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Liverpoolphil said:
Which part of the clothing apparel is chav ?

Chav is all baseball caps , tracksuits and jewellery - certainly wouldn't see many chavs wear what you see in that Nike range.
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I'm obviously not as up on the chav look as you, which is why I was a little tentative in my comment.

But the guy second right looks to be wearing a baseball cap, the trousers being sported by all three guys on the right look like tracksuit bottoms, two guys appear to be wearing Hawaiian shirts (not sure if this is chav look, please advise), I can't begin to describe the footwear of the dude on the right and I bet that the only reason that three of them have their arms crossed so is because they're wearing bling rings.
(And the guy second left doesn't look to have combed his hair this morning, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't had a wash either)
 
Crow said:
I'm obviously not as up on the chav look as you, which is why I was a little tentative in my comment.

But the guy second right looks to be wearing a baseball cap, the trousers being sported by all three guys on the right look like tracksuit bottoms, two guys appear to be wearing Hawaiian shirts (not sure if this is chav look, please advise), I can't begin to describe the footwear of the dude on the right and I bet that the only reason that three of them have their arms crossed so is because they're wearing bling rings.
(And the guy second left doesn't look to have combed his hair this morning, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't had a wash either)
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Well for me they look far different to your stereo typical chav look - no chains or shiney tracksuit transfers in sight.

The skinny type joggers you see on you normal young teenager now and even people into mid twenties - my bro in law wears them regualry and he is far from a chav. It's just common fashion you see and it's seems the golf manufacturers want to try and corner that area of the market - Fowler seems the perfect role model for them as well
 
Its not for me as i much prefer the sort of Phil Michelson type classic look of blacks, greys and whites

However give me guys wearing this type of gear over scruffy gits wearing tatty polo shirts, bobbley jumpers and half mast black trousers washed to light grey.

There are a few at my place that would dim view the be Jesus out of someone wearing this type of gear, even though they themselves look like compo from last of the summer wine. Stood on the first tee wearing the exact same shirt they bought 15 years earlier, all frayed at the collar and bleached white in the arm pits.

Scruffy gits, all dressed in accordance with the generally accepted "standards of dress".

Yes its a bit funky and i would not personally been seen dead wearing it, however to call it "chavy" is snobbery of the highest order.

That said if my PP rocked up to the first tee dressed in shorts and tights, i would be duty bound to absolutely rip the pee pee out of him on a galactic scale.

Saying that, I would still sooner play with a bit of a dipstick than some scruffy stig in the dump.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Well for me they look far different to your stereo typical chav look - no chains or shiney tracksuit transfers in sight.

The skinny type joggers you see on you normal young teenager now and even people into mid twenties - my bro in law wears them regualry and he is far from a chav. It's just common fashion you see and it's seems the golf manufacturers want to try and corner that area of the market - Fowler seems the perfect role model for them as well
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:confused: It was your measure of the stereotypical chav look I was taking as the model.
 
This could be massive for them, they will clearly sell! Thing is, 95% of people on here are not the target audience and nor do you know what would work. There will have been a whole heap of research involved and images splashed on the Internet to check people's clicking habits. To suggest it's a bad idea because no one is willing to stand up and say so is comedy gold! Do you honestly think a multi million pound marketing machine would let something like that happen!?? 😂😂.
They wouldn't be in business now that's for sure! Whether most on here like them or not is irrelevant, as I said they're not aimed at you (us). They will catch on tho and you'll start to see them becoming norm in many golfers, some on here too over the next couple of years.

I remember a few years back when the 3/4 length trouser got released. I thought they were ridiculous and no one would wear them. Few years down the line and I've owned several pairs. Same will happen with these with many on here... 😉
 
None of those Nike cloths look anything other than regular teenage wear. the models look like adults in kids cloths.

