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Has anyone willingly paid WAY too much for an item of clothing, knowing its because of the brand name? I once fell in love with a jumper, then saw the £45 price tag, and THEN saw the tiny "Kangol" label on the front 
I knew it was that which made it so expensive, but the nice man could tell i really liked it, and he let me have it for £40. Come to think of it, its still going strong even after 3 years.
I knew it was that which made it so expensive, but the nice man could tell i really liked it, and he let me have it for £40. Come to think of it, its still going strong even after 3 years.
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That's not true at all.
this is actually not true.
i studied fashion for a time, and you label queens might be interested to know that often the same factories are commisioned to make both designer and high street brands.
usually the only thing that makes the cheap stuff cheap is the quality of the actual fabrics used. for example, polycotton is loads cheaper than pure cotton, but to someone who doesn't know much about fabric, they feel the same and last as long as each other.
i've had branded (expensive) things that have fallen apart in weeks. and then i have had a winter coat from H&M kids that has lasted 4 years so far, and set me back a princely £15.
you are paying for a label.
having said that, i'd quite like you to pay for my label, cause then i'd get loads of cash....
Companies often use the same factories, but they don't use the same quality of fabric. Many textile fabrics produce a variety of fabrics, of varying quality. At the very top-end, they produce a smaller quantity, but at very high quality.
you don't know much about textiles, do you?
denim is denim, whether it's earl jean denim, or primark denim.
you really won't find that much variation between different types of the same kind of fabric.
yeah, fair enough if you want pure silk or chantilly lace, it's gonna set you back a bit, but the vast majority of designer labels use exactly the same fabrics as somewhere like topshop/topman.
'cheap' shops will use cheaper fabrics, that's true. but they're just as hardwearing.
OMFG!!
no, I don't buy labels. I can't afford to. Plus, I get tired of my clothes after about a year and want new ones. So whether designer clothes last longer than cheaper ones is irrelevant to me. I would much rather get millions of items from Primark than one item from a designer shop for the same price!
Argh.
and £30 is not expensive for a bag normally, but morgan? i can't believe they charge so much for what is essentially a pile of crap.
I pay like a tenner for my bags :eek2:
I know a damn site more about textiles than you, that is patently obvious. I've just spent the summer working at a technology company that makes fabric analysis machinery. Therefore I know a lot more than someone who studied it for a little while as a fashion student. :rolleyes:
All denim is not the same. There are so many differences between Earl Jean denim and Primark (yuk!) denim. They are about 5 grades apart. The number of stains, holes and weaving faults allowed in Primark denim far exceeds the standards of Earl.
There is so much difference between the different grades of a fabric, that your statement about Topman/Topshop using the same quality as an expensive designer shows your ignorance on the issue.
The reason that Armani Jeans sell for more than H&M jeans is that they use very different denim quality types. This affect the price, as the denim manufacturer is able to sell higher quality denim at a much higher price. It's the same for everything, from white cotton to worsted.
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I don't understand why people pay so much for some clothes.
Seriously though, I went into Harvey Nicks in Leeds with my ex some time ago (lol the dirty looks we got from 'the beautiful people') and there was a grey Prada jumper for £250! Could have popped into Oxfam and got a similar jumper for £2.50!
Got told that it was at least 400%, which means that it can exceed a lot more than that.
yeah, i suppose you've worked in the fashion industry and know first hand what grades of fabric the companies used. your summer job hardly makes you the expert...:rolleyes:
example: tommy hilfiger. he commisions his clothes from other companies, adds his labels, and bumps the price up 200%
is there any difference between the quality of the materials used here? nope. they're the same products, but with different labels.
I've worked with the major mills of most woven cloths from white cotton for tshirts, to silk for men's ties. The analysis machinery that I've been working on allows that mills to optimise the volume of Grade A fabric that they produce. Grade A sells at the top end of the market and fetches the highest price. It is not often bought by high street shops to make their 'comparable quality' products.
Tommy Hilfiger is a not a designer label, it is a brand. People do not buy TH for designer label quality, they buy it for the brand. A subtle difference, but one I would have expected a fashion student to understand.
ok, firstly, cotton jersey, the stuff they make t-shirts out of, is not a 'woven cloth'.
yes, a label and a brand are different. but i doubt anyone here wear haute couture clothing, so for the purposes of this discussion, they are essentially the same thing.
yeah, maybe i only studied fashion for a year, but i was taught by people who had spent 20, 30, one almost 40 years in the fashion industry. not the textiles industry, which is an entirely different thing. i'm fairly confident that they know what the deal is.
I don't wear designer names because they're designer... I wear designer names because of their purpose - Van's/DC shoes for skating in, Quicksilver for skiing in etc etc.
One thing though: I just can't understand the need for Burberry :mad: :yuck:
Ilora x
Don't you study fashion?