Most Overpriced Designer?

[rivegaucheface]

I don't have the prices yet (my guess is at least $4k, but $9k wouldn't surprise me ), but The Row launches handwoven blankets

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hypebeast.com

The Row has made a surprise appearance at the 2025 edition of Milan Design Week, debuting a soft goods collection at the Palazzo Belgioioso in the Quadrilatero della Moda district. However, in true Olsen style, their presentation was intimate and pared-back, showcasing a collection of solid throws and bedding handcrafted from fine wool.

Boasting beige, tan, and deep black hues, a range of blankets is handwoven in India from the world’s finest cashmere. Elsewhere, a Quilted bedding set, also in cashmere, is meticulously hand-stitched with small squares. According to Vogue, the variety used in the collection is harvested from young goats, and weighs less than 14.5 microns. The only indication of the brand appears on a corner of the blankets, which boast miniature logos.

I wish outlets and/or their AI writers would use different words for different things. I don't think anyone could ever accuse The Row of 'boasting' about anything, let alone existing in three neutral colors.

 

[velvetandsilk]

Crocheted Chanel camelias soon available at your nearest Chanel boutique!!

Magda Butrym € 575, Crochet faux pearls sterling silver necklace​

mytheresa.com

 

[proseccotabis]

^
I would also add Magda Butrym to the list of the most overpriced designers... great influencer marketing etc. but the prices are insane and dont match the quality whatsoever....

 

[velvetandsilk]

^At first it was an interesting brand, prices were always unglued from reality. The CEO previously worked in investment banks in London. They are aware that they never be stand out through shows, so they invest in online marketing.

 

[LadyJunon]

^At first it was an interesting brand, prices were always unglued from reality. The CEO previously worked in investment banks in London. They are aware that they never be stand out through shows, so they invest in online marketing.

At least, they're self-aware. Lots of brands could benefit from that.

 

[yslforever]

Is it only my perception that brands - the usual suspects, Prada and all - have stopped to increase price ?
Even maybe sometimes actual decrease, I could swear I am finding simple mens blousons or jackets in the 1,800-2,000 € brackets that were in the 2,000 - 2,200/2,500 last year, at least at Celine & YSL.
Is it possible ?

 

[LadyJunon]

Is it only my perception that brands - the usual suspects, Prada and all - have stopped to increase price ?
Even maybe sometimes actual decrease, I could swear I am finding simple mens blousons or jackets in the 1,800-2,000 € brackets that were in the 2,000 - 2,200/2,500 last year, at least at Celine & YSL.
Is it possible ?

They trying to save their skin.

 

[reese06]

I noticed this the other day on LV site

The market seems to be recalibrating

 

[Lola701]

Is it only my perception that brands - the usual suspects, Prada and all - have stopped to increase price ?
Even maybe sometimes actual decrease, I could swear I am finding simple mens blousons or jackets in the 1,800-2,000 € brackets that were in the 2,000 - 2,200/2,500 last year, at least at Celine & YSL.
Is it possible ?

And I also suspect that they are betting on the fact that tourists are going to travel this summer and actually spend more in Europe than in their domestic market.

They are probably going to increase a little bit the prices in the US and that may affect slightly the aspirational customers buy the 1% that aren’t going to be affected in terms of purchase power would totally take advantage of their holidays in the Euro zone to make some deals.

 

[yslforever]

And I also suspect that they are betting on the fact that tourists are going to travel this summer and actually spend more in Europe than in their domestic market.

They are probably going to increase a little bit the prices in the US and that may affect slightly the aspirational customers buy the 1% that aren’t going to be affected in terms of purchase power would totally take advantage of their holidays in the Euro zone to make some deals.

Indeed the tariffs the American are paying are on the importing price, not on the retail in-store price.
If we had to apply a regular 2.5 multiple, let's say that a $1,000 item (pre-sale taxes) in shop has been imported in the US at $400 (maximum) so a 10% tariff is $40 or 4% of the retail price, and the 20% tariff is $80 or 8%.
So companies saying they are rising their US store prices by 10%, like Hermès, to compensate for the tariffs, are also actually profiteering from the situation.

 

[IndigoHomme]

^ Because Kim K. has a similar version?! 🤣


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system, harpersbazaar

It looks more like a niche for an ancestral sacrifice...