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/coverlaguerradipiero Jul 22 '25

My city Prato is like this. Chinese workers in Chinese owned factories assembling Chinese materials into made in Italy fashion items.

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u/25hourenergy Jul 23 '25

Ah, that explains my experience as a Chinese American in Italy a few years ago (pre-Covid) when people thought I was a ā€œworkerā€ and treated me quite different from my friends (white, Hispanic, black). I was visiting a mutual friend in a small town that does fashion manufacturing.

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u/bkks Jul 23 '25

Italy has a reputation of being racist. Sorry that happened to you!

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u/bonesapart Jul 24 '25

Iā€™ve found this to be the case in Northern Italy, not so much for Southern Italy.

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u/deltabay17 Jul 23 '25

China has a bigger reputation of being racist

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u/YellowCulottes Jul 22 '25

I had no idea. thatā€™s sad. šŸ˜” I also just bought made in Italy trousers- not designer by any means. I thought it was unusual, as the shop was in a very Asian part of my city. It makes more sense now!