Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Armani etc.....??

[bl0nde]

haha.. it doesnt bother me that ppl buy designer brand stuff. if i had the money i would buy it too.. I had a real lV bag til it got stolen haha.. yah but what does bother me is seeing little girls walking around with fakes.. my 10 yr old cousin is all like"i love lV" im like wtf... at that age i was still playing with barbies. and now she's turning into a little snob! grrrrr..

[trance4life]

i say if you want to buy it, go for it

[wum]

^ you go girl :)

[cinist]

i gave a couple of LV's as gifts for people and they seemed to like them but i dont think they're that special, it's not my thing that's for sure

my mom has all that stuff , she likes to shop

[bungoshlung]

wow, you must be really good friends with those to spend a couple grand on each

[COMATOS3]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

wow, you must be really good friends with those to spend a couple grand on each

lol...yeah she made it seem so simple...yeah i just bought 3 LV purses for my friends...they didnt like them...oh well:(

[cinist]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

wow, you must be really good friends with those to spend a couple grand on each

it wasn't a couple grand but ya we're friendly

[COMATOS3]

Originally Posted by cinist

ya we're friendly

what LV stuff did u buy them?(purse? wallet? etc...)

[cinist]

there not really a purse cuz its smaller, im not really sure what you'd call those?

[cinist]

i looked into it, it's a pouch aha

[ash1ee]

But shopping *is* my hobby.
/hairflip.


also...If I liked that bag. I would buy one. I think it is ugly..therefore I would never buy it. Even if it is an expensive trendy brand name.

[COMATOS3]

Originally Posted by cinist

i looked into it, it's a pouch aha

how much u pay fer 1

[cinist]

it was a gift of love


aint that sweet?

[COMATOS3]

Originally Posted by cinist

it was a gift of love


aint that sweet?

lol...very

[.anya]

mueh, i think a lot of these ooh-la-la brands (especially LV) have lost a lot of their appeal just 'cause there are so many fake ones out there. when i see a girl walking down the street with an LV bag now, it's not much of a status symbol, it's more like "yeah, that one's probably fake too..."

[lou_belle]

Originally Posted by .anya

mueh, i think a lot of these ooh-la-la brands (especially LV) have lost a lot of their appeal just 'cause there are so many fake ones out there. when i see a girl walking down the street with an LV bag now, it's not much of a status symbol, it's more like "yeah, that one's probably fake too..."

LOL that shit is so true! But only for the handbags and scarfs....when I see a HOT guy in like a Burberry sweater, or a pink Lacoste T? I fuck myself:P

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by cinist

it was a gift of love


aint that sweet?

does that mean they were fake?

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by .anya

mueh, i think a lot of these ooh-la-la brands (especially LV) have lost a lot of their appeal just 'cause there are so many fake ones out there. when i see a girl walking down the street with an LV bag now, it's not much of a status symbol, it's more like "yeah, that one's probably fake too..."

i hear ya..

i was coming down the mountain from school and this girl on teh bus had a fake burberry bag (yes, i can tell) and she was all eyeing my bag... its real bitch! hehe :P

[cinist]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

does that mean they were fake?

no they were both very real, unfortunatnly

[ginger.ninja]

Originally Posted by lou_belle

Splurge???....on education? Boy...you sound really boring.

education could mean a variety of things, from photography school to travel to whatevs..

maybe you'd prefer to talk about your nails/hair/clothes. I personally am a fan substance and am FAR from boring.

[ginger.ninja]

Originally Posted by -ff-

Smart cookie, this one.
If I had any karma left to give, I'd give it to you.

:) Thanks! I was thinking the same thing about you btw...you already gave me some karma with your intelligent contributions.

[ginger.ninja]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

please explain this..

Ok.. here's an example:

Little Sally just got paid, and she can't wait to blow her earnings at the local mall, on say, a handbag.

She buys the said handbag, gets it home and checks the tag which reads: MADE IN CHINA.

This prompts Sally to THINK GLOBALLY:

"Oh.. made in China.. not made in Canada.. so the profits aren't all staying in the Canadian economy.. and I have no idea what kind of working conditions the makers of this bag underwent, where the materials came from and what kind of environmental damage happened for the creation of my lovely new acessory... but it looks cool and matches my new pink skirt, so it's ALL GOOD."

ALL GOOD? yeah. right. Sally is just fooling herself into thinking this is all ok, just to look good (and spend a fortune in doing so).

After a few days of wearing the bag, noticing that every Sue, Jane and Mary has the SAME BAG... life is getting pretty boring (homogenized culture), and Sally still wonders from time to time about what "MADE IN CHINA" really means.

She decides this bag wasn't a good choice. She'd rather own something more unique, that was made in her own Country with human rights in mind.

So she takes the said cursed bag back to the mall, takes a jaunt over to Gastown or Main Street, and ACTS LOCALLY. She buys a beautiful little bag from a shop in her own city, where she meets the designer and learns about the safe and healthy work practices this designer provides for her employees.

Sally's friends marvel at the uniqueness of her new fashion addition and everyone's a winner.

[bungoshlung]

^while doing that, sally has sentenced the people who depend on the few cents a day they make to support themselves and their families to death.

you can pay for something local and be proud that you have a product from canada. or, you can buy the thing you feel like buying and not have to look so hard for a canadian product and be able to provide income for the people who make the product, the ones who package it, the ones who ship it, the one who order the product over here, the ones who receive the products etc etc.

i would rather my money go towards helping as many people as possible instead of being stuck up and buying only canadian/local products

[ginger.ninja]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

^while doing that, sally has sentenced the people who depend on the few cents a day they make to support themselves and their families to death.

you can pay for something local and be proud that you have a product from canada. or, you can buy the thing you feel like buying and not have to look so hard for a canadian product and be able to provide income for the people who make the product, the ones who package it, the ones who ship it, the one who order the product over here, the ones who receive the products etc etc.

i would rather my money go towards helping as many people as possible instead of being stuck up and buying only canadian/local products

Likely response. That's like putting a band-aid on the big wound that is the degradation of developing countries. Why is it ok to impose our western values and way of life on struggling nations?

Buy your designer shit, make the rich richer and ensure the poor barely survive, in addition to keeping the local artist from making a living. Just doesn't make sense to me.

[bungoshlung]

what am i imposing on and degrading developing nations? by giving them a few cents everytime i buy something that's made from their country.

so am i supposed to just support the local artists and make them rich and then have their shit copied world wide? and when that happens, guess what, you'll still have child labourers making the fake products.