I'm watching Austar and there's a show on Lifestyle right now called "Burberry vs The Chavs" - this is the summary: "For a top fashion brand it's the ultimate nightmare - when all the wrong sort of people start wearing your brand. Burberry is the epitome of high fashion but now its distinctive beige tartans have become popular with so-called chavs.".

I for one totally agree with this - as soon as a label starts to be worn (and COPIES start to be worn) by the likes of the WAGs, chavs, bogans, whatever, it just loses its beauty. Despite the lovely ads with Rachel Weisz, and the tradition and history of the brand, a Burberry sunvisor on a bleach-blonde Jordan lookalike is the death knell to a brand, I think.

What do you reckon?

Certainly loses it's exclusivity. There is a market in Hong Kong where you flick through the designer catalogue and order a copy of it. I couldnt bring myself to even look at it but they were everywhere and very popular.

I have a Burberry Blue Line handbag which is a little different from the classic UK Burberry. These are made in Japan under the Sanyo group and produced for the Asian retail market. About half the cost of UK Burberry.

Hysterical. So what happens on the show?

I dont get it? How do they afford it?!

Apparently people from the UK think it's hilarious that Burberry is considered some of the Best of British Class in the US because for them it is all Chav, lol.

Certainly loses it's exclusivity. There is a market in Hong Kong where you flick through the designer catalogue and order a copy of it. I couldnt bring myself to even look at it but they were everywhere and very popular.

I have a Burberry Blue Line handbag which is a little different from the classic UK Burberry. These are made in Japan under the Sanyo group and produced for the Asian retail market. About half the cost of UK Burberry.

Yes Luisa I found the same thing in Thailand. All brands too! Lv is big over there. The funny thing I found was Burberry bags with Louis Vuitton cherries all over them:shakehead: :chuckle: at least make them semi decent fakes!! :whipcrack:

Would have been very interesting to see. Hope they do repeats :clapping:

I have never gotten the visual appeal of Burberry or LV.

Speaking of chavs: http://www.chavscum.co.uk/index.php

Don't miss 'name your chav baby' (my little boy shall be called Keanu Damien)

I got Brooklyn Gary for a boy & Sharon Maxine for a girl.............. oh dear! Mr 12 (who is Nirvana - very Chav I know) will have a coniption when I show him that!! :typing:

Charmaine Shakira ( girl) Brooklyn Harrison (boy) for me. :waving:

Apparently people from the UK think it's hilarious that Burberry is considered some of the Best of British Class in the US because for them it is all Chav, lol.

hehe, that is funny.

I have a question and it may seem a ery "blonde" thing to ask but WHAT THE HELL IS A CHAV?? I mean i understand they are bogans and I know what they are (der:whistle:) but where the heck did the term come from?? and how does one pronouce it ??ie( ch-av, ch-ay-v, sch-av???)

My darling, one pronounces it like so - with the hard 'ch' sound - CHav.

No eye deer where the term came from but it sure is funny!

From Wikipedia (yes, I had to Google it)....

Chav or Charv/Charver even Chavster (male) and Chavette (female) ('ch' pronounced as in chair) is a mainly derogatory slang term in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions derived from American Hip-Hop fashions and stereotypes such as gold jewellery and designer clothing combined with elements of working class British street fashion. Chavs are generally considered to have no respect for society, and to be ignorant or unintelligent. The term appeared in mainstream dictionaries in 2005.[1][2]

The defining features of the chav clothing in the Burberry pattern (notably a now-discontinued baseball cap) and from a variety of other casual and sportswear brands. Tracksuits, hoodies, track suit bottoms, and baseball caps are particularly associated with this stereotype. Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism.[3] The term has also been associated with delinquency, the "ASBO Generation", "Hoodie culture", and "yob culture".

My darling, one pronounces it like so - with the hard 'ch' sound - CHav.

No eye deer where the term came from but it sure is funny!

:chuckle:Thanks RBBalicious :waving::hugs: That was how I was pronoucing it but just wanted to make sure, as to not sound Chav myself in its mis-pronounciation :chuckle::glee:

From Wikipedia (yes, I had to Google it)....

