• Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    Most well-known “luxury” brands are. Real rich person’s brands won’t even bother selling to the poor. There’s currently a meltdown among the middle class because Hermes is laughing them out of the store. It’s quite funny.

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      10 days ago

      Just to be clear - Hermes is also a fucking waste of money that serves no purpose other than to signal your membership in a club that has no value to society.

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      10 days ago

      Seriously. Past a certain level of wealth, you don’t even need to buy brand-named items for most everyday things. You don’t buy a suit from an expensive brand. You hire a world-class master tailor to custom make you a suit from scratch. It’s fit exactly to your body, made to your exact tastes and specifications. The same thing should be possible with watches. You don’t buy an expensive brand, you hire a watch maker to make you an entirely custom piece.