Why do people hate Ed Hardy?

[keniakittykat]

I don't know what Ed Hardy is. But seriously though, WTF, getting worked up like that over a piece of cloth. Did it have a swastika painted over it or something?

No, it was a purple tank top with dragons, roses and stick-on gemstones =( Nothing offensive of anything.

What do you do? That doesn't sound like appropriate work attire for any job I've ever heard of.

I work for customer service at the call center of an electronics webshop. We are aloud to wear whatever we want since we're in front of a computer all day. Some women even have huge cleavage and mile-high-heels or guys with 'fashionably ripped' jeans and sneakers that are falling apart. But dragons on an otherwise regular shirt? That's one step too far?

 

[DefunctTheory]

I don't know what Ed Hardy is. But seriously though, WTF, getting worked up like that over a piece of cloth. Did it have a swastika painted over it or something?

No, it was a purple tank top with dragons, roses and stick-on gemstones =( Nothing offensive of anything.

What do you do? That doesn't sound like appropriate work attire for any job I've ever heard of.

I work for customer service at the call center of an electronics webshop. We are aloud to wear whatever we want since we're in front of a computer all day. Some women even have huge cleavage and mile-high-heels or guys with 'fashionably ripped' jeans and sneakers that are falling apart. But dragons on an otherwise regular shirt? That's one step too far?

Tank tops are not shirts.

But fair enough. Was just wondering.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Unless you're actually BEHAVING like a douche, then your clothing isn't really an issue with me.

Honestly, that tank top sounds kinda awesome...and I'm a straight male.

 

[Amir Kondori]

Fuck the haters, if he keeps on you tell him to kindly shut his mouth. It may look stupid but if you like it you like it.

 

[LetalisK]

Guh, this is why I stick to Hawaiian Shirts, and other gaudy clothing. There's no politics, you just make everyone upset.

PSEUDO-HIPSTERS UNITE!

*looks at avatar* You...might want to reconsider that and disperse instead.

OT: I've never even heard of Ed Hardy before this. Walmart clothes shopping, amirite?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'll let the ladies of Garfunkel and Oates explain this one for me:


If you don't want to watch the video, the entire brand is associated with fratboys and the kind of douchebags who hang out at clubs[footnote]Not that all people who hang out at clubs are douchebags, I mean a specific breed of douchebag that happens to enjoy clubbing. Think Jersey Shore.[/footnote]. I'm having a hard time thinking of a piece of clothing with as strong of a negative connotation; even a fedora can be pulled off by the right person in the right situation. For Ed Hardy, there is no right situation, and the right person is exactly the reason everyone hates it.

 

[keniakittykat]

Guh, this is why I stick to Hawaiian Shirts, and other gaudy clothing. There's no politics, you just make everyone upset.

PSEUDO-HIPSTERS UNITE!

Huzah? xD

 

[Artina89]

I personally don't really like the style, but what another person wants to wear is entirely up to them. A lot of people might take issue with it because of shows like The Jersey shore but it is really none of your co-workers business what you want to wear at work. If it is OK with your manager, then there really shouldn't be an issue.

Speaking of Jersey shore, this is quite a funny parody, courtesy of Craig Ferguson:

 

[omega 616]

Nice, lots of stereotyping going on in this thread! Though I'm unsure if people are just relaying the stereotype or believe in it themselves.

I'm not from America but Ed Hardy stuff never really took hold over hear, you saw the odd bag, leggings and maybe phone case but guys certainly never touched it.

If you like them, wear them. Don't judge a book by its cover and all that.

As for the affliction tops thing that has creeper up, how many people wear team colours? NFL kits, nba kits, football kits, hockey kits... Wearing replica colours of a team you support is okay in loads of different sports but try and do that with mma and you're a douche? I guess you think wearing a gaming related top is okay though? Nerd, probably live in your mum's basement, drinking mountain dew and some kind of cheese based corn snack, as your neck beard grows over your double chin.

