Flannels

It's just a extreme example of something many people do. Buying private label food products when supermarket brands are often identical and made in the same place.
Buying a certain make of car based on the name when cheaper makes are available and do the exact same job.
It is good that a lot of people's attitudes have changed. I remember the Stigma people used to get for shopping at Netto.
If people are willing to pay it then obviously the company will continue to sell it.
A trip to any football ground in the UK and you will see plenty of Stone Island gear.

 

I have no problem with what anyone wants to spend their money on.
Indeed thier are many things I pay extra for the convince of.
Again you are correct sometimes cheaper does mean worse. Sometimes it doesn't though. I mentioned food production as its the sector I work and I know for a fact many foods are identical and made on the same machines and all that changes is the packaging, yet I hear people say they prefer the taste of a certain brand. Shows the power of marketing and brand recognition.
Cars I'm sure quality will be a issue on some makes and models but again I believe it to be a fact that certain makes will have a mark up beyond production costs soley based on the badge on the car.

The ethical responsibility is a very interesting point. I do think of how we see a culture of people applying today's moral standards to history and think how we will be judged. Right now, we buy basically disposable clothing made in overseas sweatshops. 100 years from now, will people consider you and I benefiting from a form of slavery?

 

If you'd just stop spending all your wages on gay porn sites you could.

 

A Greenflag recovery man once told me BMW's were the most frequent make he had to recover.

 

Reminds me talking about clothes, went to Doctors yesterday abart mi prostrate check up, Doctor sez take ya clothes off tony an lay on the couch, were shall i put em Doctor, Right there next to Mine, was'nt the answer i wanted to hear

 

Always makes me laugh reading or hearing people comment on things like flannels etc, yes it’s is extreamly expensive but it’s also almost certainly not marketed for you. Just because you wouldn’t shop there doesn’t mean there isn’t a market for it. The younger end nowadays for one typically don’t leave home until a Lot later in life mid to late 20s regardless of any cost of living crisis these people also have no responsibility as they live at home with their parents and all they care about is one upping the next person.

I know people find it hard to believe but people do buy these items and having one in Barnsley I think is fantastic as this shifts the whole dynamic of the town. The glassworks has been brilliant and a store like flannels genuinely stops the need of a certain demographic from going to Leeds or Meadowhall and then continuing to spend outside of the town

will I shop there? Probably not but I still think it will do very well

 

Absolutely my take, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, Tarn needs this and moreover, need the people who spend this kind of money on clothes to spend it in Tarn.

 

I've bought clothes from there and places like frank birds yes . There's plenty of people in barnsley that will buy from flannels otherwise they would not have opened it .

 

Brands like stone island and cp company used to make fantastic clothes in the 80,s and 90's . It's all mass produced now and the quality is not the best . However, I have a few SI polos and they are still great nick after 10 year

 

Agreed, many people say they want to do the right thing but then complain if the price goes up. Plastic packaging for example keeps costs down and increases life of food products. Of course it has a huge environmental downside.

 

Only flannels I want , to wesh mi knackers

 

Buying decent clothes isnt for everyobe but spend your money on whatever you want. One thing i will say is ive bought boss and aramani jeans before and 5/6 years and probley 100 washes and they still look bang on but a pair from next for 35 quid 3 washes faded and look a diffrent pair to the ones you bought.

 

Flannels are clearly not aiming for me. I'm 60. No way would I pay £350 for a T-shirt. But I also know that even when I was 20, I'd have rather paid £20 for one and put the other £330 into my house deposit fund.

We brought our 3 kids up to understand the value of savings. I'm not saying they didn't chuck money away from time to time, of course they did, but not excessively. All 3 of them now have their own homes.

Live for today, plan for tomorrow. The two things aren't mutually exclusive.

 

Had to take my watch for a service and ended up going to Meadowhall for the first time in 5 years due to there being no decent place in town any more. Though I'd have a look in Flannels to see what the fuss is about, I didn't see anything I'd wear. Rather go to Best Jeans up Market Street.

 

https://www.flannels.com/burberry-sherwood-long-sleeve-shirt-324791#colcode=32479101

£300 for a basic looking plain white shirt like you had to wear to school. Bargain