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nffc 26-01-2007 02:00
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When i was a mid teen it was always jeans, same as now, really. Unsurprising.

Chavs hadn't really taken off yet, though.

Chrysalis 26-01-2007 06:51
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Originally Posted by Tinky (Post 34206198)
Insurers Cornhill Direct have conducted a survey which polled 2,500 parents. According to the survey the average teen wears trainers or shoes worth £64.49 and a £74.77 coat. £49.86 jeans and £40.42 jumper. They wear jewellery worth about £125 , and £75 watch, carry a mobile phone at £127.58 and an M3 player worth £150. Wallets or purses cost £32.80 and hold about £30. A third of the parents say teens expect the latest fashions, and half say they spend half their average £6.29 a week pocket money on clothes and gadgets. But 3 in 10 teens regularly lose valuable items or have them stolen. Cornhill Direct say 'Parents should try to prevent them leaving the home with too much costly kit'.
This poll hardly seems accurate did they just poll in affluent parts of the country or something? The average pocket money is high as well they have more disposable cash then many adults.

lauzjp 26-01-2007 07:48
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 34206568)
This poll hardly seems accurate did they just poll in affluent parts of the country or something? The average pocket money is high as well they have more disposable cash then many adults.
and how many people actually have insurance of any kind, except maybe a car and that's only cos they have to?

Druchii 26-01-2007 11:13
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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 34206529)
Diadora trackies, umbro trainers and a chain? Undoubtedly http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8821/chav01lf3.png. Forgot the burberry cap though, didn't you? :P

Two phones though. Why?
Nowhere near Chav. I'd hate to be, i may half look like one, but please shoot me if i ever gain that attitude. Besides, doesn't the chav culture state listening to craply remixed music? Rock/metal here anyday :)

Also, 2 phones simply because people keep texting old numbers no matter what i tell them (retards) and now partly because one sim gets allsorts of free goodies, wheras the other is one i've had for many years.

EDIT: Also forgot to add, everything i listed, bar the clothes, i bought for myself.

nffc 26-01-2007 12:17
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
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Originally Posted by Druchii (Post 34206687)
Nowhere near Chav. I'd hate to be, i may half look like one, but please shoot me if i ever gain that attitude. Besides, doesn't the chav culture state listening to craply remixed music? Rock/metal here anyday :)
Hook, line and sinker.

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7...hing051ni9.jpg

:D

(You probably do look like one though :erm: )

Hugh 26-01-2007 19:43
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Using Druchii's list, checked what my 15 year old lad was wearing last night go out a local band's gig -

Trousers: Gap Combats (£30 from outlet mall)
Shoes: Green Flash Trainers (£30, outlet mall)
T-Shirts: Various (£10)
Hoodie/Sweater: Gap/O'Neill (£35, outlet mall)
Grundies: Pringle boxers (£4)
Coat: Next Military Casual style (£40 from outlet mall)
Jewellery: Nothing
Wallet: Leather for birthday (£10)
Wallet Contents: £5-10
Phone: O2 Ice (£70)
Pocket Money: as in wallet contents
Mp3: Sony 20Gb (£120)

Total: (Taken with max values) = £359

No baseball cap, though :D

nffc 26-01-2007 23:30
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34207138)
Using Druchii's list, checked what my 15 year old lad was wearing last night go out a local band's gig -

Trousers: Gap Combats (£30 from outlet mall)
Shoes: Green Flash Trainers (£30, outlet mall)
T-Shirts: Various (£10)
Hoodie/Sweater: Gap/O'Neill (£35, outlet mall)
Grundies: Pringle boxers (£4)
Coat: Next Military Casual style (£40 from outlet mall)
Jewellery: Nothing
Wallet: Leather for birthday (£10)
Wallet Contents: £5-10
Phone: O2 Ice (£70)
Pocket Money: as in wallet contents
Mp3: Sony 20Gb (£120)

Total: (Taken with max values) = £359

No baseball cap, though :D
At least he's not a chav... well, apart from the hoodie. :D

Hugh 26-01-2007 23:32
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 34207352)
At least he's not a chav... well, apart from the hoodie. :D
It was -2 oop north :shocked:

nffc 27-01-2007 00:05
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34207355)
It was -2 oop north :shocked:
It's freezing here as well and I'd consider Nottm to be (on the edge of) oop north :)

Chrysalis 27-01-2007 04:15
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One thing that seems to have come of this is it shows cutbacks can easily be made on kids upbringing and we are over generous as a country with child tax credits etc.

lostandconfused 27-01-2007 10:58
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i have a feeling im in a minority here! me and my 2 brothers used to wear designer clothes when we were in our teens, but personally it wasnt to be part of a crowd it was because i liked them, and not all my clothes were designer, would be a cheapo t-shirt and a nice jumper, and i had to work for them, i had 2 paper rounds and used to do odd jobs round the house so i could buy them.

Tezcatlipoca 27-01-2007 12:57
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I used to just go out in a cheap pair of jeans, a band t-shirt, & a pair of DMs.


No mobile phones or MP3 players when I were a lad lol.

peanut 27-01-2007 13:08
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
Lol, Zingle, the harington jacket I also wore. You didn't have Vespa or Lambretta by any chance did you?

Maggy 27-01-2007 13:11
Re: Teens hit street in £768 kits
 
Well I've been able to point my children to the activities of well known clothing brand names and their shameful association with slave and cheap labour and even child labour.It certainly awoke them to the idea that cheap and expensive logoed clothing might be responsible for some of the disgusting poverty in developing and undeveloped countries in the past and or future.


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