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Designer Brands and the Strange People Who Love Them

VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared!Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Social Entropy++
In case you were wondering what ridiculously rich people deem "designer" nowadays, particularly in a (primarily Chinese) world of bootleg/fake/pirated designer brand bags that are almost indistinguishable from their much, much pricier originals, here is your answer:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7443742.stm
Valued at £1m, the diamond-encrusted platinum handbag will go on display at jewellery shops around London to mark the inaugural London Jewellery Week.

Created by Japanese designer Ginza Tanaka, the bag has been set with more than 2,000 diamonds.

Do you own anything (clothes, bags, watches, shoes, jewelry, etc) that is deemed a "designer" or "luxury" brand? Do you crave anything that is as such? Are there any brands you favor over others?

Would you ever, ever consider paying for it?

I think it's ingrained into my DNA (also based on what is available in my immediate shopping environs) to go for the fake stuff, but man. I just keep going back to look at that diamond handbag.

THE STRAP COMES OFF AND CAN BE WORN AS A NECKLACE.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I buy things that I like.

    As such I currently have to pairs of sunglasses.

    One pair I bought for seven dollars, the other I bought for three hundred and fifty.

    But lets face it, Maui Jims are really nice fucking sunglasses.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    My favourite thing about designer brands is when people go on about them like when I hear their name I should be impressed, then I don't recognise it and they look all deflated and sad.

    Unfortunately it is hard to lie about no know what Prada is.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I am all about Oakleys and I have one real pair that cost about US$300 and I NEVER wear them for fear of losing or breaking them and instead I wear my Fossils and my fake D&G/Prada/Dior ones.

    I also have an unhealthy addiction to Coach and Prada handbags.

    And Tag Heuer watches.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited June 2008
    i want louis vuitton because Kanye namedrops them in every song

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    I bought some Tommy Hilfiger shoes the other day.

    Probably the only real big brand name article of clothing I've ever owned.

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  • Shifty FisterShifty Fister Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Christ, what a waste of diamonds.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    the only thing i've ever bought due to brand name = etnies
    and now i don't buy them anymore because the second pair i got did not last

    oh wait

    i have a pair of etnia barcelona glasses
    those are goddamn quality, i love them

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't understand

    what is distinguishable between a bag that is 1000 dollars and one that is 20 if they look almost the same

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    No, but I belong to a couple of invite only groups that sell designer clothing for 70% off.

    There's been some nice stuff on there but it's still a bit out of my price range for most of it, or it's the wrong season.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    shit yeah viv check these out

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    They should go back to making diamond bikinis those are always fantastic.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Ranx wrote: »
    I don't understand

    what is distinguishable between a bag that is 1000 dollars and one that is 20 if they look almost the same
    it isn't just about looks -- it's also about construction and handiwork and materials

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Its diamond shoulder strap can be detached and worn as a necklace or a bracelet, while the 8-carat pear-shaped diamond centrepiece surrounded by a cluster of eighty-one smaller diamonds can be taken off and worn as a brooch.
    I just keep reading this and for some inexplicable reason I get excited about it.


    The locations where the handbag will go on display will not be disclosed in advance for security reasons.
    Then I read that and I laugh a little.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There's an obvious difference in buying a pair of WalMart jeans and buying some APC New Standards.

    One's a piece of shit, the other's not.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    If you are buying three-goddamned-hundred dollar sunglasses, you need to re-evaluate your life or just start sending your wasted money to me instead.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    How much money do you spend on Pixar movies a year Geek?

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Do they make fake designer glasses for guys that are not ugly?

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
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    The new Christian Dior phone -- priced from €3,500, or $5,000, and up -- comes after competitors such as Prada SpA and Dolce & Gabbana have turned their fashion-branded mobile phones into significant businesses.

    "In the same way that we have developed our watch and jewelry lines, we want to increase sales with the phone," Dior Chief Executive Sidney Toledano said in an interview.

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  • geckonidaegeckonidae Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    World as Myth wrote: »
    shit yeah viv check these out

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    those are some seriously hot shoes

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I am all about Oakleys and I have one real pair that cost about US$300 and I NEVER wear them for fear of losing or breaking them and instead I wear my Fossils and my fake D&G/Prada/Dior ones.

    When I turned 18 my old man bought me a gold chain for my birthday. I rarely wore it for the first few months out of how valuable it is and how I was afraid of losing it.

    Eventually he started yelling at me as as he figured there is a greater chance of people breaking in and stealing it at home than people stealing it off me.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    How much money do you spend on Pixar movies a year Geek?

    Let's see. At most, one movie and one DVD are released per year. So that would be two tickets and a DVD.

    I go to the AM cinema on weekends, so that's 5 bucks a ticket for me and my wife. And if I don't get the DVD as a gift, then that's about 25 bucks.

    So 35 bucks total.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    If you are buying three-goddamned-hundred dollar sunglasses, you need to re-evaluate your life or just start sending your wasted money to me instead.

    THEY WERE A PRESENT OKAY

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    geckonidae wrote: »
    World as Myth wrote: »
    shit yeah viv check these out

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    those are some seriously hot shoes
    yes they are

    they are dior stilettos and by far the most ridiculously expensive shoes I have ever even tried on, much less bought

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    If you are buying three-goddamned-hundred dollar sunglasses, you need to re-evaluate your life or just start sending your wasted money to me instead.

    THEY WERE A PRESENT OKAY

    That is acceptable.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    World as Myth wrote: »
    shit yeah viv check these out

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    Kate believe me when I say this

    I have shoes that look EXACTLY like those but I got them for like $30

    and people ask me if they are the Dior pair

    and I laugh and laugh and laugh

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  • geckonidaegeckonidae Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I love stilettos

    but can't walk in them

    so mine are in a box right now, at the bottom of a pile of boxes

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    also my aunt smokes these

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    I had no idea Yves Saint Laurent even made cigs.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    All I'm saying is I would buy $300 sunglasses if they were really nice sunglasses.

    Hell, I own a $200 pair, but I didn't buy them. Some idiot left them at my store and fuck throwing those in lost and found.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    man, I have trouble paying more than $20 for a pair of sunglasses

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I never used to like Dior but man some of their new stuff is great.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    If you are buying three-goddamned-hundred dollar sunglasses, you need to re-evaluate your life or just start sending your wasted money to me instead.

    THEY WERE A PRESENT OKAY

    That is acceptable.

    THEY LOOK REALLY REALLY NICE OKAY

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Some one asnswer my question

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  • PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    World as Myth wrote: »
    shit yeah viv check these out

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    i would not give you the time of day if i saw you in those shoes

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    World as Myth wrote: »
    shit yeah viv check these out

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    Kate believe me when I say this

    I have shoes that look EXACTLY like those but I got them for like $30

    and people ask me if they are the Dior pair

    and I laugh and laugh and laugh
    I've never met anyone who would ask me if they were real diors except naporeon

    and he was there when I bought them so the thrill is gone

    but yeah... yeah I didn't get those for $30 :(

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kate have you broken those Diors in yet?

    Cuz damn they look like real foot-rapists.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    I'm probably the last motherfucker on the planet to give a shit about designer brands.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    a bit -- I wear strategically placed bandages

    but I tromped all over seattle saturday night in 'em, until nap and I stumbled back to his house and I couldn't take it anymore and walked barefoot

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  • PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    foot rapists?

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I'm probably the last motherfucker on the planet to give a shit about designer brands.

    I'm there with ya, dude.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Designer brands look good though.

    Still, they're pricey enough that I dont have more than a handful of articles.

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