This is why luxury is DYING

Prices are skyrocketing, Hedi is on his way out the door... what is happening at Celine? What is happening to FASHION?!
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[@GrigoriyMikhalkin]

Not only prices have raised, but companies trying to minimize their production costs. Like >500$ t shirts are made in low cost locations out of shite quality fabrics

[@LOWluxury]

The same thing happened to the furniture industry, it's a bummer.

[@w-fiend5925]

yes thas what i noticed too, the average hoodie nowadays doesn't have that much insulation like back then, hoodies are now defined as a shirt with slightly extra thickness and a hood

[@brysonmakel1096]

Taking the luxary out of luxary goods smh

[@EmptyKingdoms]

All those brands are overpriced. All of them. If you know fabrics, knitting, weaving, anything related to couture, you know it is all overpriced. A North Face jackets costs no more than 50 or 60 USA dollars to produce entirely. Since clothes cannot become too far-fetched before they become useless to wear in day-to-day life, we should really not be paying that expensive for anything. Brands are overpricing their pieces in order to generate the illusion of exclusivity, thus fostering a perspective sense of desire, to instigate the want for the pieces. Better fabric and great stitching, for example, should make a piece more expensive, for these are objective values that translate to wearability, skin sensation, etc. I'd pay more for a 100% 40.1 or 50.1 combed cotton t-shirt than the fast fashion rubbish ones. But not for a Balenciaga overpriced hoodie, despite loving the brand, its designer, its founder, and its current designs.

[@LOWluxury]

100% the luxury tax is the biggest factor in all of this. All of the other things that go into pricing are comparatively marginal

[@KidCracken]

There's so many brands that make clothes of the same quality as luxury brands at a quarter of the price.. Even a lot of weird low production artisinal brands are half the price of luxury brands. Tbh I've almost lost interest in luxury brands.. Prices are way too insane and there's not enough innovation.. My favorite thing now is finding local brands wherever I go.

[@LOWluxury]

100%, actually working on a video about that. I've been heading in a similar direction lately.

[@lennart1208]

Can you name some?

[@KidCracken]

@@lennart1208 what, quality, artisinal or local? 🙃

[@lennart1208]

@@KidCracken Quality and artisinal if possible. I recently started building a new wardrobe with a focus on hight quality, yet interesting pieces. I also want to avoid Kering, LVMH, etc. Sofar I haven't been lucky with finding brands I like.

[@KidCracken]

@@lennart1208 tbh I don't know a lot about artisinal brands.. I know a couple of stores in Berlin but that's it. For quality i mean brands like Y-3, APC, Acne, Maison Kitsune, (di)vision, 032c etc.. The list is really long lol. PS. I'm not saying those brands are super high quality, but it's comparable to a lot of the luxury stuff and way cheaper.

[@BltchErica]

Just letting you know Americans pay a pretty big premium for European luxury goods. That 2450 USD Baja Leopard sweater is 1950 USD in France. And dang I'm realizing things look way pricier when you convert euros to dollars as well. And don't Americans also pay an extra tax at checkout? We don't pay anything extra in Europe. When you take these things into consideration it might just be cheaper to plan shopping trips to Paris/Milano once a year and you get a holiday + cheaper items. I was surprised that even RIck Owens is cheaper in Europe because it's based in Italy.

[@BltchErica]

And maybe get an Amex card to save a bit if you do it more often.

[@PrincipalSkinner3190]

Are there sales in Europe?

[@BltchErica]

@@PrincipalSkinner3190There are outlet stores for most brands where things are discounted, but they aren't in major cities. Though I remember seeing a Burberry item on sale once at a regular Burberry store when I looked at the tag.

[@BltchErica]

@@PrincipalSkinner3190 There's a little village in England called Bicester where you can find a street called Pingle Drive with many outlet stores like Saint Laurent, Burberry, Bottega, Versace and many other.

[@xx-----------xx873]

@@BltchErica When you go there on the train the announcements are suddenly in Arabic and Chinese lol Bicester Retail Village is just like any other discount place, most brands make different things for that place alone.

