Brands you think of as tacky

[Themammy101]

Lighthearted! Was chatting to some ladies at a group I attend and they were talking about fashion brands that is seen is tacky and trashy, superdry, Tommy Hilfiger, juicy couture, Adanola etc. do you agree with this? FWIW I do wear hilfiger jeans the odd time but seem to live in adanola as I find it nice fitting for my shape and very comfortable and never thought the brands as tacky per se but now I’m a bit paranoid, not that I care too much but nobody wants to appear tacky let’s be honest

Classic defenders are definitely not tacky. I was gutted when I had to sell mine. It was great fun and used for its intended purpose. The new ones are tacky though. Why Dyson?!

Dunelm

Whitefox is fine if you are teen or very early twenties.
Desperately tragic after that.
Ditto A&F.
Juicy.
Burberry.
Anything Shein or Temu.

Saw a FB group called Dry Robe W*ers. I have to admit that I am one myself, and couldn't give 2 shits about what others think. I live in the middle of the country too, and it rains 9 fucking months a year, and I have to walk my dog for 2h every single day. My dry robe is the best thing on Earth for this, so I proudly wear it 💅

Stanley cups getting a lot of hate presumably because the marketing team did their job well and convinced lots of teenagers that one of their products was a must have.

Getting away from the silly straw cup they actually make some very good products that do exactly what they say they do. The price point is high yes, but no worse than Yeti which gets less judgement. I own products from both and they are both brilliant.

I have to defend Stanley cups tbh. I have two now. Late to the party as only bought in last couple of months. I have the tall one with straw which I have at my desk and encourages me to drink a lot of water and I also bought a shorter black one with handle to fit in cup holders in new car we got. I am a fan.

DH has a beautiful long pure wool coat that he'll wear for meetings in Winter or perhaps a wedding, funeral or if he's going somewhere he needs to be smart and it's cold.
It's thirty plus years old and looks like new. There's no branding on the outside, the lining is dark navy and there's a subtle label inside. How the fuck can that be tacky?

River Island is a brand that has COMPLETELY changed since it first came out in the last 80s when I was around 16. The shops were fairly class, they had Ella Fitzgerald and the like playing over the speakers. I didn't go there for many years and got a big shock next time I went in there years later. Looked like a shop for hookers.

My dry robe is bright pink 😂 it’s probably incredibly tacky but it is also like wearing a waterproof duvet on the dog walk so I don’t care!

What brands do quiet luxury and which ones do you like?

Baylis and Harding. Soap and Glory. Tresseme shampoo. Basically pretty basic products which try to make out they are a premium brand.

Couldn’t agree more.

Why is Canada Goose tacky? I've bought one as an investment to keep me warm up to -15 degrees for all my travelling. It's light as a feather for the Carry-on and I've just used it on a trip to NY as it was -12 degrees!

Oh FFS please tell me you’re being ironic?

Temu and a lot of clothes and other brands sold on airline flights

From the past Giorgio Armani and other so called designer stuff.

I think it is teen girls who drink lattes if my bank balance is correct....

Oh brilliant. I would never convince my boy to wear anything. DS managed to get a pair on reindeer antlers on him for a photo, but he got them off asap haha

I've got several Hilfiger t-shirts - red or navy and white striped ones with a tiny striped logo on the hem. Also a plain blue corduroy shirt with the same small logo on the breast pocket. All of them are 100% cotton and I don't see how they are remotely tacky.

Superdry - again, I've got several plain t-shirts, long and short sleeved, with a small logo (just the initials SD I think) on the front. They're cotton, they wash very well, they don't become misshapen over time. They're good quality and value - how is that tacky?

I even admit to having a couple of things from Guess. Some wide-leg jeans and a chiffon floral shirt that I wear a tank top over. I think the jeans have a Guess label on the back pocket but it's not a big diamante logo or anything. Not tacky!

I have a designer outlet village near me that has a lot of the shops mentioned, all of the above and some others like like Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Kurt Geiger, Swarovski, Coach etc. While I don't go in for the stuff with big, obvious logos on it, I can almost always find nice things in most of these shops. So I wouldn't write off a whole label as not being my thing.

Yes I agree on this, and mentioned gym gear worn incessantly above.

Does no-one who wears leggings ever check the back view - and don't get me started on the ruched crack ones.

Because I can chuck it on the ground as a blanket, wrap a cold child in it while they’re waiting to go onto the rugby/football pitch, store a coffee flask and a handbag’s worth of stuff in the capacious pockets and put it on over the top of another coat or jacket (I can’t find a ‘normal’ long waterproof coat to fit my 5ft frame, that doesn’t have its waistband somewhere around my arse, so a cropped jacket for normal-sized people is my go-to).

Besides which, I love to watch people’s expressions when I reply, deadpan, that I got the dryrobe for when I’m doing my triathlon training. 😂

Not this again. Baylis and Harding have never made themselves out to be premium. They are a cheap dupe of Molton Brown. I find B&H decent for the price, we use their handwashes in our house. I'd never waste money on Molton Brown.

Tresseme is the same. Never made itself out to be premium and I don't understand why you got the impression it was? They are sold in massive bottles in supermarkets. Good value for money if you're on a budget.

I dont know about Soap and Glory. As a 50 something woman the style of that brandd doesn't appeal too much. I do use their pressed face powder though.

I think because it's been adopted by the road men wannabe types.

burberry
LV
blake
juicy coture
stone island

I don't mind superdry or hilfiger, ive got a couple of pairs of hilfiger jeans that fit really really well but must be ten yrs old?

Any 'Old school' jeans of which Levis are an example. Just my personal feeling. Designers begining with Chanel started selling aspirational items to ordinary little housewives to save the couture house from bankruptcy. The little housewives needed the logos to 'prove' the had Chanel. Now every brand aspires to be 'designer', of course the term itself is a bit of aspirational nonsense, because everything has to be designed by somebody. I normally don't go around telling other people they are tacky or voice these opinions. I just never buy or wear such items myself, with the added bonus I save money. I just joined in answering the thread OPs question.

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