Chav or Charv/Charver even Chavster (male) and Chavette (female) ('ch' pronounced as in chair) is a mainly derogatory slang term in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions derived from American Hip-Hop fashions and stereotypes such as gold jewellery and designer clothing combined with elements of working class British street fashion. Chavs are generally considered to have no respect for society, and to be ignorant or unintelligent. The term appeared in mainstream dictionaries in 2005.[1][2]

The defining features of the chav clothing in the Burberry pattern (notably a now-discontinued baseball cap) and from a variety of other casual and sportswear brands. Tracksuits, hoodies, track suit bottoms, and baseball caps are particularly associated with this stereotype. Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism.[3] The term has also been associated with delinquency, the "ASBO Generation", "Hoodie culture", and "yob culture".

O thats great Rosie!! Thanks!! we must have posted at the same time and I missed ur post almost. That makes perfect sense. S I am safe with my Burberry trench then?? phew!! :ashamed:

Hahaha I got Jake Damien and Charmaine Charity! I can totally imagine WAGs giving their children those names. Ugh, so revolting! Thanks for the link RBB, I have a friend who will LOVE this - we spend so much time bagging out bogan baby names! :chuckle:

Great link!!! My little girl will be Whitney Zoe, and my little boy will be Tyler Jay!! Hahaha

Oooh, mine are called Chantelle Roxanne and Jason Tyson! Sweeeeeet!

I can't believe how accurate they were at choosing the Chav baby names!! For almost every name that has come up, I have been able to identify a chav/bogan that I know or know of in real life with the name or a variant thereof. Priceless!

mine were Crystal Jordan & Tyson Jordan - uuurrggghhh

I have never gotten the visual appeal of Burberry or LV.

I was going to post the same thing. I think a lot of LV is down right ugly and Burberry is just plain. Nice enough, but nothing to get excited about.

(However I do have a very high opinion of Burberry perfumes!)

:chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:THE FUNNIEST THING HAPPEND THIS AFTERNOON!!:chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:

I was walking through the shopping center across the road from my house doing the groceries this afternoon and saw this kid of about 12 walk by with a Burberry cap and scaf on!! I had to hold my tounge to stop myself laughing out loud!! Funny as!!:shakehead:

Wow! All this bagging! Pity I wont be able to wear my Burberry scarf approaching summer in November??;)

Wow! All this bagging! Pity I wont be able to wear my Burberry scarf approaching summer in November??;)

Awww noo Luisa Im sorry I didint mean it like that The chav thing is most surrounding the Burberry cap. So if you have one of those I would hide it for a while but The burberry scarf should be safe. I was just commenting that he was wearing it as well as the cap :hugs::kissing::waving:

. I was just commenting that he was wearing it as well as the cap :hugs::kissing::waving:

I was just commenting on the whole thread!:whistle:

Ouch! Remind me not to get on the wrong side of you people!! So I guess I might be a "chav" then rocking up with one of my Louis Vuitton bags? Oh well I suppose there are worse things to be called.

Ouch! Remind me not to get on the wrong side of you people!! So I guess I might be a "chav" then rocking up with one of my Louis Vuitton bags? Oh well I suppose there are worse things to be called.

Come on it's all just for a laugh. Oh and your stuff is authentic PCC - Chavs only have rip-offs. Hehehe xxx

:yelling: I want to know what happen on the show!

Does Burberry have a plan of action?
Do they have a chav fashion dos & don'ts?
Is Ali G the host?

Is Ali G the host?

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good call. I LOVE HIM!!

BTW I caught a glimpse of that UK version of Countdown, last night.
They had Lily Allen onstage singing her single. I took one look at her & said "Chav", my boy didn't know what I was talking about! :chuckle:
She was wearing a big pouncy strapless cocktail frock with chunky sneakers and lots of gold bling :vomit: and the worst bit? She sounded terrible! Couldn't sing live at all :no:

Is Ali G the host?

Your hilarious!! Biggest chav of em all :chuckle::whistle:

Yea PCC i certainly dont think you have anything to worry about. You will not be heckeld by the crowd. You too Luisa. :kissing::hugs::waving::glee:

Your hilarious!! Biggest chav of em all :chuckle::whistle:

Yea PCC i certainly dont think you have anything to worry about. You will not be heckeld by the crowd. You too Luisa. :kissing::hugs::waving::glee:

Ooooh I reckon Vicki Pollard would give Ali G a run for his money in the "biggest chav of them all" stakes!

