[I am Ace]

A dunno, wit do yoo fink? If dey all wore soots would they stopping talking like uneducated morons who think an "apostrophe" is a pill you take to get you, "off yer heed!" Or maybe I've simple lived in Glasgow too long...

[d_aan]

Where I work, the 'chavs' have changed from their stereotypical tracksuit bottoms and hoods to plastering themselves in Ralph Lauren clothing. Yet, despite this change in clothing, their behaviour is exactly the same. Spitting on the floor, littering congregating on the library steps and stealing from the local grocery store, they are still 'chavs'

[Marco1]

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

[winning11]

cheryl cole

tulisa

[Simran Mars Foster]

Yea look at adele.


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[Tahooper]

Your personality decides whether you are a chav or not. No amount of nice jeans and a smart shirt is going to change that.

I'm currently wearing an adidas t-shirt and adidas joggers

[Formerly Helpful_C]

(Original post by Iron Lady)
Of course.

I know some people who are wealthy, live in big houses, drive luxury cars, etc. but I still view them as quite chavvy despite the designer clothes they wear (they're not exactly nice, but still expensive, if this is what you mean OP?), due to their behaviour, interests and accent. They're just called 'rich chavs'. Look at some celebrities/footballers, they don't stop being a chav just because they have a large bank account.

Being a 'chav' is an attitude and clothes will not say whether they're a chav or not. Some people wear Adidas tracksuits or whatever for exercising, so as long as they wouldn't wear it for casual clothes, then they can still be normal people!

There are many different types of chavs: the thugs/violent anti-social behaviour type, the loud/mouthy type and then the type who looks a bit common but are harmless.

In answer to your question, OP, chavs do not stop being chavs due to the clothes, as you can always tell from their mannerisms.

No, I mean, genuinely nice - however you define the word - clothes. Nothing overtly branded and no ostentatious displays. Sometimes people can wear "chavvy" clothes as a result of their economic situation and, unfortunately, they get branded as a chav - despite being wholesome members of society.

However, should your archetypal chav start wearing nice clothes, would they still be a chav?

I have received several responses, and I have realised that they are correct - chavs are chavs no matter the clothing. I saw people who were wearing Ralph Lauren, but they still spat on the street and carried an angry demeanour. So, I agree with your conclusion entirely.

[elinorus]

Being a chav isn't just an outfit, being a chav is a state of mind. You may already have it.

[Umer786]

If anyone here has difficulty in identifying a 'Chav' then please use the following picture as a guide.

[willbee]

To quote my grnadad:

You can blowdry a cowpat and stop it from smelling, but it doesn't make it any less a piece of ****.

^My grandad says stuff like this ALL THE TIME when talking about the problems with the youth of today. Normally he's just spouting whatever opinions Anne Widdecombe has expressed in her tabloid column...

[Formerly Helpful_C]

(Original post by elinorus)
Being a chav isn't just an outfit, being a chav is a state of mind. You may already have it.

Me? Or the general 'you', to indicate anyone reading your comment?

I'm most certainly not a chav, in any case.

[Oiseaux]

Yes, because they'd still have the Chav attitude.

[Iron Lady]

(Original post by Formerly Helpful_C)
No, I mean, genuinely nice - however you define the word - clothes. Nothing overtly branded and no ostentatious displays. Sometimes people can wear "chavvy" clothes as a result of their economic situation and, unfortunately, they get branded as a chav - despite being wholesome members of society.

However, should your archetypal chav start wearing nice clothes, would they still be a chav?

I have received several responses, and I have realised that they are correct - chavs are chavs no matter the clothing. I saw people who were wearing Ralph Lauren, but they still spat on the street and carried an angry demeanour. So, I agree with your conclusion entirely.

If their behaviour remains the same, yes. You can take the person out of the ghetto, but you can never take the ghetto out of the person.

[Mr Bee]

Yes they would.


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[callum9999]

I don't believe there is any such thing as "a chav".

People merely group anyone who is of a seemingly lower class status than them, and annoys them, into the "chav" category. Though now that is spreading even wider, as people are doing it to classes that are "above" them as well. There is no way the people I hear called chavs by varying people could possibly be lumped together into any vague sort of related grouping.

It's basically just a massive exercise in people trying to act superior to others using the class system - something Britain does best...

[Enigma7]

Once a Chav, always a Chav.

That voice will always mean your a chav.

[DontJudge]

'Nice' is subjective.

When used in an objective way to generalise a fact, that individual is considered as unintelligent.

[GrazzleDazzle]

(Original post by Swanbow)
Chavs have slowly been changing their dress to fit into the general population for years. You can now tell them in town from their terrible chequered shirts and Henleys Jeans. They also have made a transition from trackies to joggers, and air-maxs to general low-top trainers and addidas jackets.

That is because the government keeps giving their families more benefits and due to the economy, retailers are slashing prices off stock. Especially clothing ! These days hard working decent people have less money than ungrateful, bone idle chavs.

[AdamHarriis]

Yes because they'd still be immature, annoying, retarded, cocky, skinny little pricks

[0000fw]

People are branded chavs if they don't have much money. This is sometimes displayed by clothing, speech and intellect as schools in poor areas often offer their students a bad reputation. Calling someone a chav is rude and disrespectful and people who call other's chavs tend to be from wealthier backgrounds, I don't think chav is an acceptable term when meant in a derogatory manner.