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Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They’ve been Veblen goods for a while, the price is the flex. Even the marketing has dropped the pretense, any talk of craftsmanship or quality materials has disappeared in favor of lifestyle branding and appeals to the ego.

On the inverse side, there’s MUJI who dont advertise, don’t brand their goods, and purposely design goods that reduce waste.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Muji's quality is kind of crap too, their linens and cottons are thin, of a lower/variable quality weave and not as sustainably acquired as they like to pretend they are. But they ARE natural fabrics/polyester free, so there's that.