I was out with my girlfriends these days... great singapore sale is here again... so the girls have decided to go out and swipe some cards and do some happy retail therapy... I can't afford to do it now although I used to when I was still working for corporate... but my retail therapy consists mainly of small items like earrings, bags that hold all sorts of things and sometimes shoes that dun give me blisters or strain my calves when I walk in them for a long long time...
As I spend my time with my girlfriends, watching them swipe their cards in various places- Gucci, LV, Hugo Boss, Long Champ etc etc.. I begin to wonder why would anyone pay so much for a label.. my little question became a discussion topic as we sat down for a coffee to rest our poor feet...
Some say it's due to the nature of their jobs.. I remember a girlfriend telling me that if you work in financial sector with an office in Shenton Way, you need to deck yourself in labels.. it reflects your status... some girlfriend tells me some ppl just like buying branded because it makes them feel good... holding a latest LV bag, make it a special edition bag would make them feel stylish... some just love swiping their card in some branded boutique...
I became their focus after a while because they realised I dun have any labels on me, no shopping bags that belongs to me, nothing... my most branded stuff that I have on myself is my Ipod Nano... of cos, I have told myself that once I have made it in the events industry, earned my first S$7000 per month salary, I would get myself a Kate Spade bag... I love it not for the label but because it is classic.. it feels like me...
The girls suddenly realised that I dun feel like a normal girl... somebody who dun have make up on whenever she goes out during the weekends, no ladylike bags, no high heels when going out shopping... they were wondering if I would ever find somebody in life if I carry on not knowing how to dress myself up... I shrug my shoulders.. i dunno... i'm just not into labels cos i dun appreciate paying a few hundreds for a tiny wallet... i could put those money to better use...
To me, jeans and tees are my regular clothes, haversacks are the best bags around cos I can carry everything with me, normal sneakers are good cos I can walk as long as I want in them without feeling the stretch in my calves... maybe some women like to be decked in labels, one outfit could probably cost S$10,000 and they would be strutting on Orchard Road... I prefer to have that money in my bank....
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