Most Overpriced Designer? #1

[BerlinRocks]

I'm gonna say Balenciaga...
their palestinian scarf (in silk at least) will cost 1500€!!!!!!!!
Can you believe this???
but it's gonna be for sure the It-Must-Hype-In-etc. accesoiry for the FW08 season...

 

[Mr. Fabulous]

I think Versace is somewhat overpriced as well. I think the story goes with Chanel, LV, and Dior.

I mean, I don't want to take out loans to buy something from there, I just wish they gave normal consumers a chance to afford some stuff. It's not that hard to make.

 

[Fuuma]

Without determining what are the criteria that would allow us to evaluate a garment's value and how to quantify them to arrive at a price there's certainly not much to be said here, aside from basic middle class bewilderment tinged with envy at upper class extravaganza.

 

[ilaughead]

Without determining what are the criteria that would allow us to evaluate a garment's value and how to quantify them to arrive at a price there's certainly not much to be said here, aside from basic middle class bewilderment tinged with envy at upper class extravaganza.

I believe that the criteria for this thread is simply designers with absurdly high retail price-to-manufacturing-cost ratios.

And, seriously, who doesn't envy the the obscenely wealthy?

 

[bedtimestorynyc]

after much consideration, i must declare the title for the most overpriced designer goes to.....:::drum roll:::::::





the house of... BALENCIAGA!!!!!!!

 

[vogueness]

balenciaga gets my vote too

 

[ulfee]

D squared

 

[le go garçon 84]

Balenciaga and maybe Bottega Venetta

 

[ellipsis]

michael kors

 

[UrbanROYALTY]

D squared

Agree - 595 for cotton shorts.. huh??

 

[juliothedork]

l.a.m.b. by gwen stefani
i love it, i'm a huge supporter of it and i love gwen to death but some of the items are not priced according to their graphic, style and most importantly quality.
some of the t shirts are worth $65, but others are so bland and not worth it.

 

[Zsquared]

I'd vote Dsquared too, they use no special fabrics, and charge those stuff like they're made of gold!

Still I like their style and the way they see fashion - as fun and provocation. maybe someday they will drop their prices...

 

[Yanka]

Eh, I think it goes without questions designer stuff is "overpriced". But that's why we love it. People say they would pay 10x more for "quality" but the truth is, the difference in quality between a 20$ jacket and 2000$ one, although most likely significant, is not 10x times better. That's just how it is. But I can see how it's acceptable, for example, for a coat or a suit and a super-duper extinction goat sweater But for things like, chanel costume jewlry... I think it's ridiculous pricing, just in psychological way, for example, a pair of PLASTIC half-inch ear-rings for a small PLASTIC chanel logo retails for 350$. And everyone understands, even in the best plastic and workmanship it couldn't possibly cost more than 10$ to make (and 10$ is a major stretch!). But people still go crazy for them. I thought, juist make them in gold and charge 3000$, you know what I mean? It will still be mighty overpriced but at least won't seem that bad.

 

[belletrist]

Lanvin accessoiries are insanely priced those days (and ugly too). Plexiglas and iron? No no no, that's wrong.
Nina Ricci prices are nuts to (1k mini H&M-like shorts?)
Chloe is ridiculous too.
And I'm very disappointed concerning recent Balenciaga. The menswear is cool though, and isn't overpriced.

 

[belletrist]

Oh and just take a look at what eLuxury stocks in the Dolce&Gabbana men's section. Laugh out loud... Neoprene is the new chic.

 

[DansLAir]

Without determining what are the criteria that would allow us to evaluate a garment's value and how to quantify them to arrive at a price there's certainly not much to be said here, aside from basic middle class bewilderment tinged with envy at upper class extravaganza.

I worked for a certain high-end designer (he will remain nameless, but he is a household name...in high-income households, that is) and much of my job concerned working DIRECTLY with the designer himself and I had the great fortune (read: misfortune) of accessing our database often, to provide prices to press reps for their inline magazine quotes. What you pay for the items is SO MUCH MORE than what it took to construct the item. I'm not even kidding.

The wholesale markup is insanely high. I find it laughable, after working there, when people place down tons of money for designer goods. I love luxury too, but in almost all cases, you're really paying for the name.

An example is, nothing in our house cost less than 1000 USD (retail). Nothing. Yet, we had items that were only a total cost of 30 USD to construct. That's including labor and materials (this is not the same as the wholesale markup).


And these Park Avenue wives would come to the atelier and spend 250,000 on an item (I am not exaggerating...this happened at least once a week) and expect a one on one with the designer himself, and it took everything in my power not to laugh in their faces because I knew we were ripping them off, big time. All we had to do was "sell the item"...harp on how luxurious it was or the craftsmanship (really just chat up the item), etc and they would ooh/aah and hand over their husband's charge cards. If it weren't so ridiculous, I would've felt guilty.

 

[PursePrincess]

These days the most overpriced fashion label for clothes in my opinion has to be Yohji Yamamoto still,Rachel Roy,and Zac Posen,and Marc Jacobs.
Of course....there are many labels that are even more expensive(Chanel,Hermes,Valentino),but judging from the quality of the fabrics,workmanship,etc,They still cant be beaten.
As for Accessories,Hermes is the most Overpriced....I'm not talking about their leathergoods,which i must admit the best in the bunch for leather quality and workmanship,A birkin in coromandel leather for instance,it's soooo worth the price... ,I'm talking about other stuff like a small Canvas Picotin bag for $1800???although once again i must admit that their canvas material is also the best,for that price i can get a chanel lambskin bag which is more luxurious and valuable than a canvas picotin bag

 

[seanutbutter]

I think the majority of designer products are ridiculously overpriced. There is seldom a situation where a pair of jeans needs to cost $500, or a pair of shoes $1000. Take the example below:

Both of these skirts are made of cotton. Yet the one on the left costs $560, the other $24. There is no excuse for that - the only reason one costs $560 is because it has a tag which says Alexander McQueen.

net-a-porter.com, target.com

 

[MsRoyalT]

Micheal Kors, and Dior.
And generally anything monogrammed - I hate in your face logos.
Especially those monogrammed LV bags.

 

[Dkammern]

Agree - 595 for cotton shorts.. huh??

i would need to add TACKY cotton shorts!! dsquared is the worst label ever!!


i don't agree with balenciaga. i would pay $3000 for balenciaga cotton shorts, jsut because i like all the creative process behind those, there's an heritage, a "savoir-faire" after all, they represent something more than what the tacky-dsquared-D&G-cavalli-gang does.