I buy high end and have for many many years. Handbags, shoes, and sunglasses seem to last forever. I have LV, Chanel, Prada, etc.
Was at a dock BBQ yesterday when my neighbor noticed my new Prada sunglasses and started talking about how she only buys $10 sunglasses at CVS and doesn’t understand why anyone would spend that amount of money. Then she says....out of curiosity can I try them? She put them on and said.....wow! Never would have guessed there was such a difference. So clear, so comfortable, so well made. I may have to rethink this. I just laughed. I paid $85 for them I think. Saks Off Fifth marked $119 and I had a 30% off coupon I had got for one item through email. When I told her that she said....yeah I’d pay it for them.
If you shop right you can buy really nice stuff. I love my high end brands.
My Best Ever find was a pair of designer sunglasses with case. I paid 99-cents for them at St. Vincent’s. I looked them up on line when I got home. $99.00! Score! I love them. They really are the BEST sunglasses I’ve ever owned. I’m going to be buried with them.
Purses, too. When I find a good price on quality, I’m on it. Shoes, bras, socks & undies are ALWAYS top-notch brands as well.
The rest of me wears (Designer) Thrift Store finds. Still have a, ‘Little Black Skirt’ from Halston that I found for $10 on a sales rack. Love that skirt for Weddings and Funerals. :)
Otherwise I’m wearing my Boggs Barn Boots and Carhart overalls & jackets out here on the farm. ;)
Hah ! ME TOO ! MY wife buys the cheapest crap she can possibly find, the moment she needs to find it.
I will save up for YEARS if I have to - to get the best. $300 pair of sunglasses ? She laughed when we met at me, thought of how stupid I was.
I have those glasses on me all the time. And they look and feel as if they were new. Of course, I also put them in their case the moment they are taken off my nose but still - These things won’t leave me.
Shoes are the big ones. I have no problem with $300 shoes. Shoes start at $300. Suits start at $1200. A good hat starts near $100. A wrist watch starts at about $1500 as well, and CAN NOT be found online.
You buy these things once. Once.
15 years ago I wanted a leather motorcycle jacket. I researched it for over a year, and found out about the original Schott jackets. I journeyed to New York City and went to Schott. They happily made me one and charged me $600 for it. It looks new, has not a single flaw on it and I beat on it.
Why does it cost $600 ? Because it should.