I own two affliction tops 'cos I like how they look, why do you get your clothes? I also have a handful of gaming related tops and I don't fit the above stereotypes.

 

[Cowabungaa]

The affiliation with Jersey Shore guys is one thing. More importantly, it's really tacky.

 

[The_Echo]

I guess there's a strong affiliation between Ed Hardy and douchbags.

After a quick Google image search, I've come to the conclusion that I too dislike the Ed Hardy brand.

The art's kind of gross and gaudy. It feels cheap.

 

[Colour Scientist]

The affiliation with Jersey Shore guys is one thing. More importantly, it's really tacky.

This would be my stance on it.
I just think the clothes look nasty.
Tacky is the perfect word, really.

Edit: I would like to point, however, that your co-worker was totally out of line for publically berating you for your choice of clothing if you're workplace doesn't have a dress code.

 

[Zhukov]

Who?

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To the Google!

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Oh, it's a brand.

Eh, not my thing. I've never liked that style of tattoo art. In fact, when I was younger I used to think all tattoos were ugly because I'd only seen ones like that. It's just so... try hard. Flaming skulls and trite slogans about love. Ugh.

However, I couldn't imagine myself giving someone shit for wearing a tacky, colourful shirt. Your co-worker sounds like a dick.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

Nice, lots of stereotyping going on in this thread! Though I'm unsure if people are just relaying the stereotype or believe in it themselves.

I'm not from America but Ed Hardy stuff never really took hold over hear, you saw the odd bag, leggings and maybe phone case but guys certainly never touched it.

If you like them, wear them. Don't judge a book by its cover and all that.

As for the affliction tops thing that has creeper up, how many people wear team colours? NFL kits, nba kits, football kits, hockey kits... Wearing replica colours of a team you support is okay in loads of different sports but try and do that with mma and you're a douche? I guess you think wearing a gaming related top is okay though? Nerd, probably live in your mum's basement, drinking mountain dew and some kind of cheese based corn snack, as your neck beard grows over your double chin.

I own two affliction tops 'cos I like how they look, why do you get your clothes? I also have a handful of gaming related tops and I don't fit the above stereotypes.

What's funny about this is that the only one doing any stereotyping here is you, everyone here is simply pointing out what the stereotypes of people who wear Ed Hardy are, since OP didn't seem to know about them.

And Affliction or Tapout doesn't represent a "team" in particular, as opposed to say, wearing a Raiders jersey, and in fact it's not even an actual part of the sport uniform (as opposed to an actual team jersey), since they don't wear it while they fight. As for a gaming top, sure, wear one, but don't you think it'd be kind of strange if you wore a gaming top for a game you had never actually played? To me, it's roughly the same as wearing an Affliction or Tapout t-shirt when you don't actually do MMA.

"Nerd, probably live in your mum's basement, drinking mountain dew and some kind of cheese based corn snack, as your neck beard grows over your double chin."

Ahh people talking tough over the internet, never gets old.

 

[omega 616]

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Wow!

Affliction tops are associated with mma, wearing an affliction top (which sometimes have fighters names on) shows you at least like mma, in much the same way wearing a patriots top shows you like the NFL. Has fuck all do to with your ability to do the sport, how many over weight guys watch the NFL, pounding beers, face painted and wearing a strip? They are okay to wear them but mma fans get "you can't wear that, you're not an mma fighter in anyway".... Nice double standard!

Second, you do understand the nerd stereotype I wrote was just me making a point... Right? I was saying the stereotype wasn't right. Like I said, I own gaming the shirts but I live alone, don't have a beard, don't like mountain dew or cheese flavoured corn snacks.

Have you actually read this thread? It's a bunch of people saying people who wear Ed Hardy are basically jersey shore wannabes and only douches wear affliction tops, I say stop stereotyping and gave a silly relevant and prevalent stereotype to prove my point and you say "you're the only one stereotyping".

