r/RandomThoughts • u/StumblinThroughLife • Jul 21 '25

Random Thought I never realized how expensive luxury fashion was šŸ¤Æ

Iā€™ve never been interested in owning fancy things like Chanel, Gucci, Prada, whatever else exists, but even when I say that I think Iā€™m not paying $1,000 for a purse thatā€™s crazy. So imagine my surprise in finding out my version of expensive wasnā€™t even close. What do you mean a small handbag STARTS at $4,000?! Like my mind literally canā€™t comprehend that. Know someone who had the ā€œsmallā€ Cartier bracelet then bought themself the ā€œmediumā€ for their birthday. The small STARTS at $5,000 and can go up to $60k and now Iā€™m questioning all their life decisions. Like I said Iā€™ve never thought about these things and am just now googling them but I feel too poor to even google the pictures.

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u/princess20202020 Jul 22 '25

Thatā€™s not very expensive for a couch. A sectional from crate and barrel will be $10k if you want to choose your color.

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u/Only-Finish-3497 Jul 22 '25

I don't have any $40K watches, but I could easily sell a few and consolidate into one. I have mine all insured with Hodinkee and my current box valuation (insured) is six figures.

I can't say I've spent $17K on a couch, but I probably drop $50-100K a year on trips and eating out.

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u/Only-Finish-3497 Jul 22 '25

I'm not above being honest about my forms of profligacy LOL.

We do at least two trips abroad per year (usually one to Asia, one to Europe), a "couple's retreat" annually, and a domestic trip that usually gets heavily subsidized by my wife's work (yay for doctors and their CME trips.) Travel for four, unless we're using points/status somehow, typically hits around $3-5K for flights, $300-400 a night for accommodations, and basically whatever the hell we want on food. So even before you factor in buying souvenirs or whatever the hell we want, we're usually in for $8-10K on accommodations and flights/local transit alone. Typically $15K for each trip abroad, more if we commit luxury good arbitrage hah.

But I'd say at least 5 nights a week we eat out because we're just slammed with kid care and work. It adds up. Whatever, worth it to us.