Most Overpriced Designer?

[Monsieur Cristobal]

For me, nothing can beat the Balenciaga "Rivoli necklace", made in BRASS, using of course "savoir-faire de Haute Joaillerie", for 20.000€.
Since when galvanizing brass is a high jewellery technique?

 

[blueorchid]

I know more expensive bag charms exist, but I'm posting these Gucci ones for the simple fact that you can tell they're just using scraps. The Panda one isn't even centered.


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[reese06]

I’m more offended by how immature the finished product is. They’re more dull, than playful.

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

^^ Wait a minute?! What brings you to the Gucci website this holiday shopping season?



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[blueorchid]

^^ Wait a minute?! What brings you to the Gucci website this holiday shopping season?

You could ask anyone who posts in this thread the same question...

 

[mdmmxl]

The discussion of why some brands can "make it" and others don't in another thread make me look at some offerings from promising young designers. Here is a selection from Aaron Esh, whose whole stick is to be the new Helmut Lang with a very "serious" NewYorkLate90sConcreteAndLeather-offering. Well, I don't about you, but I personally don't find it very "sexy" or "modern" to have a pair of 600€ trousers that makes it look like my *** is stuffed with two Nokia phones because the pocket facing is pushing through the fabric (among many, many, many other construction AND production errors). Same goes for the chestpocket on a 900€ waistcoat. And that lapel on this 1000€ blazer... If on the e-com sites the pieces already look like they were made this horribly (and I don't use that lightly, but this really looks like amateur work), you really have to wonder what they would look like worn, you know, like you do with clothes usually... But maybe that's his idea of sexy? That the clothes look so bad that you want to rip them off immediately? Sorry, but having Katy England on your team does not a fashion brand make...

 

[jeanclaude]

The discussion of why some brands can "make it" and others don't in another thread make me look at some offerings from promising young designers. Here is a selection from Aaron Esh, whose whole stick is to be the new Helmut Lang with a very "serious" NewYorkLate90sConcreteAndLeather-offering. Well, I don't about you, but I personally don't find it very "sexy" or "modern" to have a pair of 600€ trousers that makes it look like my *** is stuffed with two Nokia phones because the pocket facing is pushing through the fabric (among many, many, many other construction AND production errors). Same goes for the chestpocket on a 900€ waistcoat. And that lapel on this 1000€ blazer... If on the e-com sites the pieces already look like they were made this horribly (and I don't use that lightly, but this really looks like amateur work), you really have to wonder what they would look like worn, you know, like you do with clothes usually... But maybe that's his idea of sexy? That the clothes look so bad that you want to rip them off immediately? Sorry, but having Katy England on your team does not a fashion brand make...

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OMG! Those lapels with fusible interfacing so shiny (to the point of being scorched) are what quality controller nightmares are made of!