Ouch! Remind me not to get on the wrong side of you people!! So I guess I might be a "chav" then rocking up with one of my Louis Vuitton bags? Oh well I suppose there are worse things to be called.

Good grief no!

The real stuff is good, even though I don't actually like either LV or Burberry. You know that the people who have outlaid the moolah for the real deal appreciate what they have acquired, where chavs/bogans are jsut saying 'Look at me! Aren't I posh as?!' :rollthoseeyes:

Geeze I am the furthest thing from Posh imaginable! Although I like my brands I can just as easily go to k-mart and buy myself a top and t-shirt. In fact at times I embrace my inner bogan (tracky dacks and ugg boots anyone?). Is Jordan (aka Katie Price) a chav then? She's loaded but hardly classy? Oh and I have thought of a new name for Victoria Beckham (Sticktoria)!!

Geeze I am the furthest thing from Posh imaginable! Although I like my brands I can just as easily go to k-mart and buy myself a top and t-shirt. In fact at times I embrace my inner bogan (tracky dacks and ugg boots anyone?). Is Jordan (aka Katie Price) a chav then? She's loaded but hardly classy? Oh and I have thought of a new name for Victoria Beckham (Sticktoria)!!


How appropriate - Sticktoria :chuckle: - love it! And yes, Jordan is a chav.

Truly classy people just ARE classy, it's just how they are, chavs think that they can buy it.

Is Jordan (aka Katie Price) a chav then? She's loaded but hardly classy? Oh and I have thought of a new name for Victoria Beckham (Sticktoria)!!

Jordan is a chav in my books. Kate not so much.

Sticktoria :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle: Pcc ur hilarious!!

I didn't know this before, but apparently "chav" is an acronym that stands for "Council Housing and Violent". :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:

I didn't know this before, but apparently "chav" is an acronym that stands for "Council Housing and Violent". :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:


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Did anyone see Kath 'n Kim the other night when Kimmy had on the Burberry bikini & said she so looked like Kate Moss in it! :vomit: :chuckle:

Did anyone see Kath 'n Kim the other night when Kimmy had on the Burberry bikini & said she so looked like Kate Moss in it! :vomit: :chuckle:

YES!!!! I was watching it with my brother and we were both like "the Chavs!!"

We didn't get Kath and Kim on Sunday night in Hobart (damn programming apparently) but we are going to get it in the next few weeks. I can't wait as Kath and Kim are like my idols!

You know, I've never gotten into Kath and Kim, but I always find them amusing in interviews etc. Maybe I should start watching...

I love Kath n Kim but sometimes the shows really annoy me, like how they are put together. Sunday night's show was so disjointed and whilst I love the content, the way it comes across is crap

Oh VeeE it is so funny! Makes me laugh my head off even when I'm in a cranky mood or feel a bit off. I have every single dvd of all the series and also have the movie and their tour of the UK on dvd! You can even get Kath and Kim pash rash balm :chuckle: Watch it once and you will be hooked. Now Look at Moi, Look at Moi ok!

About the burberry thing. It's the same in Holland. I see tons of (stupid) guys with fake burberry clothes and caps, most of it looks really tacky. I always feel the need to slap these blokes. I have a nice burberry pullover, some polo shirts and a scarf but I stopped wearing them because these "chavs" have ruined the brand for me :tears:

Oh VeeE it is so funny! Makes me laugh my head off even when I'm in a cranky mood or feel a bit off. I have every single dvd of all the series and also have the movie and their tour of the UK on dvd! You can even get Kath and Kim pash rash balm :chuckle: Watch it once and you will be hooked. Now Look at Moi, Look at Moi ok!

What I find scary (watched my first episode the other night) is that I have known or do know so many people who are exactly like them!!

I wonder how long the Burberry-chav phenomenon will last?

:glee:

I hate that sort of elitism:explode:It's the worst kind of snobbery we're supposed to be living in democracies which means anybody can wear whatever they want

Yeah, but have you ever noticed that the people who have the 'I'm better than you because I am wearing/carrying this brand' attitude are teh ones wearing the fakes? And the ones who have the real deal tend to be just 'Nyeh!'

