Lonsdale

[faust]

Didn't know where to put this, mods feel free to move it.

I wanted to ask our UK members about the status of a brand Lonsdale. Is it considered rubbish for chavs (see I'm learning ), or is it an Ok brand? I think it's a refreshing alternative to Puma/Adidas in the US, but I'd like to know how it's perceived in the UK. Thanks in advance.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Rubbish for charvs/slightly ironic. Also rubbish for trendies.

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[faust]

Rubbish for charvs/slightly ironic. Also rubbish for trendies.

Thanks, Prince. You killed it for me. Is it Ok to wear around the house?

 

[Elegance.Is.Refusal.]

i havent seen any charvas wearing this brand maybe i havent been looking hard enough. i have seen it sold in topshop though. i actually have a pair of their shorts quiet retro but i wear them for bed! that says it all!

 

[Acid]

my friend did a campaign for them and he looked so adorable!
but yea i think its a bit chavvy

except the store in covent garden has one of those gay rainbow flags outside so i think gays buy a lot of things there.......gay chavs? is that possible

 

[Estella*]

it is actually a brand that german neo-nazis wear...especially logo-sweatshearts...so that when they leave their jackets open only the letters nsda are to be seen. for that reason alone i have always thought it detestable.

 

[Heroin_Chic]

In Germany only Skinheads and "Low class people" wear it...

But Fred Perry is cool here - it`s like "the rudeness of Lonsdale meets the Preppyness of Lacoste".

 

[Hanne]

What anna karina said

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=227141&postcount=4

 

[faust]

What anna karina said

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=227141&postcount=4

That's F*ed up!

 

[Meg]

yeah I've never heard of that neo nazi thing before!!

 

[MulletProof]

didnt they say Von Dutch was also nazi-oriented?

 

[kit]

I'm sure GALLIANO has copied the curving Lonsdale logo for the front of his underwear as outerwear .

Nuff said .

 

[PrinceOfCats]

I'm sure GALLIANO has copied the curving Lonsdale logo for the front of his underwear as outerwear .

Nuff said .

You'll be pleased to know that our friend Charlie P was seen crashing a charv bar in Lonsdale...

 

[kit]

You'll be pleased to know that our friend Charlie P was seen crashing a charv bar in Lonsdale...

NOTHING would surprise me about that nincompoop , did you read last Saturday's epic about the scarves ?

The field behind my house is full of splodgy cowpats ! I KNOW where I'd just LOVE to shove one


http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1399850,00.html

 

[softgrey]

i still like lonsdale..it doesn't have any of those issues attached to it over here and i still associate it with mods and with paul weller and the jam who wore tons of it originally in the late 70's...

i love the logo bags and the wrestling shoes...
i'm not going to stop liking it because of some meatheads half a world away...

 

[sofialuv]

Yep, overall is a brand associated with skinheads. A bit like Fred Perry but a Fred Perry shirt only has a small logo, and Londsdale is pretty recognizable.

 

[mu55inthemule]

It was ok about 4 years ago but now it is a little chavie!

 

[Mr-Dale]

It's forbidden to wear it here in Holland on schools, it is hugely associated with nazi-stuff here...basically because only "neo-nazis" and other people that think nazi-orientated wear it here, you'll never see anybody else wear it here...

 

[Sugo]

Softie
the skinheads in NY also wear Lonsdale....racist and not. Fred Perry and ben Shermans are also a staple of their wardrobes.

 

[Meg]

yeah what is this about fred perry and neo-nazi's? I've never heard of any of this either.