QUOTE(chic_ @ Feb 21 2007, 03:38 AM) 
^yes, i know they are imported from overseas - you need not tell me - one of the reasons are Australia's high wage rates.
Actually, what do you consider fobby? Because right now, i don't understand your definition of it.
Yes i do agree that a lot of key pieces are inspired from trends in Asia - but i wouldn't go as far as 'copy' because it is appropriated. Furthermore, I wouldn't say that international catwalk fashions are copied from Asia - many of the key trends and styles come from Europe as well as the US - YSL, Balenciaga (Nicolas Ghesquière), Oscar De La Renta, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Chloe - no point in naming all of them. True, a lot street wear is copied from Asia, but the season's key shapes and silouhettes are taken from the RTW shows.
What I'm trying to say is that 'fobby' styles is not mainstream in Australia - therefore, the shops that we've mentioned (i'm not going to name all of them again) will not stock the pieces that appear in the photos posted by sunmi_byul. Also, many Aussies go around wearing more casual clothes paired together with flip-flops - hardly copying from Asia.
The issue, as brought up by tramy is where to buy the pieces pictured in the first post - these clothes do NOT appear in stores like CUE etc. I've focused on teen clothes because this thread is basically about what teens were - you don't see 25+ people wearing these sort of clothes.
Actually, what do you consider fobby? Because right now, i don't understand your definition of it.
Yes i do agree that a lot of key pieces are inspired from trends in Asia - but i wouldn't go as far as 'copy' because it is appropriated. Furthermore, I wouldn't say that international catwalk fashions are copied from Asia - many of the key trends and styles come from Europe as well as the US - YSL, Balenciaga (Nicolas Ghesquière), Oscar De La Renta, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Chloe - no point in naming all of them. True, a lot street wear is copied from Asia, but the season's key shapes and silouhettes are taken from the RTW shows.
What I'm trying to say is that 'fobby' styles is not mainstream in Australia - therefore, the shops that we've mentioned (i'm not going to name all of them again) will not stock the pieces that appear in the photos posted by sunmi_byul. Also, many Aussies go around wearing more casual clothes paired together with flip-flops - hardly copying from Asia.
The issue, as brought up by tramy is where to buy the pieces pictured in the first post - these clothes do NOT appear in stores like CUE etc. I've focused on teen clothes because this thread is basically about what teens were - you don't see 25+ people wearing these sort of clothes.
1.okay, why cant i say theyre imported because how would i know if u already knew that, since we're talking about fob style...i didnt know that till my dad told me this... and im sure alot of pple didnt know that...
2. we were talking about fobby 'styles'..... read the thread title..... infact i was trying not to talk much about fobby, i was trying to talk about the fashion styles that we have in australia...
3. do u mean inappropiate? (im confused) if ur saying its inappropiate to say copy, then how would i explain it.... i had to use this word because its easier to understand. I dont see wats the point when u say what styles comes from and then after that u agreed with what i said about how most copied from asia.... If u agreed it then this explains why the expensive stores are imported and therefore those catwalks u said in previous posts...
4. Wat im saying is their STYLES not just the fobby, i already said this many times in my previous posts. The whole time we were talking about the australian styles. Fobby is not just only clothes, it could meant their hair, lifestlye, language etc.... Did u even look through those expensive stores? because u keep assuming theyre not in....
5. i was trying to help pple where they could find those styles in australia.... Do u even work for CUE, Seduce, fcuk and other expensive stores?????
these models look older..... i wouldnt say 25+ age, it would be more like 40+ that u dont see much pple wearing them...
(AND I'M CHINESE!!) 
