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Is K Swiss 'Chavish'?

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Is K Swiss Chavish?

Zinck

What do you think? Yes or no?

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Reply 1

lil one

no - i think its ridiculous when people lable a brand of clothing chavish. Its chavish if your wearing it for the sole purpose of showing off your label, when you clearly can't afford it. Then that would make you a chav. But if you wear it because you genuinally like the brand/trainer, than wear it. I personally love K Swiss and Im far from a chav.

Reply 2

caramel_qt3

Personally, I wouldn't really care if anything was "chavish" or not. (I don't even like the use of that word...think it's an excuse for people to be snobbish) I wear what I like...K-Swiss do some nice things, but not usually my style.

Reply 3

samsam123

lil_one

. I personally love K Swiss and Im far from a chav.

me too. some of the k swiss trainers look a bit chavvy, like the check ones. i dont like them but i love my yellow k-swisses, they're my babies! :biggrin:

Reply 4

PhilMc

I love K-swiss, I'm not a chav.

Reply 5

aced

The fact that it started out as a tennis brand pretty much answers your question.

Reply 6

Lecter

aced

The fact that it started out as a tennis brand pretty much answers your question.

chavish, no, i think more skatter style.

Reply 7

Sheen

i would say they were skater style.
now vans and DC's and stuff is skater styled stuff but k-swiss isnt

Reply 8

supernova2

But burberry is now seen as a chav brand and that was a well respected brand before.

Its not the clothes that make the perception of the brand, its the people that wear them. Things like a pair of adidas sportswear stuff is fine if your playing sports but walk down the highstreet in some adidas joggers and a zip up top thing and youll look like a chav.

Reply 9

Zinck

Well, to be more specific, would you call these Trainers chavish http://www.kswiss.com/cgi-bin/kswiss/store/product_detail.html?mv_arg=x&pid=01218:107#

Reply 10

The Green Manalishi

Zinck

Well, to be more specific, would you call these Trainers chavish http://www.kswiss.com/cgi-bin/kswiss/store/product_detail.html?mv_arg=x&pid=01218:107#

I don't live in England so i don't know about this thing people call 'chavs' :p:

But the sneakers are ok... Not my style particularly but they look alright...

Reply 11

aced

Zinck

Well, to be more specific, would you call these Trainers chavish http://www.kswiss.com/cgi-bin/kswiss/store/product_detail.html?mv_arg=x&pid=01218:107#

IMO wearing a certain pair of shoes doesn't govern whether or not you're a "chav". Wear those shoes with a pair of jeans and a shirt, and you certainly wouldn't be called a "chav". Wear them with an Adidas tracksuit up town, and you might be called a "chav".

IMO, people aren't "chavs" because of what they wear; they're "chavs" because of their attitude. There are loads of really nice guys who wear "chav" clothing, and loads of arses who wear what would be considered as respectable clothing.

Reply 12

daisyflower112

i agree. it how you wear it. K Swiss do loads and loads of styles to cater for everybodys needs, some may appeal to "chavs", some may not.

Reply 13

icklehc

no. k-swiss are a brand of trainers created for whoever likes the style to wear them. if you are a chav and you wear k swiss then yes i guess they are chavish but only coz of whos wearing them. as trainers themselves they cant be chavish coz they are simply trainers!

Reply 14

TommehR

I played tennis for years and always used to wear K-Swiss (http://www.kswiss.com/cgi-bin/kswiss/store/product_detail.html?mv_arg=x&pid=0990:152). I was most confused when I began to hear of rappers and the like wearing them. I never knew they made casual trainers as well. Hehe.

Reply 15

Stick Man

The K-Swiss logo on there is tiny and most people won't even notice it; chav or not.

Reply 16

graveyarddreams

There's a lot of chavs around my area, and most of them own K swiss trainers. But i wouldn't care, in fact, i bought one two years ago (because it was the first thing i saw and was cheap) and has being wearing it every day since and i'm as far from a chav as it gets.

Reply 17

RieLouise

caramel_qt3

Quoted for emphasis.

Reply 18

Mellie

caramel_qt3

Personally, I wouldn't really care if anything was "chavish" or not. (I don't even like the use of that word...think it's an excuse for people to be snobbish) I wear what I like....

Go you!
There is no such thing as a "chavvy" label. Charve is a state of mind, not a type of dressware. A label may become synonamous with the charvers but it depends on how YOU wear it.