These days the way teenagers slave away for some stores is ridiculous.  If you like A&F, Hollister, etc…fine.  Buy their clothes.  Wear their clothes.  I completely and totally advocate personal freedoms and things that would satisfy people without compromising the rights of others.
    However, it’s quite annoying to see people pick up clothes jut to fit in or think they’ve got great taste because of the brand name.  Fashion is not about following the crowd and buying overpriced pieces of clothing.  In fact it’s just about the exact opposite of that.  You have to be on the edge of what’s acceptable and come up with new things to wear if you want to get ahead of the group.
    Succeeding in the real world has never been about being firmly entrenched in the ‘crowd’.  The people who do something different are the ones who fail or, hopefully, spring on to greater heights.  Bill Gates revolutionized computers.  Steve Jobs redefined the ‘cool’ factor for computers.  Now the iPhone has revolutionized our ideas about what a mobile phone is, what it can do, and the user interface.  They are not the proverbial wearers of A&F.  They’ve moved on to better things and found stores where not everyone flocks to.
    I’m just pretty sick of seeing kids think they’re hot stuff because they can buy the labels that everyone else does.  Stay ahead of the curve, don’t get caught up in watching everyone else.

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