My teen asked for a Supreme backpack

[Anonymous]

My kids use their LL Bean and Jansport bags from ES. Those bags are so durable (that’s the point of a backpack, right?). They’re doing just fine socially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid asked for one. I looked at the website with him and made some non-committal noises. He never mentioned it again.

As long as you're not sending your kid to school with the LL Bean backpack you got him in 3rd grade, I'm sure he's fine. Maybe get it for a birthday or holiday if it's too much for a regular back to school cost.

Lol. My HS senior still has the same backpack from 7th grade!

Mine too...and it is LLBEAN!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lemmings. Cool kids don’t follow that stupid trend.

Of course they do. The pricey shit is the barrier to entry to the popular crowd, silly.

It's really not. My brother was legendary in MS and HS. Senior girls used to give me a ride to school in HS because they wanted to date my Sophomore brother. He was good-looking and a super athlete. He also did not follow stupid trends or ask my parents for expensive items to fit in. My dad was VERY BIG on, be a leader not a follower. We all picked up on that quickly and to this day I will not wear things once they become overly popular. If every bus stop mom is strutting around in a Canadian Goose (formerly North Face) it's the last thing I want to be seen in.

I realized my kids turned out the same way and they are very popular. In fact, they often set the trends. My 8th grader saw some independent store with a cool logo on vacation and wanted to buy it because everyone else wore Vineyard Vines----guess what? Everyone wanted to know where he got it.

My kids know I will never spend $300 on sneakers or $400 or even $150 on a backpack even though we are very well-off. We do teach value of things.

Kids that need a ton of exterior stuff and need to follow what everyone else is doing often are surprised the way things turn out. It's exhausting being a striver.

And yet you seem exquisitely sensive to and aware of who and what Re “in” and “out.”

[Anonymous]

That backpack is ugly. And cheap looking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$150 is reasonable for a backpack, no?
Think you can go to Alibaba, order a Suppreme backpack and get away with it?

"No?"

No.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, honey. That is just too much money.

Practice saying that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids use their LL Bean and Jansport bags from ES. Those bags are so durable (that’s the point of a backpack, right?). They’re doing just fine socially.

Another Jansport family here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And yes I probably live under a large rock! These are $400+ on Amazon. On the Supreme website, they are $150 or so. What is up with these backpacks? I know things become "cool" for random reasons, but why are these ordinary looking backpacks considered so cool? And is there any way to get hold of them for a reasonable price?

You're insane. Get a backbone and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid asked for one. I looked at the website with him and made some non-committal noises. He never mentioned it again.

As long as you're not sending your kid to school with the LL Bean backpack you got him in 3rd grade, I'm sure he's fine. Maybe get it for a birthday or holiday if it's too much for a regular back to school cost.

Lol. My HS senior still has the same backpack from 7th grade!

My 8th grader still has his black LL Bean backpack from 3rd grade. Didn't realize that was a problem!

my 8th grader has his same LL Bean backpack from 5th grade. No complaints and he even has managed to keep an active social life despite the threat of this backpack destroying his ability to be cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nerdy senior is an ll bean. My cooler freshman has Herschel. Both are satisfied.

Too funny, I google Herschel and my son has one. i had no idea it was a thing. I hate the backpack because it does not hold jack-shit. I have no idea if my son is cool. I personally don't hang out with middle schoolers. My peer group is a bit older.

[Anonymous]

Wow, I thought you meant he wanted a backpack with this on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lemmings. Cool kids don’t follow that stupid trend.

Of course they do. The pricey shit is the barrier to entry to the popular crowd, silly.

It's really not. My brother was legendary in MS and HS. Senior girls used to give me a ride to school in HS because they wanted to date my Sophomore brother. He was good-looking and a super athlete. He also did not follow stupid trends or ask my parents for expensive items to fit in. My dad was VERY BIG on, be a leader not a follower. We all picked up on that quickly and to this day I will not wear things once they become overly popular. If every bus stop mom is strutting around in a Canadian Goose (formerly North Face) it's the last thing I want to be seen in.

I realized my kids turned out the same way and they are very popular. In fact, they often set the trends. My 8th grader saw some independent store with a cool logo on vacation and wanted to buy it because everyone else wore Vineyard Vines----guess what? Everyone wanted to know where he got it.

My kids know I will never spend $300 on sneakers or $400 or even $150 on a backpack even though we are very well-off. We do teach value of things.

Kids that need a ton of exterior stuff and need to follow what everyone else is doing often are surprised the way things turn out. It's exhausting being a striver.

And yet you seem exquisitely sensive to and aware of who and what Re “in” and “out.”

Not to mention “striving” pretty darn hard to stay ahead of the crowd. Must be exhausting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid asked for one. I looked at the website with him and made some non-committal noises. He never mentioned it again.

As long as you're not sending your kid to school with the LL Bean backpack you got him in 3rd grade, I'm sure he's fine. Maybe get it for a birthday or holiday if it's too much for a regular back to school cost.

Lol. My HS senior still has the same backpack from 7th grade!

My 8th grader still has his black LL Bean backpack from 3rd grade. Didn't realize that was a problem!

Whew. I was sitting here thinking - oh crap, what grade did we buy that backpack? He has had the same one since K, we just up the size every couple of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lemmings. Cool kids don’t follow that stupid trend.

Of course they do. The pricey shit is the barrier to entry to the popular crowd, silly.

It's really not. My brother was legendary in MS and HS. Senior girls used to give me a ride to school in HS because they wanted to date my Sophomore brother. He was good-looking and a super athlete. He also did not follow stupid trends or ask my parents for expensive items to fit in. My dad was VERY BIG on, be a leader not a follower. We all picked up on that quickly and to this day I will not wear things once they become overly popular. If every bus stop mom is strutting around in a Canadian Goose (formerly North Face) it's the last thing I want to be seen in.

I realized my kids turned out the same way and they are very popular. In fact, they often set the trends. My 8th grader saw some independent store with a cool logo on vacation and wanted to buy it because everyone else wore Vineyard Vines----guess what? Everyone wanted to know where he got it.

My kids know I will never spend $300 on sneakers or $400 or even $150 on a backpack even though we are very well-off. We do teach value of things.

Kids that need a ton of exterior stuff and need to follow what everyone else is doing often are surprised the way things turn out. It's exhausting being a striver.

And yet you seem exquisitely sensive to and aware of who and what Re “in” and “out.”

For real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I thought you meant he wanted a backpack with this on it.

Me too! How cool would THAT be?!