Comments on: The FreakyTrigger Top 25 Brands: 17: THE OFFICERS CLUB http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tommy Mack http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319828 Tommy Mack Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:27:04 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319828 Surely they must be a bit screw ed now, with H&M and Uniqlo offering better made and styled clothes for the same price and Primark dominating the ultra-low end market? Surely they must be a bit screw ed now, with H&M and Uniqlo offering better made and styled clothes for the same price and Primark dominating the ultra-low end market?

]]> By: Tommy Mack http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319510 Tommy Mack Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:36:37 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319510 The best thing was the fake branding they created around their paper-thin 'cut-price designer' ruse. I am wearing my grey Matinee jeans (£6, down from £50!) as I write this and my horrific Petroleum shoes (think something a teenage scally would wear for a court appearance or to the sort of nightclub that appears in Street Wars) survived being run over by a bus. The best thing was the fake branding they created around their paper-thin ‘cut-price designer’ ruse. I am wearing my grey Matinee jeans (£6, down from £50!) as I write this and my horrific Petroleum shoes (think something a teenage scally would wear for a court appearance or to the sort of nightclub that appears in Street Wars) survived being run over by a bus.

]]> By: Tommy Mack http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319506 Tommy Mack Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:11:44 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319506 “serious fashion qn: why do plain T-Shirts, polo shirts etc. without a pattern cost more than ones with a crap pattern? They can’t be more expensive to make, right?” I always figured it was like the excess salt and sugar in cheap ready meals - the garish patterning distracting from the poor quality of the construction. “serious fashion qn: why do plain T-Shirts, polo shirts etc. without a pattern cost more than ones with a crap pattern? They can’t be more expensive to make, right?”

I always figured it was like the excess salt and sugar in cheap ready meals - the garish patterning distracting from the poor quality of the construction.

]]> By: . http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319261 . Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:43:50 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319261 "serious fashion qn: why do plain T-Shirts, polo shirts etc. without a pattern cost more than ones with a crap pattern? They can’t be more expensive to make, right?" I think it's becausae they sell more t-shirts with crap patterns, economy of scale, innit. “serious fashion qn: why do plain T-Shirts, polo shirts etc. without a pattern cost more than ones with a crap pattern? They can’t be more expensive to make, right?”

I think it’s becausae they sell more t-shirts with crap patterns, economy of scale, innit.

]]> By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319099 Pete Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:09:37 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/09/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-of-all-time-the-officers-club/#comment-319099 The 70% off everything ruse is also used by DFS. Suggesting that there may be a link between Officers Club clothing and low rent furniture. The 70% off everything ruse is also used by DFS. Suggesting that there may be a link between Officers Club clothing and low rent furniture.

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