How Does Everyone Afford All These Designer Items?

[SophieKawaii]

^ Oh that's nice of him!

 

[Angyl]

If I buy something expensive it takes....oh MONTHS to save up. I'm in my 20s on my own with a buttload of debt! But I do like to look. I had to take a break from tFS for a while because it made me depressed looking at all the pretty things and buying none. Then I got a better job and I have a tiny bit more play money. I often think there are few people that actually do go out and buy lots of designer stuff. i buy most of mine second-hand.

 

[seanutbutter]

My brother started a small business while he was in high school which has grown in the last few years. He's quite generous and takes care of me and my mom

That's very sweet of him.

 

[xPedro]

Dad's credit card

 

[lesypersound]

sales and sample sales

travel and buy over there v. stateside (heh the times i have gone to paris = jan and aug, care to guess why? jk, purely coincidences, but it'll be intentional from now on--greatest buys/sales i've seen!)

plus i don't buy that much (or sell redundant pieces)...

 

[the-smiths]

Sales. Sales. Sales. Hahahaha, I just get one designer item a month and then I get some lesser brands like FCUK and American Apperal. Like this month I bought a Dior shirt on sale, McQueen shirt from Yoox and two skull scars from McQueen and that's all I buy until August.

 

[DandyWarhol]

i really dont spend my money on anything but clothes, because i dont have to.

i end up saving money pretty quickly, and i dont go voerboard with designer stuff. the stuff i buy will be good for a very long time, its classic, and it works. i dont buy frivilous crap (tho i love my betsey johnson and anna sui dresses!!!)

 

[seanutbutter]

I actually don't own one "designer" piece. They're just too expensive for me; I can't justify paying $100+ for a pair of shoes or $200+ for a dress. I look through the sales sections of every store and website, but everything is simply over my budget.

 

[jackieonassis]

I have saved up for alot of things- my Mulberry bags mainly. And I have just got a new job so I will save instead of spend for a while- for both uni and fashion essentials!

 

[chanelnumber5]

I own know designer clothing what so ever, simply because a) I can't afford it when its at full price b) I live know where near any designer stores, so can't get to the sales. I am so envious of all the clothes you guys all have

 

[jaimediane71]

Wow, I thought I was practically the only one on this thread that couldn't afford designer stuff...

I have a few things that I saved up for but nothing close to a Chanel or Birkin bag or Louboutin shoes! Most people my age (22, in college) that I know who have things like that get it from their parents.

I know a few girls that are strippers just so they can afford designer items. This is sad to me. There's no amount of money in the world that is worth your integrity...

 

[Jungla_Juana]

^^
wow I've heard of oddball jobs in college but I can't imagine any college student I know being a stripper

 

[BellaCouture]

I actually don't own one "designer" piece.

The same with me.
I do have some Guess, Moschino and Just Cavalli stuff, but I don't really see them as real designer peaces. Probably because I don't think to highly of the brands and it doesn't come close to Gucci or Louis Vuitton or anything.

I still live with my mom, but I pay my own books for school and insurance (hope that is the right english word)..so I don't have much money left from that.
To be specific, on the moment you could say I'm too sick too work
(got ptss, it's got something to do with an afwul lot of stress and panic attacks) I DO go to school, but afterwards you could say I'm too tired to have a job. I get money from the state to take care of myself.
It's about €463 a month (that is currently $638) and I loose about €230 ($317) for things I NEED to pay. Than I also buy my own food, to make it a bit easier for my mom AND all things needed for my cat. Than I only shop from whatever's left over at h&m, ZARA and sometimes Guess..

I don't see myself with a Birkin anytime soon

 

[aquamarine]

I don't own ANY designer pieces... my most expensive bag was about 65€ for a Marc O'Polo shopper... go figure.

Not even my mum owns designer pieces... We don't have that much money.

