My generation has been brainwashed by the names of Burberry, Gucci, Hermes, Michael Kors, Coach, Pelle Pelle, Jordan, True Religion, Rock Rivals and Armani. I just named those specific brands because I have seen people die because of these brands. I have seen people get robbed because of these brands. I have seen people go broke, to be able to compete with someone who has these brands in their closet. I have seen people get bullied because they don't have these brands. I need my generation to understand that wearing designer clothes will not pay your bills, feed you, and take care of your family.

I want to point out that I only named the basic name brand clothing, I did not name Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, Giuseppe, Perry Ellis, Pigalle, Charvet Palace Vendome and A.M.C for a reason. That reason is because my generation has not became aware of these brands, probably because they have not heard about them in a song or did not follow New York's fashion week. Oh wait, I missed a big one... WE can't afford it. I put the we in bold because my generation ranges from the ages 18-26, the majority of us in this age range are just getting on our feet and out on our own. The real world is hitting us.

My generation values materialistic items and they try so hard to do better than the next person. I heard the generation before mine tells me that we are supposed to change the world and be influences for the next generation. I'm sorry to say that we are failing to do so, but, this would not be happening if there were more leaders and less followers.

You know what's sad about this whole death over designer issue? Earlier this week I was scrolling through my Facebook page and this young boy was getting bullied because he had on Filas. He liked the shoes he had on but because they were not the new Jordan 11's or 12's he was ridculed. Another, mind blowing thing that I saw was that a young man was shot in killed on June 6 of this year because of the new Jordans that came out that week. You know what grinds my gears is that, Michael Kors the brand everyone loves to go purchase don't even want people of color wearing his name and we still kill our own to have his symbol on our purse, wrist, and shoes. We are making these people millionaires when we could be making ourselves millionaires. However, my generation is not smart enough to make our own brand and capitalize off that. Instead, we would just like to make everyone else richer while we kill others, just so we can say we have these brands. You don't have to spend your whole pay check or kill to look good!

I will say this, if you want to wear all of these expensive brands, make sure your bills are paid, you have food on the table, and that your children are well taken care of. Most importantly, these brands are not to DIE for!