Is it important to you to own branded goods??   

When I buy clothes, what's most important to me is how it looks on me, and if I think I will get a lot of wear out of it. A second thing I look for is a made in USA tag, because I want to support industry in my home country as much as possible. And I figure that clothes made in the same county as where I'm buying them have used less gas to travel to me.

Branded goods can definitely boost your ratings in the society~! Hehe. But for someone who can hardly feed herself, of course I would find it utterly unreasonable to buy a bag that costs more than my semester's tuition fees! =P But if I was really really really filthy rich, I might be compelled to buy branded goods.. I mean, why not right? But I think that even if I was filthy rich, it wouldn't really matter if it's branded or not.. Like you said, what matters is how comfortable and nice you look, and still look like a million bucks~! =D

I don't care about brands.

a lot of branded clothes aren't very nice anyway.

I really like vintage and vintage style clothes, and I really don't care (and I don't even think I know) what's in fashion.

I still think I dress really well. some of my favourite clothes were pretty cheap too, just something I liked about them.

I have never really been hooked on the big name brands. When I was younger, my family couldn't afford to buy popular name brand clothes, so we made do with the lesser known brands instead. Now, I've discovered that a lot of the name brand stuff are also really low quality. I would rather find something without a name that will hold up to wear and tear.

I can't even imagine paying $15,000+ for a bag. My $20 bag from Target holds my stuff just fine, thank you! :)

I have to buy branded clothes. I am a little large and when I go to a regular store such as Walmart or Zellers, their large sized clothes are designed for someone who has no stomach. When I buy something, if i fits my waist and my hips, it is tight around my stomach. If it fits my stomach, I have to take the waist in, and the length, I could wear a shirt as a mini and not get arrested. But if you do not have a problem, there is no need to buy branded clothes. No one is going to throw you out if you do not wear the Gucci label.

It's not really important for me to own branded items, indeed I almost never owned one. When I buy clothes, shoes or bags, I prefer them to be stylish yet reasonable priced. With all the money spent on branded items, I am sure I could make better use with the amount of money and I would prefer to use that kind of money in other ways, like supporting my parents better and stuff like that. I think it's important to have own image and dress in something which makes you look good. But self-confidence plays an important role too! If you are confident in yourself, you should feel good about how you dress even they're not branded.

i think there nothing wrong with it, if you have the money.. but i think its ridiculous on how people would pay other people to get in front of them. i tihnk it is necessary for those who CAN afford things like that to buy those things. my mom and aunts have those purses all the time, LV, CHANEL, BURBERRY, CHLOE, etc. depends though, if your into fashion and all. all i buy are vintage designer sunglasses. i like sticking out of the crowd. :)

hello shemah ,well ,I don't care much about the branded goods when i bought clothes or bags ,mostly I bought goods in a price which is acceptable to me and it must fit me .But in my opinion ,in some place ,you need to be dressed in a proper way ,i mean you need some cloth or bags for some situation .Because in our society ,dressing is the symbol of your status .I am not a person to judge other by appearance ,but there is some .So wearing branded goods in some social place is needed.That is just my opinion ,JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE!

Self images is indeed very important. But propping up your self image does not necessarily mean splurging on branded items just to give you some "oomph" in society. I believe self image does not only mean the clothes you wear but how you carry yourself. I remember way back in elementary when i had this thing with expensive clothes. But i soon realized that it's not the clothes that make you, it's who you are in totality. And it's not how expensive your clothes are, it's how you work it! I am from the Philippines, and if you also are, i'm sure you know the "ukay-ukay" or bargain shopping. YOu can buy really cool clothes at a very chepa price...even below 50 pesos. Most of my clothes now are from this stalls and my friends always commend me for my stlye and always ask me where i bought my stuff. And i always get that shocked look that it's just from a bargain shop. So, definitely, expensive clothes are not that important to boost your self-image, besides, people would not really know if what you bought is worth thousands of dollars, you won't wear them with the price tag you know (heheh), but it's how you work what you have, may it be less than a few dollars or not. It's all in the attitude! :)

For me, I don't look into branded goods. I always look into the price of the goods if it is worth buying for. I know that branded goods help us boost our personality in public and it gives others first impression more positively but nowadays, we have to look also into their price and their quality.