Paying to Advertise

Today I thought it was interesting talking about the clothes that people wear in this day and age. The people who are "walking billboards"; that wear shirts that have the brand name right across the shirt or the butt. I can not toughly criticize- I once used to guilty of the Hollister or the  Abercrombie shirts. People wear these types of clothing to label themselves important or successful because they can afford such expensive name brands. 

$30 ordinary Abercrombie shirt

I think to myself, and wonder in general, why do people feel the need to impress people they do not know so bad? Why do we pay the extra money just to get an extra glance on the street? ABC news asks the question are expensive clothes worth it? They explain how Americans spend $2 billion a year on clothing and footwear.