Yeah, but have you ever noticed that the people who have the 'I'm better than you because I am wearing/carrying this brand' attitude are teh ones wearing the fakes? And the ones who have the real deal tend to be just 'Nyeh!'

Interesting and surprisingly true Rosie!

I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!

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:chuckle::chuckle: Must have been very satisfying PCC!

Yep, like I said, have fake, will put others down. Glad you got your own back PCC.:clapping:

I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!


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I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!

Meeeeow! Good on you PCC! God what a hosebeast she sounds like. Fancy questioning a customer on whether or not their bag was real - uhh, yea, that's the way you're going to make a sale!

I have often found that women at cosmetics counters look MUCH older than they really are. I don't know what the deal is but it's not an advertisement for their product, that's for sure!! My local Elizabeth Arden girl is really lovely and very pretty, but I nearly fell off my stool when she told me she was only 26. I would have pegged her at about 31-32. I also notice it when I watch Girls of the Playboy Mansion (don't judge!). When the girls have their full makeup on, they look in their late 20s-early 30s, but with no makeup they look very pretty and fresh if a little bit tired. Now, BY NO MEANS am I advocating wearing no makeup, heavens no! But I think this all proves that less is more, and a skillful minimalistic application always ends up better than applying every product you have all at once.

I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!

Good on you Miss PCC - I always want to slap peopple like that in the face and say to them, how dare you act like that! Have you no sense of humanity or soul??!

I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!

The thing with this though is that YOU are buying Chanel and SHE is 'just' a shop girl at the end of the day. Seems like misguided attitude to me. Jealousy perhaps?

I absolutely HATE people who think that they are better than other people just based upon what they have material wise!!

I had a particularly rude sales girl from a Chanel counter once ask me if my Louis Vuitton Pappilon was fake! She then said she had bought hers off e-bay so it was definitely real! Firstly it was none of her damn business and secondly what was she going to do about it if it was fake? Her comment played on me a little and the next time I visited ther store I walked up to her and slapped my Louis Vuitton receipt and certificate of authenticity on the counter. However I didn't make a huge deal of it but waited for my oppurtunity to get even!!

She was filling out a file card for me and where it said age she ticked the box 40-50! I am 29 and as far as I know I don't look 40 to 50! I politely corrected her and then inquired after her age. She said she was 25! I simply replied "Geeze you've had a hard life haven't you" and walked off!


What a freaking psychopath! her..not u :chuckle:

I don't know if it's just here in Tassie but most of the counter people are either really young and inexperienced or know little about the product they are selling or on the older side and very bossy and authoritarian.

I honestly dread going to places like Myer. Most of the time I almost get bowled over by sales assistants running towards me to try and make a sale before anyone else does.

It also really annoys me that some staff are overly nice to me (I am thinking because I spend a bit of cash in there) and treat my friends like they don't exist (because they don't spend a lot). This is why I prefer the indivdual boutiques and pharmacies with the big brands.

All the counters want to "make budget" PCC and therefore hungry for your dollars! If you can get better service and feel more comfortable in the smaller shops and pharmacies then go for it. It feels more genuine too don't you agree?

Back to Burberry V's The Chavs -

I think I might be one!! I was watching Wife Swap on Austar last week and there was a woman on there who had so many similarities to me and she was called a chav!

Here are some of the things I do:

*Dress my Maltese puppy up in designer oufits to walk down the street.

*Always have the designer sunnies on my head even if it's raining.

*Carry the designer bag even with my trackies on.

*Play spot the fake even when I having a conversation with someone else!

*Buy something just because of the lable even if I will never use or wear it.

*Copy looks I have seen on fashion icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O.

Back to Burberry V's The Chavs -

I think I might be one!! I was watching Wife Swap on Austar last week and there was a woman on there who had so many similarities to me and she was called a chav!

Here are some of the things I do:

*Dress my Maltese puppy up in designer oufits to walk down the street.

*Always have the designer sunnies on my head even if it's raining.

*Carry the designer bag even with my trackies on.

*Play spot the fake even when I having a conversation with someone else!

*Buy something just because of the lable even if I will never use or wear it.

*Copy looks I have seen on fashion icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O.

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Sorry babe, but no. You buy it/wear it. because you love it, not to show off to the world that you have it. There's a difference, trust me. :kissing: