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From: jp@faron.UUCP (Jeffrey Picciotto)
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Subject: Re: Precocious Brand Loyalty
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 13:26:15 EDT
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> Today (9/3)'s Boston Globe has an interesting editorial ("Born to shop") on
> the above subject.  Excerpts:
> 
> "...It used to be that children started thinking about clothes at the onset
> of adolescence.  Now, elementary school children, and even pre-schoolers,
> make demands in store aisles and dressing rooms.  These pint-sized shoppers
> know their brand names and their labels.
> 
> ...the newfound blurring of generational fashion lines is a distasteful step
> backward - and an expensive one at that."
> 
> (The above editorial neglected to state whether or not the Globe would
>  attempt to take the lead in ameliorating this deplorable situation by 
>  hereafter refusing to accept such advertising.)  :-)
> 
> AWR



Observation:

  I have lived in a lot of different places (a variety of continents), yet
the best dressed people (ie kids <20) that I've seen are in E Boston (a
relatively poor area).  These kids look good and care about their personal
appearance.

  Offhand, that seems better than having kids walk around in crummy jeans
and ragged T-shirts (like me :-)).

  Of course, how they can afford such nice clothes is beyond me!


Jeff Picciotto

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