A Pair of Jeans.

People nowadays, not just teenagers, worry about the clothes they wear, the cell-phones they have. New products, brands, and clothes are being developed daily to trick consumers, like me, to buy their products for over-exaggerated prices. Media has a huge impact on this. There are endless advertisements. From the places we go, to T.V, to computers. Companies use these advertisements to lure consumers into buying their product. Teenagers, Children, Adults, all think that by wearing high-branded clothing, or buying the latest electronic, means their above other people. Personally, I think companies advertise their products mainly to teenagers, like myself, because being a teenager is the probably the most difficult stage in life. We try so hard to fit in and to be "cool". We don't need to worry about paying bills, or paying college funds, so we waste our money on over-priced products that are targeted at us.

I am greatly influenced by these products. I see people in school wearing branded jeans, and shirts, and I wish that I could have the same. Instead of saving up to pay for my cell-phone bills, or to pay for my next flute exam, I save up to buy my branded True Religion jeans, a total cost of $250. Just think about it. $250 for a pair of "branded" jeans. Although its common sense to people that these jeans are clearly overpriced, people still buy it to fit in. Just because these pair of jeans has a name to it, people just automatically buy it without thinking about the bigger picture. A pair of True Religion jeans worth $250. People can buy the same coloured jeans for $35, but they dont because it isnt branded. This is how influencial peer pressure is. Media and advertisement has went above and beyond in brainwashing people. Teenagers are clearly the biggest part of "consumer crazy culture". People, especially teenagers, should really smarten up and think about what their buying before they buy it.