What is 'Bench'?

[bakedpotato]

I found some nice sunglasses online, the downside being they are emblazoned with the word 'Bench'. I know nothing about the brand, is it chavvy/sporty/bling/exceedingly youthful/fash-victimy/whatever?

I don't want to embarrass myself (or any 'kids' who might be humiliated to find themselves sharing a logo with the stout, middleaged buggy-pusher standing next to them on the bus)

overpriced stuff for teens/young adults.

I had never heard of it before seeing it in TKmaxx, either!

Sold in most catalogues.

tis Skate.
Stick to thinks with the smaller logos - sunglasses should be fine, but the six-inch high letters down one leg / across arse etc are best left to the kidz.

I had a jumper from them way back in the 90s with a cool asymmetric zip.

Urban streetwear...I say if you like it wear it!!

I have seen "skirts" the size of belts on which the word bench covers most of the back side..it is teen stuff

LOL @ 'skate' and 'urban streetwear'

Barely know what these are

DS1 (13) has a T shirt and DD1 (24) has a jacket, if that helps narrow it down for you, bp

I've got Bench trousers and a Bench zip up fleece. Dh has a couple of Bench t-shirts. My brothers have Bench t-shirts and fleeces too.

Stuff for impressionable kids, looks incredibly silly with it written all over your clothes.

realised i was definately old when i thought why on earth are people wearing stuff saying bench

i wondered that today, a (really nice, but v v trendy looking)mum had a NICE (drool) t-shirt with "bench" on it, at music group. I hadn't come across that one before. old at 27 - i say!!!!

I have now noticed that ds has a "top" with bench on too..

dd 14 has a few bench tops,overpriced teen stuff imo

errr.. I am 38 and have a bench fleece and a couple of tops. nothing too skimpy tho :)

I'm 33 and wear the 'tamer' Bench stuff. Nowt wrong with it. Doesn't look mutton!

its a bit of a chav-ish label i understand like Hooch

bench isn't always that cheap tho, I bought the boys bench shorts from house of fraser, (v small logos) and was a bit miffed to see it in TK Maxx! It's a bit annoying how so many designers are seen as chavish now.

I like it for scruffier days - except for the blimmin "Bench" written all over it - I try to find the more subtle items.

Lovely long arms - I'm like a gibbon with my long arms and can rarely find sleeves long enough. Bench do them extra long for that sleeves-over-hands surly teen look.

i think its more "labels" than designer stuff itself kelly that's seen as chavvy. Consequently anything with Bench or Hooch or Nike scrawled all over it looks "chav" even though the clothes themselves are quite nice

I guess you are right jampots though I was beginning to wonder if I was turning into a chav! I walk round Slough, and my children have clothes by the same designers as the local chavs. And they all seem to be pushing trad style prams liek mine too - huge emmaljunga type things. Maybe I should jsut resign to chavdom.

I am most certainly not a chav. My bench pants have a subtle 'bench' logo on them in the same colour as the pants so hardly noticeable.