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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Monday competition: Embarrassing branding

Niiiiiice. Photograph courtesy of MacMark5

Leander Kahney's ever-excellent Cult of Mac pointed me in the direction of this amusing little spread of photos of Apple-branded clothing. Sunglasses, sweatshirts, jackets... the list goes on. And boy, it's cringemaking.

Hopefully people won't find threadless so naff 20 years down the line. But who knows: fashion is, after all, a fickle thing.

But I'm sure anyone who's been to a trade show, consumer show, shop launch, bought a new product or pretty much anything technological has at least one vomit-inducing piece of merchandise in their collection. So, in honour of this beautiful German magazine spread, here's this week's competition question:

What's the most embarrassing piece of merchandise you've ever seen?

The prize is as yet unconfirmed: let me dig around in the office for something suitably awful (shouldn't be too difficult) and then I'll update you.

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