'ow Much.

[melv16]

My son-in-law's nephew has bought some new trainers.
They cost him the princely sum of £495-00.... The world has gone mad and he's got more money than sense!

[aelmpvw]

you could always treat him to a pair of these next christmas ...
https://list25.com/25-most-expensive-sneakers-ever-made/

[murraymints]

even if I were a trillionaire I would never contemplate spending such sums on clothes etc.... to me that is obscene when there is so much poverty around... I'd prefer to buy a load of inexpensive clobber for the homeless shelter... but each to their own....

[naomi24]

//‘Brand Value’ is a nonsense put about by Brand Owners to make their TAT seem more valuable.//

I don’t know much about trainers but if you’ve ever seen a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, or a Chanel bag for example, you’d know that tat it most certainly isn’t.

[Theland]

One of life's mysteries to me.
Ladies, and expensive bags? Why? I don't get it.

[naomi24]

Quality Theland.

[bhg481]

I'm not sure I agree with that, Naomi. Yesterday we went to Bicester Village and were looking at "expensive" clothes (eg, Stella Macartney, Victoria Beckham); we were appalled at the poor quality finish on the clothes. I made the comment to my wife that I wouldn't wear them if they were free, let alone at the prices they were asking.

[naomi24]

bhg481, I know what you mean but Victoria Beckham isn't Chanel - nor ever likely to be - but then neither is Primark. There's quality - and quality.

[bainbrig]

That’s right naomi!

Sometimes the Emperor hasn’t got any clothes
and
Sometimes the Emperor is stark naked.

It takes a real connoisseur of bull*** to recognise the difference.

[kvalidir]

To be fair, I have some super expensive purchases that people would doubtless consider me mad for, but most of the time I'm quite happy to schlepp around in stuff from thrift shops because I'm not really that much of a clothes horse. The problem (if indeed there is one) is most certainly not what people choose to spend their money on, that's their business, but if people feel pressured to buy very expensive things if they can't afford it, but there are lots of shoes that retail well over that so it's not THAT dramatic of a purchase (and Naomi is absolutely right about certain designers) x

[bainbrig]

Blimey, kvali, that’s enough to get you drummed out of the grumpy old socialists league. As yer man would say, catch yerself on...

B

[retrocop]

I am surprised or may be not that the Tories have not been blamed fo the dreadful austerity we are all supposed to be suffering. I suppose these mega expensive glorified Gym shoes might secure the lad first place at the food bank or soup kitchen then. The kid obviously has no idea of value and want’s his bumps felt.

[237SJ]

Funny thing is, you can go and buy fake versions of a lot of these designer goods in the markets in China and Hong Kong and sometimes you are hard pushed to tell the difference. The designer clothes were probably made in China anyway and you are just paying for the name.

[bainbrig]

The frustrating thing is this.

My point is that a bit of cloth, or a shoe, is the SAME bit of cloth or shoe whether it has NO name written on it, or the name of some over-paid nonentity. The quality of the stitching is a red herring.

We should not encourage, or allow, young or otherwise intellectually-impoverished people to “believe” in the contrick of brands, but rather teach them the value of money, of human life, and of humanity’s need to care for each other.

B

[naomi24]

Bainbrig, //It takes a real connoisseur of bull*** to recognise the difference.//

Haha! There’s expertise for you!

//My point is that a bit of cloth, or a shoe, is the SAME bit of cloth or shoe whether it has NO name written on it, or the name of some over-paid nonentity. The quality of the stitching is a red herring.//

No, it isn’t.

//humanity’s need to care for each other.//

It’s a mistake to assume that people who buy expensive items don’t care about others. You have no idea what they do.

[tinkerbell23]

I absolutley WILL have a pair of Louboutins asap.

I have a dyson hairdryer ..... and I want the new dyson airwrap.

Raises eyebrows however my money my choice. Xx