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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 04 Jun 2011 9:58 am

That's because heaps of Singaporeans don't know style, just think they do. Put a European label on it and they will buy it, especially if it's got an artificially inflated price. More money means better right? :-|
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Post by BillyB » Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:07 pm

Burberry, in my opinion, produce some of the best clothing in the world. The design and styling are usually exceptional and the tailoring and cut on the clothing tends to be top notch.

The problem is that people associate the brand to be synonymous with items with the famous Burberry check plastered all over it - as seen at football matches, on the jeremy kyle show, driving around in maxed out Nova's and Citroen saxo's.

Personally, I think Louis Vuitton is a pikey brand with every tom, dick and harry parading a bag of some sort in Asia.

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Post by JayCee » Sat, 04 Jun 2011 5:31 pm

earthfriendly wrote:
JayCee wrote:
Barnsley wrote:Real or Fake ..... Just say no to Burberry anyway.
+50

Burberry is chav-wear for football hooligans, give it a miss
In Britain yes. However it is very popular with Korean ladies and they carry it well. No negative connotation there. One man's meat is another's poison.
Read what SMS said a couple of posts up, just as relevant to Koreans as Singaporeans

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Post by JayCee » Sat, 04 Jun 2011 5:33 pm

BillyB wrote:Personally, I think Louis Vuitton is a pikey brand with every tom, dick and harry parading a bag of some sort in Asia.
Agreed, I don't see the fascination people in Asia have with this brand, if everyone's got it it's not exclusive anymore is it? :?

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Post by ksl » Sat, 04 Jun 2011 5:58 pm

If one was aware of business and marketing, one would also realise, how not to waste your money!

The Brand Image costs millions, and that is also what you pay for, nothing more. I would expect any clothes designer to deliver at a reasonable cost, and that is why I don't agree that Buuurberry is a Chav British brand, but rather a marketing and branding exercise for a specific wealthy class, hardly the working class would even copy it, let alone wear it. It's far too conservative for the football hooligan or working class to afford.

I'm pretty sure the quality is spot on too, but so is M&S for the price, and i would also guess M&S target a large range of consumer. Though you can see the specific difference in price and branding.

I've never been egoistically excited about brands, probably because I cannot afford to be a part of the elite purchasers, I mean it's just another life style.

I had to laugh at the Singaporean woman who stole several million $ from her workplace, to support her habit of brands. After her conviction she replied to the judge, but how can I live without my brands and high society lifestyle I'm ruined :lol:
if every one's got it it's not exclusive anymore is it?
Good copies are easy to come buy, but you just pay more for them, markets are saturated with copies mainland communistic strategies at undermining western stable economies by immigration and subversion tactics of setting up copy factories within, and it appears to work, costing UK a few billion$ a year though that is another discussion.

Though Topshop sells all the top fashion from the catwalk at low retail price!

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