Are chinos chavvy?
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Top man chinos yes, old man chinos no. I wear old man chinos to clinical placements and I would be very suprised if anybody said I looked like a chav in them.
Really? Chinos with elasticated bottoms/long crotch/super tight ones (read ill-fitting), boat shoes with no socks and a denin shirt tucked in/tucked out. Complete with ill-shaved stubble and gelled up hair, add in a fake tan as well if the image isn't good enough for you.(Original post by TurboCretin)
If you can look chavvy wearing a shirt, chinos and boat shoes I will applaud you.
It's quite easy to look like a chav in a shirt, chinos and boat shoes. It just depends on how you wear them. Granted, if you wear proper fitting pleated chinos, a tidy dress shirt and any decent shoes (boat shoes included) then you won't look like a chav but it's certainly not impossible.Last edited by RollerBall; 10-05-2012 at 14:43. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Aside from the fact that boat shoes are supposed to be worn without socks anyway, I don't think the combination you describe would look chavvy. It wouldn't look good, granted, but it wouldn't look chavvy either.(Original post by RollerBall)
Top man chinos yes, old man chinos no. I wear old man chinos to clinical placements and I would be very suprised if anybody said I looked like a chav in them.
Really? Chinos with elasticated bottoms/long crotch/super tight ones (read ill-fitting), boat shoes with no socks and a denin shirt tucked in/tucked out. Complete with ill-shaved stubble and gelled up hair, add in a fake tan as well if the image isn't good enough for you.
It's quite easy to look like a chav in a shirt, chinos and boat shoes. It just depends on how you wear them. Granted, if you wear proper fitting pleated chinos, a tidy dress shirt and any decent shoes (boat shoes included) then you won't look like a chav but it's certainly not impossible.
Also, I've never seen elasticated chinos but they sound abominable. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?The illustration you've provided for a chav is a late 90's cliché.(Original post by willbee)
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Chavs move on, same as everyone else. They tend to just wear the naffest, most outrageously tasteless bits of high street fashion, whatever that may be in any given year. At the moment, it quite clearly includes dropcrotch chinos and big check shirts.
Just look chav shows like TOWIE or Geordie Shore - you won't see anyone in stereotypical 90's chav attire. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?I think people misuse the word 'chavvy'.... It's become another word for popular in some circles. Snobs who value originality way too highly that they become complete *****.
No chinos are chavvy. Chavs usually wear cheap, outdated track suits.
A lot of young people wear (IMO) stupid chinos which clasp your ankles, but they're not chav's, they're some young people.
There are some nice fashionable chinos which aren't chavvy, and there are some preppy type chinos which are generally associated with posh people.
It's like saying 'are jeans chavvy' when we all know that yes, some jeans are quite chavvy, some are quite cool and some are just middle-age attire.
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?They used to be Indie, now they're more mainstream, wouldn't say chavvy though. Just everyone wears them with a printed T-shirt from Topshop sporting a tattoo on the arm, with a hat, and usually likes Drake/other rap artists which are becoming mainstream.
I do remember chinos being worn by middle/upper class people though usually with a nice jumperLast edited by Superstar6318; 10-05-2012 at 15:47. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?WIN.(Original post by Steezy)
I think people misuse the word 'chavvy'.... It's become another word for popular in some circles. Snobs who value originality way too highly that they become complete *****.
No chinos are chavvy. Chavs usually wear cheap, outdated track suits.
A lot of young people wear (IMO) stupid chinos which clasp your ankles, but they're not chav's, they're some young people.
There are some nice fashionable chinos which aren't chavvy, and there are some preppy type chinos which are generally associated with posh people.
It's like saying 'are jeans chavvy' when we all know that yes, some jeans are quite chavvy, some are quite cool and some are just middle-age attire.
So to answer your question - your friend is a douche. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Does it matter? If you're not a chav and don't wear them like a chav, they won't be chavvy.
Honestly, one item of clothing won't make you a chav, just wear them in a way that's very 'you' and you'll look like you, not the possible steriotype associated with then chinos.
But for the love of god, please make sure they fit properly. nothing worse than a man in chino's who looks like he's crapped himself in a nappy. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?(Original post by Steezy)
I think people misuse the word 'chavvy'.... It's become another word for popular in some circles. Snobs who value originality way too highly that they become complete *****.
No chinos are chavvy. Chavs usually wear cheap, outdated track suits.
A lot of young people wear (IMO) stupid chinos which clasp your ankles, but they're not chav's, they're some young people.
There are some nice fashionable chinos which aren't chavvy, and there are some preppy type chinos which are generally associated with posh people.
It's like saying 'are jeans chavvy' when we all know that yes, some jeans are quite chavvy, some are quite cool and some are just middle-age attire.
So to answer your question - your friend is a douche.
Not only do chavs not wear "cheap outdated tracksuits", they never did, even when the chav stereotype was originating in the late 90s. To be seen in anything visibly cheap or outdated is the very definition of chav social suicide.
Chavs have always been famous for being impressed by gaudy expensive makes. Most designer clothing nowadays is aimed squarely at the chav market. You always seen people walking around council estates with their ugly armani t-shirts. Why do you think burberry became so popular? The reason jeans were generally shunned is that they didn't display their brand names as easily as highly branded sportswear, thus rendering them pointless. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?That's like asking if jeans are chavvy.
I don't understand the chino hate, they've been around for decades or arguably even centuries. Now they're just more popular or mainstream but they have always been worn by many. Arguably the more wealthy types were associated with them. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?I wouldn't classify them as chavvy just yet. Chavs only began wearing jeans a couple of years ago I noticed. Before that it was trackies and Burberry caps. I miss the old-style chavs.
*****EDIT: IMPORTANT - DO CHAVS ACTUALLY EXIST ANYMORE? HAVE THEY SPLIT OFF INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AND HARD TO IDENTIFY SUBGROUPS?*****Last edited by Leon Trotsky; 10-05-2012 at 16:36. -
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Well, I actually haven't seen so many chavs wear chino's. Well, if they are- then, to be honest- so what? If I still like chinos, I'll wear chinos. Oh, there could be a possibility that satchel bags also become chavy as well
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?As has been mentioned several times previously, it all depends on the style of them, and what you wear them with. Burberry is both "chavvy" and high fashion. If you were to wear a real burberry jumper then you'd hardly be chavvy, if you were to wear a knockoff, and a lot of classic burberry tartan, then it is largely seen as chavvy.
This isn't chavvy:
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?Just to clarify - on this and every other of the 1,000 threads about chinos - if people are asking questions like "are chinos cool?" "Are chinos chavvy?" "are chinos fashionable?", they're quite obviously talking about the huge influx of ugly coloured and badly fitting chinos that have flooded the high st in the past year or two, not normal straight leg chinos as worn by middle class people to summer garden parties.
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Re: Are chinos chavvy?I'm yet to see chav's wearing chinos though.(Original post by py0alb)
Not only do chavs not wear "cheap outdated tracksuits", they never did, even when the chav stereotype was originating in the late 90s. To be seen in anything visibly cheap or outdated is the very definition of chav social suicide.
Chavs have always been famous for being impressed by gaudy expensive makes. Most designer clothing nowadays is aimed squarely at the chav market. You always seen people walking around council estates with their ugly armani t-shirts. Why do you think burberry became so popular? The reason jeans were generally shunned is that they didn't display their brand names as easily as highly branded sportswear, thus rendering them pointless.