[@Sp00nslegacy]

lets keep it a buck most luxury brands (anything under the LVMH, Kehring umbrella) have sucked donkey balls for the past 15 years now

[@fendigucci6307]

yes most of their fabric comes from china even if its made in france/italy anyway

[@stormzybanksy]

@@fendigucci6307 you have a source (proof) for this claim?

[@brysonmakel1096]

The unique things about this garment honestly easily makes me believe its worth 1000, when you pay this much you want something out of the ordinary whether its the materials, fit or intricacy of the design.

[@peterkoinzell7983]

Top notch with the metal sweater. I always say you never know when someone might try to rapier you. congratulations . Have you ever tried going out in just briefs? Prices must have to come down soon but maybe they stay even for the rest of the decade. Good show

[@LOWluxury]

Yeah I don’t think I can think of a time prices have gone down. I feel like that would be admitting defeat. What you do see though is brands “soft fail” at the high luxury level and have to knock themselves down to a lower “premium” level

[@KidCracken]

Chainmail is a bad idea against a piercing weapon! The rapier was partially developed to counter Chainmail.

[@liamrjf]

What if it rusts?

[@kkatpheiz]

Is there a chance Hedi is planning on his own brand finally, or no rumors whatsoever?

[@LOWluxury]

Probably nothing that can be said while he’s still under contract with Celine as that would likely be seen as damaging to the Celine brand.

[@kkatpheiz]

@@LOWluxury yah, will see.

[@gilbertoescobedo7385]

​ @LOWluxury there was a rumor he was going to Chanel

[@MrTechmannnn]

Hopefully it will be cheaper

[@dog22222]

@@gilbertoescobedo7385 People have rumored that Hedi will go to Chanel for years

[@stormzybanksy]

do you think any designers (like your mentioning balenciaga and things coming from portugal) simply use high quality "blanks," which portugal is famous for, and then just slap their logo on it? or, when it comes to these high end brands, do they all actually design all their garments, down to millimeter?

[@LOWluxury]

Balenciaga I’m not sure. The Portugal thing definitely makes me wonder, I assume they’re blanks made to Balenciagas specifications, basically. But back at the height of the luxury streetwear thing like off-white and palm angels and heron Preston and stuff, I feel like that stuff was all straight up blanks

[@koikoi15]

I never bought high fashion, but I can tell you degradation of product qualities in a few other areas I distinctively noticed over the years. So, Pocky. They had always been produced in Japan, till the last couple of years, when one day, I suddenly noticed that there was a variant that was made in Thailand. I thought it was fake at first, but the box was sitting right next to another flavour of Pocky that was still saying Made in Japan. Out of curiosity, I bought both. The Japan variant tasted as usual for me, but the first bite of the Thailand variant left a gross sensation of terribly thick hydrogenated oil feel in my mouth. I remember how good the Pocky sticks tasted when they were made in Japan, so the day I stopped seeing the Made in Japan Pocky at the stores, was also the day I stopped buying them. People, Pocky these days taste nothing like before! And next, Coach. When I was still in university, my mom bought me a few Coach bag over the years, from both boutique and the outlet. I remember how wonderful they were: the trenchcoat had very thick and well made cotton fabric, the bags were nicely put together. They were all modestly priced, in the low hundreds, sometimes around 100 if it was on sale, even less than 100 for small items. Nevertheless, they were all quite decently made. Over the years, I started to notice some off-putting craftmanship, and poor leather/canvas materials. Recently, I was curious about the plush Tabby series, so I went to the shop to checkout it out in person. Oh boy oh boy....the quality was ALL OVER THE PLACES. A few models felt decent, but there were bags that were priced at 400+ that gave me a WALMART feel on the first impression. Oh, my, god. There's also an uncanny shift in the production location, as I started going through the labels of the bags in the stores, and the ones I have at home. When they were good and well made, nearly every single one said Made in China. The terrible ones, were mostly made in the South Eastern nations, like Vietnam, which make up for the bulk majority of bags from Coach from the past few years. And more recently, I noticed Jellycat is also shifting from being made in China, to South Eastern nations. I have quite a few Jellycat plushies that were bought a few years ago, and the labels say Made in China. Starting about half a year ago, I had the pleasure to see the exact same plushies sold at shops, but they looked slightly off. The fiber on the plush looked and felt stiffer (as in, you can see the clumping of the fibers the way they are grouped together on the fabric below, when they should look evenly spread out on the surface). These exactly same plushies, were made in places such as Cambodia or Vietnam, while the earlier counterparts I have at home are Made in China.

