What’s with the major focus on “designer” ($$$$) bags lately

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Anonymous wrote:Chanel and Louis Vuitton just had price increases, people into bags have bags on the brain right now.

So price increase = buy more bags? Not being snarky; I'm truly curious.

More discussion. Along with switching of brands for those loyal to one etc… there’s a few YouTube’s on if Chanel loyalists will go to Hermes now.

Huh? Hermes is more expensive than Chanel. And both are more expensive than Louis Vuitton. Chanel would like to be as exclusive as Hermes.

I think people are just flush. There’s more ways to make money than ever before (YouTube, Etsy, stock market, bit coin, inheritances). People are getting money from unexpected places.

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I don’t know. Personally l would be embarrassed to carry a bag that cost more than $500. I’m UMC but was raised LMC.

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Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

To me the designer hand bags are now linked to ghetto/looting culture. It is a total turnoff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

LOL my two college aged siblings and their S/Os don’t live like this at allllll. And they live in the crunchy PacNW. Brands and designers are alive and well.

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Do people in dense urban areas actually wear designer bags or just people who drive everywhere? I walk everywhere and I’d be afraid that a noticeably nice bag would make me a target for getting mugged, honestly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

There’s still a huge market for them. Your DD’s are not representative of all younger people.

NP I beg to differ. PP's DDs are probably a lot more representative than Ivory Tower dwellers would think. The younger generation is eschewing conspicuous consumption.

So what world are you living in? Where is this "huge" market? Considering the average American HHI it would be interesting to learn exactly how many are paying big bucks for a handbag. Even in the DMV most people don't run around buying a Birkin.

Go to any college campus with lots of wealthy kids. Designer brands are everywhere. Maybe PP’s kids are poor.

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I don’t get why people are asking on DCUM of all places. If someone is legit interested in expensive, luxury handbags, there are entire online forums dedicated to them where you can get legit good feedback on any luxury handbag purchase you could think of. Relatively speaking, DCUM has little to nothing to offer on this topic.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why people are asking on DCUM of all places. If someone is legit interested in expensive, luxury handbags, there are entire online forums dedicated to them where you can get legit good feedback on any luxury handbag purchase you could think of. Relatively speaking, DCUM has little to nothing to offer on this topic.

I guess you can make that argument for a lot of these forums/threads, right? But I like DCUM because the distribution of internet strangers here seems to be similar to me in some respect (location, UMC/UC, life stage, interests, etc.)

I dunno, why are you here?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

There’s still a huge market for them. Your DD’s are not representative of all younger people.

NP I beg to differ. PP's DDs are probably a lot more representative than Ivory Tower dwellers would think. The younger generation is eschewing conspicuous consumption.

So what world are you living in? Where is this "huge" market? Considering the average American HHI it would be interesting to learn exactly how many are paying big bucks for a handbag. Even in the DMV most people don't run around buying a Birkin.

Go to any college campus with lots of wealthy kids. Designer brands are everywhere. Maybe PP’s kids are poor.

DP here. Is this supposed to be an insult? Really?

I work at a university. My observation is similar to another PP's. Brands with flashy logos are more commonly worn by international students. Gen Z is toning it down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

There’s still a huge market for them. Your DD’s are not representative of all younger people.

NP I beg to differ. PP's DDs are probably a lot more representative than Ivory Tower dwellers would think. The younger generation is eschewing conspicuous consumption.

So what world are you living in? Where is this "huge" market? Considering the average American HHI it would be interesting to learn exactly how many are paying big bucks for a handbag. Even in the DMV most people don't run around buying a Birkin.

Go to any college campus with lots of wealthy kids. Designer brands are everywhere. Maybe PP’s kids are poor.

DP here. Is this supposed to be an insult? Really?

I work at a university. My observation is similar to another PP's. Brands with flashy logos are more commonly worn by international students. Gen Z is toning it down.

I have college siblings and I bet you guys just don’t know what to look for.

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^ agree that plenty of college kids are in to designer brands. My DD didn’t know what Golden Goose shoes were until she saw them all over campus (one girl she knew had 17 pairs!), or Celine bags, and had no idea that people her age wore Chanel bags and boots.

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I have gone cold on expensive designer bags. I have no desire and most look ugly to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

To me the designer hand bags are now linked to ghetto/looting culture. It is a total turnoff.

Same. They scream low class. I can’t feed my family, but check out my blingy handbag. Yes, I can easily afford one. No, I wouldn’t be caught dead carrying one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. Personally l would be embarrassed to carry a bag that cost more than $500. I’m UMC but was raised LMC.

I would guess that most people who have expensive bags are just trying to look rich, but aren't. It's a psychological desire to feel less broke - ironically they buy something they really can't afford to feel like they are richer than they are - but they are worse off, but feel better - very weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's back-handed marketing attempts, usually planted by someone representing the company.

Has to be this. Deluxe hand bags has to be a dying market. I have 3 college DDs so not into designer bags but they are actively anti-materialistic. It's wasteful. It's not cool. No thanks. This us what I hear about bags, shoes, clothes, etc.

Extreme minimalism is a thing.

There’s still a huge market for them. Your DD’s are not representative of all younger people.

NP I beg to differ. PP's DDs are probably a lot more representative than Ivory Tower dwellers would think. The younger generation is eschewing conspicuous consumption.

So what world are you living in? Where is this "huge" market? Considering the average American HHI it would be interesting to learn exactly how many are paying big bucks for a handbag. Even in the DMV most people don't run around buying a Birkin.

Go to any college campus with lots of wealthy kids. Designer brands are everywhere. Maybe PP’s kids are poor.

DP here. Is this supposed to be an insult? Really?

I work at a university. My observation is similar to another PP's. Brands with flashy logos are more commonly worn by international students. Gen Z is toning it down.

I have college siblings and I bet you guys just don’t know what to look for.

My college age kids don't like big logos on clothing or brands that scream consumerism. They also stopped coveting pricey sneakers like they did in HS. Yea!