They have no socks on and their shirts are not tucked in. You would get shot at Daveyhulme and frowned upon at Lee Park.
 
the smiling assassin said:
That is where you are wrong (!) - if you're Mr average golfer somewhere in his 50s, sporting his favourite smart FJs and ironed trousers with a polo you are part of the problem - this is a uniform which is about exclusivity for only those who can dress within certain strict parameters is about as far detached from our evolving society and next generation as possible. The 21st century is about classless style and the perceived elite golfer is about as popular as a politician. Dress codes and subsequent golf uniform fervour are a slow poison destroying the game from within.
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Like that.
 
Tuck your shirt in, put the cap on the right way round and you might have a chance of getting on some courses. And as for tights? I can imagine all the questions on why you didn't go the whole hog and get the suspender belt too.
To me it just looks like normal wear (except the tights) not sports wear and that may well be the idea. It's strange. Much was lauded about the relaxation of dress in cricket and the 20/20 revolution, but you would be amazed if you saw a cricket team turn out in street clothes. In fact I think the same is true for most sports.
One other thing springs to mind. Why does it have to be a golf branded article of clothing to become somehow acceptable golf attire? Why is it you can't wear jogging bottoms on the course unless they have Nike Golf written on them somewhere, which somehow makes them acceptable?
 
I think the boots are fine. They aren't that dissimilar from the Nike bandon winter boot Nike have made for ages. With my dodgy ankle, I may yet buy a pair.

The trousers and clothes are not aimed at me so I won't be buying. However, rightly or wrongly, no one wearing a lot of that clobber would be allowed to play at the course Im a member of. The dress codes were established years ago, and it will take a lot to change them, and a lot of the members just won't want to.
 
the smiling assassin said:
That is where you are wrong (!) - if you're Mr average golfer somewhere in his 50s, sporting his favourite smart FJs and ironed trousers with a polo you are part of the problem - this is a uniform which is about exclusivity for only those who can dress within certain strict parameters is about as far detached from our evolving society and next generation as possible. The 21st century is about classless style and the perceived elite golfer is about as popular as a politician. Dress codes and subsequent golf uniform fervour are a slow poison destroying the game from within.
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Except every other sport has its dress codes, kits and uniforms. Why golf continually berates itself for doing the same escapes me.
Maybe it's because it's an individual sport, so no kit or team colours required.
As for the average golfer in their 50's in smart FJ's, ironed trousers and polo being part of the problem, I can only say its a good job they are around. Golf would have a serious problem without them. Young kids playing the game because of the clothing isn't going to save golf. Young kids playing the game because they love playing the game, will.
 
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What people wear on the golf course (and in the clubhouse) still causes so much horror and distress for some it is almost laughable.

As previously mentioned a faded pair of chinos, tatty polo short with a bobbly jumper is acceptable "uniform" for some whilst something not to their taste makes the wearer a chav or an attention seeker.

The new Nike collection looks like it could be used at the gym or out for a run as well as on the course. I would wear the high tops and look like more than an afterthought as opposed to the Puma's
 
The Nike hi-top golf shoes look a lot better than the Puma ones, I could be tempted with them for winter wear, but they won't go so well with my shorts in summer...... The only thing in them I'm not keen on is the pattern design, a plain colour with a complimentary swoosh work better for me. Long johns (compression leggings, whatever you want to call them) with shorts...... just no...... looks very silly to me, but my lad wears like that when playing footie, so there may well be a market out there. I wore long johns yesterday, but only wear them under long trousers myself. Quite like the blade collar shirt Rory was modelling, more my style as a grandad shirt.......

There may be a market for all of this gear, but I think there's many a course that won't allow it as not keeping within their dress codes....
 
garyinderry said:
None of those Nike cloths look anything other than regular teenage wear. the models look like adults in kids cloths.
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Exactly, I see plenty of young uns at my course dressed as fashion predicts today. They just look like trendy kids not chavs, granted what they are wearing isn't golf clothing as such. My regular pp tries to look like a young un but he fails massively most days 😉
 
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