Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Style on a Budget - An Interesting Discovery



Sometimes you find great style and places you'd least expect it. At the start of my first term at university I noticed that the guy in the room next to me had an amazing plaid shirt. When I asked him where he had got it I was stunned by his response. He bought it in Primark for £6. I noticed something interesting as soon as I knew the shirt was from Primark it certainly seemed less desirable. It's amazing how much influence the brand name can have on the desirability of a product.

However I went into Primark anyway, and I was soon the owner of two very nice plaid shirts. The thing to take from this is that I never would have guessed that the shirt was from Primark and that despite being from a low end store it was still a good shirt. So exercise a little bit of student economics and look around for the bargains that are to be had. Instead going into a big brand store and paying a lot of money for something that really isn't all that different to what you can get from somewhere like Primark. I'm not saying that you should always take the cheaper option and you should definitely splash out on your investment pieces but when we're talking about casual shirt it doesn't seem to make sense to spend a fortune on it when you can get something that is perfectly adequate for half the price. 

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