Most Overpriced Designer?

[Cocteau Stone]

The mesh mini I’m into if I’m being honest and I think would be worth it. It’s pretty intentional looking. Same goes for the skirt. It’s ugly, but in that garish early-2000s Versace/Cavalli kind of way.

The Dior and Prada and Miu Miu pieces though make no senses. However, you know many a hapless fashion victim will lap them up easily.

 

[Melancholybaby]

Chanel velvet-effect nylon bag- £4,930


chanel.com

 

[yslforever]

I wanted to post the stupid 500 € miu miu socks, but it's so rotten it's not amusing anymore.

 

[jeanclaude]

Chanel velvet-effect nylon bag- £4,930

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chanel.com

And to top it all, it looks like a cheap fake!!

 

[susseinmcswanny]

What are we doing

 

[yslforever]

What are we doing
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Call my husband

 

[Frederic01]

What are we doing
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its 100% viscose also lmao x1000000000000

 

[psychopsist]

3k for a top that can only be worn one day* of the year…😭

(*St Patrick’s)

 

[reese06]

He’s a bit too literal with his interpretation of house codes.

 

[Melancholybaby]

We should all be feminists who?

Dior cotton t-shirt with clover embroidery- €1,200


dior.com

 

[runner]

when capitalism was emerging, a booklet for merchants was passed around in florence. it says, don't deal with the poor. jack up prices. etc.
it is a system that makes people (taker or taken) miserable when it crosses the line.

 

[GoldenTribe]

High-fashion pricing hack: Everybody knows jackets cost more than shirts, so make a plain cotton-poplin shirt, sew an elastic into the hem, and call it a jacket! Voilà!

Ssense apparently doesn't sell/display Miu Miu to US customers, but this shirt jacket is US$2,738 at current exchange rates:



The mohair zip-front windbreaker for $4,400 seems like a bargain in comparison. Maybe that is their cunning plan.

EDIT: is something wrong with the attachment uploader? The screenshot is 1200 pixels wide, but only a miniature version shows up regardless of whether I click thumbnail or full-size. Anyway here's the item page: Miu Miu - Gray Poplin Blouson Jacket

 

[YohjiAddict]

Miu Miu is my top choice brand for the “only for suckers” category. The other day I was idling around the shoe section of a department store and the Miu Miu corner looked cheap as hell, the piping on the loafers all crooked and the leather was just soooo plasticky…

 

[susseinmcswanny]

That is disappointing. Miu miu used to be so fun and free. But it’s not surprising these days attempting to package and sell a streamlined corporatized version of a fun feeling many people missed out on or long for that ultimately doesn’t exist. Hey everyone there’s a thing called understanding and accepting the past and moving forward into the future. One day many years from now we could not only have idealized 18th century costume larpers (who by the way, no hate. I love their passion), but also people dedicated to the history of spiritual slum culture. I am excited and curious to see the interpretations people come up with!

 

[susseinmcswanny]

I don't know if it is the tariffs in America or what, but for the fall collections this year looking at pre orders, everything is so astronomically expensive. So expensive that it feels kind of insulting. I know that says more about me than anything, but I feel sad about it. I just want to buy like 1 special thing to look forward to but I can't forsake whatever dignity I have left. Oh well. Business is business.

 

[Olaffo]

US has always been more expensive but I went couple days ago to Loewe in Boston and the prices are just ridiculous even with tariffs etc. It’s just stupid to spend this amount of money. Extremely isolating entry level spenders.

 

[Caffeine]

I don't know if it is the tariffs in America or what, but for the fall collections this year looking at pre orders, everything is so astronomically expensive. So expensive that it feels kind of insulting. I know that says more about me than anything, but I feel sad about it. I just want to buy like 1 special thing to look forward to but I can't forsake whatever dignity I have left. Oh well. Business is business.

At that price point, tariff has little to do with it. The pricing strategy for most brands are global with most brands holding the same price across countries. It's a choice for these guys.

 

[brandon J pierre]

We should all be feminists who?

Dior cotton t-shirt with clover embroidery- €1,200

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dior.com

And people thought nothing could be worse then maria feminist sh*ts huh. !

 

[Reggie63]

At that price point, tariff has little to do with it. The pricing strategy for most brands are global with most brands holding the same price across countries. It's a choice for these guys.

And I find it absolutely hilarious that all the managers from the usual suspects are like pikachu face when aspirational buyers stopped buying. I find it comical that they're like "our target clientele are the 1%, we don't need aspirational buyers" while at the same time they're "why aren't they buying!" as if they didn't raise prices 200-300% over just the span of 3 years. And It's a special kind of stupid and delulu.

 

[yslforever]

At that price point, tariff has little to do with it. The pricing strategy for most brands are global with most brands holding the same price across countries. It's a choice for these guys.

That’s was it used to be until last year
Even at current exchange rates, I did a bit of research for an American friend and it’s far from standardized around the world.
The same Hermes shoes are at 900€=1,050 $ in France and currently at 1,300 $ in the US.
On the other hand , the very same reference of Cartier watch was $ 8,900 in the US and 9,100€ in Europe, but 8,900$ = 7,475 €, so it’s 1,625 € more expensive in the US.
Make it make sense.,