugh. I imagine a lot of people on here would probably find it quite sinister though.

ConnieHeart · 18/10/2025 12:55

scalt · 18/10/2025 09:34

As a child, I had a badge which said "stop reading my badge".

And YABU, Mumsnet is a gold mine of slogan clothes:
AIBU?
I hate summer.
My eyes are up here, tits pervert. (arrow pointing up)
Shoes off in my house.
I do not answer the front door.
It's not Christmas yet, it's only November.

You'd be drawing people's eyes to your chest if you're wearing a slogan tshirt

drspouse · 18/10/2025 12:55

I've got a lovely one with Courage Calls to Courage and another one from Man Who Has It All that says Girly Swot.
I'm all for wearing my feminist credentials on my sleeve (or chest).

Slightyamusedandsilly · 18/10/2025 12:50

Can't bear any sort of message on clothes. Or visible brand labels. Those bags covered in logos make my skin crawl in dislike.

Ablushingcrow · 18/10/2025 12:49

I'm clearly a bit dim, because I thought the title meant Slogan was a brand of clothing. I'll get my coat....

JBJ · 18/10/2025 12:43

I’ve usually got on a band T-shirt or something with lyrics or a funny saying. I like that kind of stuff for everyday wear!

JBJ · 18/10/2025 12:42

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:37

I see young girls wearing Ramones t-shirts. I feel like asking them name a song or album from them.

Someone did that to my teenage son once and he listed about 50 songs 🤣

FoxBaseBeta · 18/10/2025 12:37

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:37

I see young girls wearing Ramones t-shirts. I feel like asking them name a song or album from them.

God I hate this attitude, I could have easily reeled off the song names for you as a young girl. In fact much more so than I could now as a forgetful middle aged perimenopausal woman.

BitOutOfPractice · 18/10/2025 12:36

Hmm I know what you mean op. Some of them are naff. I do wear my beloved football team’s shirt - but only in the gym or to matches. I have a sweatshirt from the university I actually went to. And I have a top that says “YES BAB” on the front (I’m from the Black Country but don’t live there) which makes me smile.

are any of them allowed?

EmpressaurusKitty · 18/10/2025 12:34

I don’t understand why people wear clothes with logos or random words but that’s fine, because it’s not me who’s wearing them.

I do have quite a good collection of tops with feminist slogans on though.

Netcurtainnelly · 18/10/2025 12:31

Don't understand why you eould pay loads to advertise Adidas or Nike etc.
They should pay you to advertise for them.

zingally · 18/10/2025 12:18

I only ever buy place name t-shirts and jumpers for places I've actually been to.

I was thinking about this in Primark a couple of weeks ago. So many of their cropped t-shirts and jumpers say things like Miami, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park etc. I was wondering how many teenage girls, shopping in a smallish Primark in a town in the English midlands, have actually been to any of these places?

The last few years, when on holiday, I try and dress the children in more classic, neutral, timeless pieces, rather than the usual Disney and superhero fare. Purely because they then look better in photos. Less garish and it drives more attention to their faces/expressions and the surroundings, than a hot-pink t-shirt with Stitch's face leering out at the camera.
I'm sure that would be silly to some people, and the rest of the time I don't give a stuff what they've chosen to wear that day, but that's just our preference for holidays where we're taking a lot of photos and then selecting photos that we might like to put in frames at home.

Purplecatshopaholic · 18/10/2025 12:02

I have some, eg band tee shirts, or Hard Rock Cafe tee shirts from the city I got them in. I am fine with those. Tee shirts with strange catch phrases on, or the brand in HUGE letters, I am less keen on for myself, but each to their own.

NewYorkSummer · 18/10/2025 11:58

londongirl12 · 18/10/2025 11:16

Reading this as I sit here in an adidas top 🤣
good job we live in a world where we’re all different. How boring it would be if we all wore the same. Maybe focus on something more important to get wound up about.

Reading this as I sit here in a Brooklyn top. I have actually been to Brooklyn, but I didn’t actually buy it there 😆

BilingualDoggo · 18/10/2025 11:56

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:37

I see young girls wearing Ramones t-shirts. I feel like asking them name a song or album from them.

My 15 year old niece loves them and could reel off loads of their songs with lyrics if you wanted. The young people I know who wear band T-shirts are really into their music. Young people’s music tastes seem to really span the decades which is great so I think you’d probably show yourself up if you are expecting them not to be able to name a load of songs,

CryMyEyesViolet · 18/10/2025 11:50

I’m sat here in a jumper that says San Antonio, but I did buy it in San Antonio. I’m hankering after a Blakely hoodie too, but I do have mostly plain tee shirts.

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:43

T-shirts with slogans should match with the person. There was the time where I saw a boy wearing "well behaved" on his t-shirt and he was not well behaved.

Then a lady who was about a size 24, wearing a very tight top saying "sexy babe". So tight that you saw more flab than t-shirt.

Redpeach · 18/10/2025 11:41

I dont like any logos, nike ticks etc

notedbiscuits · 18/10/2025 11:37

I see young girls wearing Ramones t-shirts. I feel like asking them name a song or album from them.

cardibach · 18/10/2025 11:35

i used to hate them - any design on the front really - but I’ve got a few I really like now. My tastes have changed a bit. Not anything trite or sickly sweet though.

WonderfulSmith · 18/10/2025 11:21

I don’t wear anything like that myself, but I don’t care that other people do.

sweeneytoddsrazor · 18/10/2025 11:17

I have some that say random things like New York sports club. The ones I hate are the velour trackie trousers with Juicy across the arse

londongirl12 · 18/10/2025 11:16

Reading this as I sit here in an adidas top 🤣
good job we live in a world where we’re all different. How boring it would be if we all wore the same. Maybe focus on something more important to get wound up about.

Periwinkletoes · 18/10/2025 11:15

I always worry that I'll be one of those people interviewed on the news after some terrible tragedy with 'Fun times!' or something equally inappropriate emblazoned on my chest.