Now, I am a person who appreciates the beauty and quality of stylish clothing, superb-quality shoes and unique accessories...
However, there must be some price-to-quality ratio.
I am not a Target shopper - I visit nice boutiques, see and compare quality and style and sometime score nice items from brands such as Escada at 90% off, and sometimes find very nice things at designer sample sales... and once in 6 month pay full price for an Anne Fonaine white shirt...
But when I saw these online I just could not help thinking how ridiculous it is:
Hair clip
$ 460.00
http://www.bluefly.com/Chanel-white-eyelet-canvas-large-bow-hair-clip/SEARCH/301667201/detail.fly
lace brooch
http://www.bluefly.com/Chanel-red-floral-lace-medium-camellia-brooch/SEARCH/301685001/detail.fly
$940.00
resin collar (I guess I don't always get high style)
$1,196.00
http://www.bluefly.com/Chanel-black-glossy-resin-crescent-collar/SEARCH/301792401/detail.fly
A decade ago my mom would buy a Chanel jacket (much better creation than the above) for this price.
Same trend is evident with many other designers. Many names, once they became popular in the US for some reason drastically reduce quality while raising the price tenfold. I don't know how to explain it.
Luxury used to really mean high quality items, and ironically it was cheaper. Now luxury just means "expensive".
I remember a really luxurious splurge in college - $500+ leather italian knee-high boots. The leather was superb, thin,soft, stetchy, it fit like a glove, beautiful... They looked amazing. (not very practical with 4" heel, but that is another point).
Now for $500 you get junk. Somehow things are made worse and worse, It is all about the name.
It used to be that the NAME had worth because of quality. Why did consumer choose to allow this disconnect by continuing to buy things that, in my opinion, just insulting our intelligence.
Designer name and high price is not a guarantee that the item really is "luxury".
OK, now this is ridiculous!
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