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09-30-2011, 10:14 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by arimuse
snobs really kill me-lol! no common sense at all, and too self absorbed. when I I try to be nice and compliment someone and they huff at me with their price tags, I always say: Oh, I thought I recognized the (pattern, fabric, designer trademark or whatever) I just bought the same thing at a yard sale, thrift store, dumpster diving - for 1.50$ whatever would drop their jaw the lowest. sharet
10-01-2011, 04:10 PM
#44
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Talk about name brands. When my son was in college, he had a buddy who came from a wealthy family and always wore expensive name brands. Therefore, my son thought he needed to keep up. He didn't have that kind of money, but spent it anyway. One day I heard him tell his aunt that someone had stolen his $75 Guess shirt from the dryer at the dorm. I was in the next room - I stepped into where he was and said if he wore normal shirts, he would probably still have 3 shirts left! He decided later that he wasn't going to advertise free for anybody by wearing their name on his shirt or his rear end!
10-02-2011, 04:13 PM
#45
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good for you. I was in a high end store for wedding gifts, china and silver. had a purse I made. the sales lady's were giving us the cold shoulder, then one saw my bag. she said."oh is that a Veria Bradley?" I said why of course. Our service got alot better. but I didnt buy there. I laugh about it too.
10-03-2011, 11:32 AM
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HAH well SHE needs to get off of her high horse !
I've had people ask if bags and totes I've made are Vera's or Amy Butlers ... and some I made for my girls were mistaken for $200 Anthropologie and Fossil bags. So WOO HOO to the "designer" addicts ... :roll:
I've had people ask if bags and totes I've made are Vera's or Amy Butlers ... and some I made for my girls were mistaken for $200 Anthropologie and Fossil bags. So WOO HOO to the "designer" addicts ... :roll:
10-04-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Stitchit123
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
wow..
I can buy a LOT of fabric for over $100.
I can buy a LOT of fabric for over $100.
10-04-2011, 02:37 PM
#49
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Originally Posted by bakermom
My DD had the same experience complementing a woman on her quilted purse. "your purse is beautiful! Did you make it?"
Woman answers very huffy"I did NOT! It's a Vera Wang!"
DD said 'Oh. never mind then"
Woman answers very huffy"I did NOT! It's a Vera Wang!"
DD said 'Oh. never mind then"
Women who sew know what fabric costs, know what work goes into things they make. It seems really silly to pay for some idea of status when you have the ability to sew.
I remember all the fuss that was made about designer jeans when they came out and everybody wanted to wear So&So's name on their back pocket. I though that if I wear a name on my pocket, it would have to be mine! LOL I never really understood the need to display any kind of designer mark on anything.
I was given (hand me downs) a pair of Somebody'sNameBrand sweats in black with a tiny Somebody'sNameBrand mark on the leg in white. I thought it was a snip of fabric from sewing stuck to me and tried to grab it to throw it away. It didn't budge. Then I looked at it carefully and thought....."If I get my seam ripper and am very careful I can rip that thing off of there." LOL LOL
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