Chav Culture

[Kalista]

Ahh...good old Chav thread. I forgot this existed, Kalista is my all time favourite chav Blol:

The chavvy Paris Hiltons shall prevail!

Im a bit worried about someone I know, I have this friend from middle school, who is from England..and these days hes starting to look like a chav, Burberry jackets, the infamous hat, and earings. I dont know what to think anymore...

Hmmm...sounds like a typical chavster to me .....

 

[jackieonassis]

Unfortunately, he has been bitten by the chav bug- drag him away quickly and show him pictures of properly dressed people!

 

[claruska]

I do believe we have a lot of these in the US, but their brands of choice are Juicy Couture and Louis Vuitton (real or not.) They don't seem to be from the cities, however, all the ones I have encountered were very suburban.

 

[youarearockstar]

I absolutely agree. The US has tons of Chav-esque people, we just give them different names, and their obsessions are a little different. When it comes down to it though, I think the basic idea is the acceptance of fakes in order to assimilate into the designer culture, while very few things about their own culture match that.

I mean look at girls who are willing to carry hideous knock-offs of Louis bags. Ones that don't even attempt to carry the LV logo. Is it because they prefer the fake to the real one and that's what the purchased it? I doubt it. If anything, its an assimilation attempt. What's particularly funny about the Chav movement is that they seem to be creating an entire trend around this assimilation. It feels to me almost like a rebellion, though I feel like people who actually experience that Chav culture in the UK would feel much differently.

Just my two cents, but none the less a GREAT, and often hillarious thread!

 

[Kalista]

^I agree with you. Different versions of the 'chav' can be evident in other countries/nationalities. I wouldn't necessarily label these versions as 'chavs', as the term describes a specific group of people, but I'd definitely lump them in the same category.

It feels to me almost like a rebellion, though I feel like people who actually experience that Chav culture in the UK would feel much differently.

The thing is, chav culture is so prominent here in the UK now that it seems as if the non-chav sector of the population are the rebels and non-conformists

 

[Stargirl52]

It's weird... I don't think we have chavs in NZ. I've read this entire thread, but it still doesn't click in my mind. We might have chavettes... there are lots of lower class always-wearing-mini girls, and some middle class trendwhores, but they don't have the 'chav attitude'. Burberry barely exists here, only 40+ year old women wear it. I'll be on the lookout when I'm next at the mall/in town, though.

-G.

 

[Ruby99]

did anyone see blue peter today? it had catherine tate on doing her chav/schoolgirl thing. it was so funny, she didnt stop acting at all.

 

[OpheliaLives]

I don't think we have chavs in NZ either.....anyone who would be potential Chave has gone for the 'gangsta' look instead....which is just as annoying....Same kinda of behaviour though, a lot of the time

 

[OpheliaLives]

Chave?? hmm...Chav

 

[SkinnyJeans]

think this pic fitted here

...first i was like
and then like and and

but afterall its kinda cute for somthing to look so totally out of place but at the same time totally not noticing it...

But if you notice.... this guy is wearing typical skater vans and is carrying a typical modern hippy backpack.. possibly a p*ss take?

 

[imagine14]

i hate chavs though.

there sytle is so cheap and everyone wears the same especially the girls. they shop of the market or vetir or temptation (very cheap chav clothes that fall to pieces) and the girls hair coulours are just blonde with eitha black or red underneath. very wrong indeed.

 

[jennifer716]

i find chavs fascinating. i went to a chav party once where everyone dressed as chavs.. for fun of course, it was hilarious!!

 

[artemis14]

um, are Hummel track jackets considered chavvy?

 

[twin star]

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1745503,00.html

But let's examine this chav issue. The etymology of this noble word truly does our country proud. In short, it refers to someone not obviously pretty, thin, or upper-class enough, daring to think themselves worthy of wearing designer clothes. Indeed the word itself is (possibly) an acronym for Commoners Having A lot of Vêtements.

finally understand what exactly this term is.

 

[Kalista]

^ I don't like that quote. It implies that being a chav is entirely to do with your social class, which isn't true at all. There are many working-class people in the country that wouldn't be considered 'chavs'. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that being a chav has to do entirely with the things you wear and your financial status. It doesn't.

 

[lick1987]

One thing that bugs me is everyone around me thinks my Burberry bag is fake! Especially those that come from towns with a very strong chav culture...it bugs me cuz I am completely in love with my bag...( it's pink )

 

[tifa]

I also don't like that quote. Chav doesn't equal someone's class. Chav is someone who chooses to act like an anti-social nuisance to society. It's not just someone who wears fake clothing because half the time it isn't even fake. I've seen chavs in high end stores...do you think because they act like morons they have no money and they're of a lower class? most of the chavs I know of are more well off than I am. I know I'm using a pathetic example but Vicky Pollard in Little Britain? She's a bully, she doesn't want to be educated, five kids by the age of 18, etc. Yeah, so she swears shell suits and tacky jewellery but because she's 'poor' doesn't even come into it. Anyone can be a chav.

 

[girlpossessed]

<3

 

[Kalista]

I also don't like that quote. Chav doesn't equal someone's class. Chav is someone who chooses to act like an anti-social nuisance to society. It's not just someone who wears fake clothing because half the time it isn't even fake. I've seen chavs in high end stores...do you think because they act like morons they have no money and they're of a lower class? most of the chavs I know of are more well off than I am. I know I'm using a pathetic example but Vicky Pollard in Little Britain? She's a bully, she doesn't want to be educated, five kids by the age of 18, etc. Yeah, so she swears shell suits and tacky jewellery but because she's 'poor' doesn't even come into it. Anyone can be a chav.

Yeah, it's definitely more to do with attitudes than anything else.

 

[stratagem]

The Australian equivalent of a chav is Cashed Up Bogan (CUB's).