I'm a med student, my parents pay for rent, food everything... but it's not much I have per month and even if I do one biggish shopping spree at H&M once in a while, I probably will end up running out on money by the end of the month and borrowing from others (or I would literally starve). I'm looking into finding a job, but with my schedule it has so far been impossible to really work during semesters... it's not as easy as people often imagine.

So I don't do shopping right now. I learned my lesson. I just can't afford it.

The only time I have some money is when I work during semester holidays for a month... even then, my wage is not enough to get me far (if I want to go on holiday also-oh my!). It's hard earned (dirty, boring work), and I'm not gonna spend it on one designer item

I have some hundred euros on some kind of account that was set up when I was little but that is sth I need for *really* hard times - you never know what will happen. It isn't that much anyway.

So yeah - I might not be a sophisticated dresser, but at least I'm not spending Daddy's money on things a twenty-two year old student doesn't necessarily need...

 

[PursePrincess]

I don't own ANY designer pieces... my most expensive bag was about 65€ for a Marc O'Polo shopper... go figure.

Not even my mum owns designer pieces... We don't have that much money.

I'm a med student, my parents pay for rent, food everything... but it's not much I have per month and even if I do one biggish shopping spree at H&M once in a while, I probably will end up running out on money by the end of the month and borrowing from others (or I would literally starve). I'm looking into finding a job, but with my schedule it has so far been impossible to really work during semesters... it's not as easy as people often imagine.

So I don't do shopping right now. I learned my lesson. I just can't afford it.

The only time I have some money is when I work during semester holidays for a month... even then, my wage is not enough to get me far (if I want to go on holiday also-oh my!). It's hard earned (dirty, boring work), and I'm not gonna spend it on one designer item

I have some hundred euros on some kind of account that was set up when I was little but that is sth I need for *really* hard times - you never know what will happen. It isn't that much anyway.

So yeah - I might not be a sophisticated dresser, but at least I'm not spending Daddy's money on things a twenty-two year old student doesn't necessarily need...

I feel soo guilty reading your post.....,because I do buy lot's of things I dont really need....like....Another pair of designer shoes

I can afford them,but sometimes i wish i can be less selfish and use the money on something more useful for others,or maybe save for my own future???

Well,I really admire your honesty,and hey...You can be stylish with H&M too you know!!!

 

[DandyWarhol]

i fell shady too.. i just bought some Max Azria shoes...

lol.

 

[fashionista-ta]

I feel soo guilty reading your post.....,because I do buy lot's of things I dont really need....like....Another pair of designer shoes

I can afford them,but sometimes i wish i can be less selfish and use the money on something more useful for others,or maybe save for my own future???

Well, there are lots of great organizations out there doing good work--Heifer International, Doctors without Borders, and so many more ... if I were you, though, I'd be tempted to start my own What's important to you? What's the change you would like to see in the world? I have found it really fulfilling to be personally involved with things I think are really important.

I'll tell you what I would think about doing if I didn't have to work, and that's to organize a campaign to get the levees in New Orleans fixed properly, and also draw the connection between global warming and whether we get to keep any of our coasts or not. Al Gore and the whole green crowd + the New Orleans music scene ... now there's a party just waiting to happen

PS I have been thinking about my own priorities, and have decided to hold my spending for fall to $1000 (exception for the pair of shoes I have pre-ordered, assuming they show up). This should be an interesting challenge I can remember a time when I would have thought this was a very exciting budget, but then $$$ went a lot further then too

 

[lick1987]

I totally get what you guys mean. Sometimes I feel kinda disheartened when people comment on a celebrity's outfit and say she's got a "mall rat" look. What about people who can't even afford to splurge at the local mall?? My clothing budget per month is probably about 100 pounds (about $200)...not really that much.

Sometimes fashion gets me frustrated because I love it so much and I feel like I know more about it than most of my friends in college but still I can't express it the way I want to, because I can't afford most of the things I love.

 

[gius]

lick1987 ^the trick is to make your own

 

[ilaughead]

^You make it sound so easy!