Alright, let’s talk about this… uh… “Givenchy” baseball jersey. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Like somethin’ them city folk wear. I saw one the other day, or a picture of one, on that… whatchamacallit… inter-web thingy my grandson showed me. Looked like a regular shirt to me, but what do I know? I’m just an old woman.
First off, the price! Lord have mercy! Six hundred and fifty dollars? You could buy a whole cow for that much money back in my day! And for a shirt? A shirt you’re gonna sweat in and get dirty playin’ ball? Makes no sense. They say it’s got some fancy name on it, “Givenchy.” Sounds French or somethin’. Probably why it costs so much. Them French folks, they always makin’ things expensive, ain’t they?
Now, what’s so special about this jersey? They say it’s made of “mesh.” Mesh? Sounds like that nettin’ stuff we use to keep the flies off the food at the picnic. Is that supposed to make it fancy? I guess it lets the air in, so you don’t get all sweaty when you’re runnin’ around. That’s good, I reckon. But still, six hundred and fifty dollars? For a holey shirt?
And it’s got a “collegiate-inspired logo.” Collegiate? That just means it looks like somethin’ them college kids wear. You know, the ones with more money than sense. Probably got a big letter on it, or maybe a picture of a wildcat or somethin’. My grandson he likes those wildcats, always shoutin’ about ’em when the games are on. He’s got a whole pile of them shirts. Cost him maybe twenty dollars apiece, and they look just fine to me. I bet they’re made in the same place too, who knows these days. They all say made somewhere else when you look at that little tag on the back.
They also talked about the size. Said somethin’ about centimeters and shoulders and chests. Well, I don’t know nothin’ about all that. Back in my day, we just tried it on, and if it fit, it fit. If it didn’t, well, you didn’t buy it, or you gave it to someone it would fit. Simple as that. Now they got charts and numbers and all sorts of rigmarole. Too complicated if you ask me.
- Price: Way too high! Six hundred and fifty dollars? Highway robbery, I tell ya!
- Material: Mesh? Just sounds like a fancy word for netting. But I guess it keeps ya cool.
- Logo: Collegiate-inspired? So, it looks like a college shirt. Big whoop.
- Size: Too much fuss with all them numbers. Just try it on and see if it fits!
And where do you even buy this thing? Nordstrom, they said. Another fancy name. Sounds like a place where they charge you extra just for walkin’ in the door. Then there was this other place, “POIZON” sounds like poison! Who names a store after somethin’ that can kill ya? They say they make sure it’s real Givenchy and not some fake copy. I guess there’s folks out there makin’ fake fancy shirts too huh. Seems like a lot of trouble to go through for a shirt, if you ask me.
They even got Disney ones. Imagine that, Mickey Mouse on a six hundred and fifty dollar shirt. My grand kids would like that. But I ain’t payin’ that much for it. They can have a popsicle instead, much cheaper and it makes them just as happy.
Now, they were talkin’ about why them baseball shirts cost so much. Somethin’ about “licensing fees” and “trademarks.” Sounds like a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo to me. Basically, they gotta pay to use them team logos, and then they pass that cost on to us poor folks. And they make ‘em all in one place up in Pennsylvania, the same ones that have made them for years. Well, that don’t explain why they gotta charge so much! They probably pay those workers next to nothing too. It’s all a racket, I tell ya.
So, would I buy a Givenchy baseball jersey? Not on your life! I’d rather take that six hundred and fifty dollars and buy myself a nice new rocking chair and maybe a couple of chickens. At least I know what I’m gettin’ for my money then. This fancy shirt stuff, it’s just not for me. It’s probably for them young fellers with more money than brains. They can have it. I’ll stick to my plain cotton shirts, thank you very much.
But hey, if you got the money to burn, and you wanna look fancy while you’re playin’ catch, go right ahead. Just don’t come cryin’ to me when you get a grass stain on it and can’t get it out. I know I told you not to buy that fancy thing!
At the end of the day, a shirt’s a shirt, no matter how much you pay for it. And this here “Givenchy” thing just seems like a way to get folks to spend a whole lot of money on somethin’ they don’t really need. But that’s just my two cents, of course. You young folks can do what you want.
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