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February 16, 2005
LIVESTRONG
I'm sure that most of you recognize the picture to the right. It's a LiveSTRONG bracelet and there are tons of people wearing them right now. In fact, they have become a bit of a fashion statement with everyone from celebrities to students sporting them. The bracelets show support for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which was founded in 1997 by cancer survivors (and Lance, of course) to provide information and tools to those with cancer so that they can LiveSTRONG. I'm not going to go into more details as you can find more in-depth information on their website(the beauty of the internet).
My friend, Harden, expressed his annoyance recently at how it seemed like a lot of people were wearing the bracelets just as fashion and didn't realize what they represented. He'd overheard one person talking about them who even believed that they were to support Lance Armstrong in his bid for the 6th Tour de France. I can understand his annoyance as misunderstanding their purpose is like wearing a Che Guevara shirt just because you think it looks cool. However, it is important to realize that no matter why people are wearing the bracelet, it was still purchased at some point meaning that a contribution was made to the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
What annoys the hell out of me are the American Eagle rip-offs that some people are wearing. I hate the fact that the company is trying to cash in on this trend and that the people wearing them don't even realize it cause they were born in a Gap commercial or something. If you're going to do something cause it's cool and fashionable at least support those that will benefit, the LAF, not some corporate AE/Gap army.
If you're wondering where you can get the LiveSTRONG bracelets, you can order them online from the LAF website. I bought a 100pk, as well, so if you hate waiting for shipping times, just let me know and I can get one to you.
Posted by Dr.Unk at February 16, 2005 9:41 AM
Comments
I saw the AE version of that bracelet today. I thought you were being facetious, saying that they copied the LIVESTRONG model. You were dead-on. They should change their name to "American Poser"
Posted by: Paul at February 20, 2005 10:25 PM
For an example of extremely poor taste on the part of American Eagle check out this product page
http://www.ae.com/AE_ProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&Gender=Mens&Section_Id=409&Product_Id=9550472&CatalogFlag=FloorSet&Section_Title=JewelryandSunglasses&ColorString=0224_1569_714
and they charge $5.50 for it!!!
Posted by: Dr.Unk at February 21, 2005 2:31 PM
that's ridiculous!... Over Christmas, I was buying something in there, and you could buy them for a buck, but the buck went to some sort of charity. It seemed like a big rip-off of the Livestrong ones, but I didn't really mind because the money wasn't just going to AE.
these $5.50 ones are R I D I C U L O U S.
Posted by: Tim at February 21, 2005 9:50 PM
Andrew, Could I buy 10 of you? Some of my friends wanted some, and since I don't drive, I hardly ever go to the stores. Thanks
Posted by: Muneeba at March 5, 2005 4:27 PM
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