[@LOWluxury]

Totally, it’s happening across all industries but I think you notice it most at the extremes (super luxury and super budget)

[@stormzybanksy]

"i don't care about the lord" lol! same.

[@billRussell-pt8en]

Really like your KZbin posts, informative and presented well. If you are interested in brands this is worth the watch, You don’t have to buy. 👍

[@QPRFC1968]

Possibly bulletproof? John Wick type of garment

[@Kiro6666]

This piece reminds me of the nites round table the guys used to wear stuff like this awesome piece

[@rawdoxbin]

Bro they wouldn't raise their prices is people werent still buying

[@Kiro6666]

What I hate about designers today is their designing streetwear, cheap fabrications, and very expensive. They need to stop it.

[@boot_boi6988]

Model for luxury good consumption has changed. The MSRP is the price for the f you rich folks, us aspirationals really are waiting on the sale. I don't recall seeing true luxury going 40-80% off in the 2000s, 2010s, you were really hoping to hit it big the sample sales, which seem to also suck, but now I am confident I can put something on a wishlist, and wait, and boom 40-80% off. Post pandemic luxury is experiencing enshitification, I chop it up to supply/demand with the with the rise of e-commerce and the re-sale market. M2c, things are overpriced to capture some of that resale extrinsic value, aspirational shoppers have to shift up from the pseudo diffusion lines to the mainlines, and pray your color and size stick around for the sales. All anecdotes.

[@blank8381]

thnx for educating me, im giving up on fashion 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@luckdex]

A guy with a chainmail sweater talking about how he doesn’t care about the Lord. Medieval peasant vibes.

[@LOWluxury]

call martin luther

[@Kiro6666]

Love the jeans the model has on

[@edgarmarafuga143]

Fibre metalics with viscose are nothing new or rare. Viscose is actually super cheap and not considered a good quality material. Fibre metalics was very popular and trendy in the 90s! It´s not rare in a sense of a excellent and good fibre like Vicuna.

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

Viscose is a very nice fabric. I even prefer it over silk. The top tailors use it. Let’s not brand viscose as trashy

[@daniellord-vera6987]

Doing chainmail doesn’t cost a lot its fairly easy to make I know the process

[@BlakeVakili]

i saw that same brandy Melville documentary XD

[@LOWluxury]

It was super interesting!

[@Kiro6666]

I would never pay 13.00 for a hoodie

[@desmondmusgrow2588]

Bruh said “idc about the lord”

[@fendigucci6307]

The sweater just looks like a normal turtleneck nobody is going to know its made from metal unless you tell them, ppl just fall for the marketing and hype that ppl are looking at them when they wear designer but its all in their head. $2300 for a sweater that gives nothing different for the wearer makes you feel like you bought nothing i know i'm speaking from personal past experience of expensive goods i regret buying.

[@LOWluxury]

You’re right most of the time but this has a texture and weight completely different to a normal textile. So right generally but wrong in this case. May not matter to others but to me a totally unique drape and feel.

[@slaysxni]

Bro thats the point of luxury fashion💀

[@LOWluxury]

luxury is when raise prices multiple x above inflation, got it

[@dog22222]

Please, think critically for once.

[@BodegaMo]

hope I never see your channel again

[@LOWluxury]

sameeeeeee

[@dog22222]

You should focus on your "streetwear brand"