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

Tresseme advertises itself as "salon quality hair care" when it clearly is nothing like an expensive salon brand.

Baylis and Harding - I'm thinking of their gift sets, which are beautifully packaged to look much more expensive than they are.

Soap and Glory is marketed with an old style functional appeal, like Benefit.

Im all these brands are using marketing to look better than the actual product. I'm sure the products are fine, but they are not the premium products they pretend to be.

I'll add Ferrero Rocher and Lindors to that list!

Why’s it such a big deal? Trainers were originally designed as a comfortable, functional shoe for sport and now people wear them all the time. It’s almost like things can have one use but then that has evolves.

Thanks @GenechandlerHeyMrBigshotNsoul but what are 'road men wannabe types'?

Tiffany. Chavtastic.

Scotch tm

I wouldn’t have had a clue about that 🫤😁

The actual jewellery is ok by which I mean the proper stuff. They have very pretty diamonds in the better colour grades.

But I agree the stuff with the big hallmarks at "affordable prices" is a different mood.

I was gutted when they changed everything from the original RI to just another generic shop. It used to play Cab Calloway and had a lovely old jazz feel to the place. Haven’t be in for years but have still never forgiven them!

What do the words mean?

Drug dealer look.

Sorry OP Adanola.

Michael Kors, Holland Cooper, Gucci (but only the heavily branded stuff). In fact, anything covered in logos is tacky

Google AI says “It is not a phrase commonly used in Japanese, but rather a literal translation of "Maximum Dry" created using machine translation.”

Anything designer, Gucci, Louis Vuitton (awful), Crocs!!!!!!!!!

I look at clothes on here and in real life and I do judge-in the sense of "I'd never wear that"

I think a lot of what is suggested on here, especially "occasion" wear, is hideous. I might say so on here. I'd never say so in real life. In real life most people's clothes are just a bit well, ordinary, a bit dull. but I'd never say so out loud.

Clothes for me, after they've fulfilled their primary functions of covering your nakedness and coping with the weather, should be fun.

Comparing this thread with a recent "how to look polished" thread makes me think the people in the "tacky" brands might be having more fun than the "polished" bunch. [dressing in the "polished" stuff sounded expensive and hard work to look expensively dull. And no, if I meet any "polished" posters I won't say that out loud either]

I've clocked one "tacky" brand I own. [And really Radley bags? Mid range, well made, long lasting and practical cross body bags are tacky??]

I don't own the brands deemed to be "tacky" on this thread because I simply don't like them - in the same way I don't own Sezanne, Phase Eight, Roman, Converse because I don't like them.

I don't think any brand is tacky except offensive and sexist slogan t-shirts and children's clothes with stupidly gendered slogans.

PLouise. Tackyness defined in a lip gloss.

That's brilliant thank you! I have a Rab jacket and Inov 8 trail shoes. Like the look of La Sportiva, do they come up quite narrow? Sorry to derail from the general theme of the thread to everyone else

I am a wild swimmer but mine (regatta version) has made it out a lot in the incessant rain and wind so far this year.

And there's been no opportunity to swim in the wild seas.

I look utterly ridiculous but I am warm and dry so no longer care.

Tx

New Balance is on the list for me from working in a deprived area, heavy benefit reliance, all NB trainer wearers

Oh blimey! Thanks 😁

Highly polished very long pointed nails like Cynthia Erivo’s

I’m 59, and I have only just managed to buy my first Pandora jewellery in the last couple of months. My daughter, although been given Pandora gifts before, is the same.

Not everyone can afford it easily.

Why can’t anyone walk in off the street and buy from any shop they want?

Agree if I don't like a brand, I don't buy it but I don't see the point on judging others for buying what makes them happy.

Anything with a huge logo on it - especially high end designer brands (guess, gucci, Louis vuitton spring to mind), it just screams "look at me and how much money I spent on this tacky piece of clothing"