 

[Brutal Peanut]

Around this area, we have a lot of Metal Militia(Mulisha) guys and their skunk-head girlfriends - Ed Hardy makes an appearance as well. I don't 'hate' big-bucks huge-name brand clothing or the people that buy them; but I just think all of it is gaudy overpriced garbage.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

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Wow!

Affliction tops are associated with mma, wearing an affliction top (which sometimes have fighters names on) shows you at least like mma, in much the same way wearing a patriots top shows you like the NFL. Has fuck all do to with your ability to do the sport, how many over weight guys watch the NFL, pounding beers, face painted and wearing a strip? They are okay to wear them but mma fans get "you can't wear that, you're not an mma fighter in anyway".... Nice double standard!

Second, you do understand the nerd stereotype I wrote was just me making a point... Right? I was saying the stereotype wasn't right. Like I said, I own gaming the shirts but I live alone, don't have a beard, don't like mountain dew or cheese flavoured corn snacks.

Have you actually read this thread? It's a bunch of people saying people who wear Ed Hardy are basically jersey shore wannabes and only douches wear affliction tops, I say stop stereotyping and gave a silly relevant and prevalent stereotype to prove my point and you say "you're the only one stereotyping".

The point is, these shirts are so deeply tied to the stereotype that to wear one is to align yourself with said stereotype. It'd be like putting on a T-shirt with an image of Jesus on it because you like the way it looks and getting offended when people assume you're a Christian.

Also, I don't know about Affliction, but TapOut is definitely not like wearing a team jersey. It's a company that makes equipment and training clothes for martial artists, particularly MMA. To put it in soccer terms, it's less like wearing a team jersey, and more like wearing a shirt with the Wilson[footnote]A company that makes sports equipment, including soccer balls[/footnote] logo on it, despite never having actually played the game, just watching the pro teams on TV. Except even that's not the best example, because Wilson doesn't make the clothing the athletes wear while training. Maybe UnderArmor would be a better brand to make a comparison with?

 

[Juste Goose]

I honestly didn't know they made Ed Hardy for women...

Anyway, the line is mostly associated with orange muscle men with chin strap beards and diamond studs. People will expect you to pound a four loko and start a fight.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Hm. I don't really hate Ed Hardy as I don't really know anything about him, but my pronounced dislike of Ed Hardy apparel stems from real-life experience out in the wild.

As merchandise, I noticed that, say, Ed-Hardy themed 'protective cases' and the likes for iPhones are basically the cheapest crap with some, yes, colourful Ed Hardy design on them. For the seemingly brief period of time I saw them featured and peddled, they seemed awfully overpriced.

I don't seem to frequent the walk-in stores that have Ed Hardy apparel on sale, so no statement on that from me.

Interacting with people that prominently feature Ed Hardy apparel that is identifiable as such involved more than a cup of stupid and an overlying theme of abused animals, neglected children, tattooed stars on faces and bad manners. I don't really care about 'trends' beyond being able to ridicule them on sight, but if Ed Hardy ever was trending, I missed it. It's just there, mostly on people I would rather not want to interact with if I don't have to. That's that.

I think my negative experiences hardened into a fistful of prejudice, so I'm really somewhat trying to remain open to any person I encounter. It's just that when I see Ed Hardy, I do expect things to go south. They admittedly don't always do, just as men with long hair can be cool, men with long fingernails can be gifted guitar players instead of lazy shut-in antisocial slobs, et cetera, but wearing Ed Hardy can invoke the worst expectations and behaviour in people just like going saggy pants OG in a suit-and-tie event or cross-dressing in church. It's nothing personal, just be aware and master the situation.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

In my opinion, I don't think that there is anything particularly wrong with the brand itself.

The only issue that usually stems from the Ed Hardy brand is that it has the misfortune of being associated with douches and a**holes. Not to say that all people who wear Ed Hardy are douches and a**holes, but they have come negatively synonymous with the individuals that are.