Italian prosecutors find that Dior only pays $57 to produce luxury bags that sell for $2780

[3rdWorld]

I said recently in another thread that in a manufacturing class we learned a can of coke costs about 5 cents to make and a car around less than 3K.

 

[The ADD]

Well played

 

[skyrunner1]

My mom buys those pricey handbags and I don’t quite understand why. Waste of money…and I like designer stuff…just not clothes and accessories…

It's social signaling.. women care about it more than men but men do it also, especially FOR women..

These companies are selling the brands, they aren't selling high end anything, they are selling the sizzle, not the steak.. the marketing and everything is tied to that and hit on a visceral level..

They want to touch on the emotion of how something makes you feeeeeel.. documentary like century of the self, break this down.. pr company were built on this stuff, they pay people millions to touch on the human psychology and hit that, from websites to this BS.

 

[Rell84shots]

You’re paying for the name. That’s it.

LV’s own people can’t even tell their leather from counterfeit.

That's what makes it so stupid. Paying thousands for a couple of letters just to feel special to strangers will never not be stupid.

 

[Lord_nikon]

 

[Tribal Outkast]

The DH Gate shoppers did it right the whole time.

 

[Kingofthereal]

People don’t buy because of the quality, they buy because of the name. Same with iPhones it’s a status symbol.

 

[MostReal]

Sadly the world is full of fools willing to spend a lot of money over "status"

Yeah I've been looking into this and...
Branding is about perception more than anything, not what's actually real.
It's something with how human minds work, I'm not sure how you can stop it.

Big shot out to Edward Bernays

 

[CrushedGroove]

I'm impressed that Dior cares about their customers feelings that they'd conceal their production costs. Who needs all that information?

I'm about to buy a belt and a messenger bag right now.

https://www.dior.com/en_us/fashion/products/4333RUDOR_H27E-belt-beige-and-black-micro-dior-oblique-jacquard-35-mm

https://www.dior.com/en_us/fashion/products/1ADPO317WSD_H64Q-dior-and-stone-island-saddle-bag-%E2%80%94-limited-and-numbered-edition-yellow-dior-oblique-technical-fabric-and-yellow-cannage-smooth-calfskin

 

[Nero Christ]

Gomorrah the movie broke down how the mafia hires Chinese immigrants, and have them make all these designer shyts in sweatshops

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

All profit

 

[O.Red]

Nikkas gonna pretend to be outraged but this is the story of just about any product for sale. Especially in a first world country.

Same nikkas in here mad pay $15 for a $1 tub of popcorn at the movies. No shoe costs more than $10 to make but how much do we pay?

Makeup is literally colored dirt and the prices women pay for that shyt is

 

[Samori Toure]

Fools and their money something something something.

 

[Dameon Farrow]

word on the street is the make up industry is worse

This is probably true. It's a science to applying it. Celebrities have hired makeup artists. They (usually) pay them well.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

So, are people bragging about how much they paid for a pair of Nikes just as bad?

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