For those of you that aren’t from Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, China etc. you might not be familiar with one of these. This Burberry Blue Label ‘Super Bible’ supplement came with my copy of a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine called Monday. It isn’t instigated by Burberry’s advertising department, it’s purely produced by Monday on their own accord and basically details all the latest Burberry Blue Label products you can buy and their prices. Every week, they produce a new ‘Super Bible’ for some other bigwig bag-centric label. You do realise that I’m not telling you this because i’m recommending it any conceivable way.
It’s things like this that make me really cringe about Hong Kong fashion, which unfortunately largely revolves around how many labels you can carry around. Who cares about the design aesthetic or the beauty of a garment when you could be wearing a Burberry Blue Label nylon baugette with a Gucci wallet inside, a Vivienne Westwood phonechain on the latest Samsung, a Louis Vuitton makeup case, not forgetting the Burberry London glasses case as well!
Hmmm…..look! Rows and rows of boring nylon bags with a Burberry label tacked onto it.
And check out the skirts and dresses – with this signature check, it is just about nothing short of wearing a sandwich board declaring ‘I’m a Burb-a-holic!’.
By constantly shoving these labels in people’s faces, featuring them heavily in magazines (and this is all demand and supply, you understand – these magazines are producing what is the general consensus), more and more people are inclined to think these designer accessories are essential ‘must haves’ and they somehow get brainwashed into thinking this stuff is actually top-notch designer stuff. These magazines are not all that high-brow either which means the people buying these goodies can’t necessarily afford it or the worse case, kids aged 12 sticking their palms out to their parents and insisting they buy it (no joke….I’ve seen it with my very own eyes!). I love Hong Kong but honestly, this madness has got to stop! In short I’m quite glad I live in a place where it’s not so much about the label but ACTUALLY about the way you wear your clothes.
You’re considered a ‘chav” in the UK aren’t you if you wear Burberry ala Daniella Westbrook / Jordan stylee? And here’s the dictionary definition of ‘chav’ for all you non UK readers;
Main Entry: chav
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: the lower class; uneducated and ignorant people
Etymology: perh. Romany chav child
Usage: derogatory slang
We don’t use that term here in Oz we say ‘bogun’ which is equally derogatory!
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I am the president of a Assciation of the tradesmen of my country and I desired to make a bond commercail and making of contact with you reason for which I starts you from my email if that is possible want to me contact please. I intend to come for the first time has Hong-Kong with friends tradesmen our Association and I will like by the means of my email to have a contact before we arrive our departure is planned for Oct 25, 2006 it is urgent. As I say we seek the invitation of our shop or store to carry out our races.
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M.GUENE & brother tradesmen.
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Hello,
I am the president of a Assciation of the tradesmen of my country and I desired to make a bond commercail and making of contact with you reason for which I starts you from my email if that is possible want to me contact please. I intend to come for the first time has Hong-Kong with friends tradesmen our Association and I will like by the means of my email to have a contact before we arrive our departure is planned for Oct 25, 2006 it is urgent. As I say we seek the invitation of our shop or store to carry out our races.
Here our number of Fax: 00 (226) 50 31 26 53 if it is possible that us ways our purchase in your shop of not hesitating not has to fax us the invitation on the number of Fax above. us summons in waiting most quickly.
If you can help us found a store or shop of clothes, shoes, watches, portables, computers, spare parts of motor bike and cars, Asian pots and other products which will be able interested.
M.GUENE & brother tradesmen.
Here Fax N°:00 (226) 50 31 26 53 for confimed an invitation
Thank you, i am waiting your answer.
Haha, I would be so down to completely Burberry-ify my life! I thik I’d need to take out a small loan though. Actually more like a big loan. Haha.
Haha, I would be so down to completely Burberry-ify my life! I thik I’d need to take out a small loan though. Actually more like a big loan. Haha.