Luxury Shopping Is Not Luxurious Anymore!

Personally I think custom made clothing is more luxurious than so called designer clothing.

I would NEVER wait in lines to get into stores. I literally do not care about these brands and won't do it.

My husband gets his suits from a tailor that only allows 1 customer at a time into the shop, by appointment only, offers you coffee, champagne, whatever you like his assistant will arrange it. He gets old school well made suits, shirts, etc, literally tailored to HIM and can decide details like lining colours, buttons, etc. That's what I consider luxury and it is not nearly as expensive as Chanel / LV, etc. For myself I shop small designers and I never see anyone else who has the same outfits as I have. These "luxury" brands are so generic and lame in my opinion. Why does anyone want to pay so much to look like everyone else?

When I was in business school there was a study done called “The Pretty Woman Effect” which showed that with luxury shopping, the more snobby the sales associates were the more they sold. Instead of buying one item, people would buy 2 or more to prove they “belong.” It’s like subconsciously wanting to fit in with the mean, popular girls in high school. This was almost a decade ago. I’m glad the pendulum is swinging back the other way. People shouldn’t feel less than or that they need to prove that they “belong” to a freaking sales associate!

Chanel is literally making shoes that cannot be worn 3 days on a row?! And they admit it??!!! Okay, people. We've been warned. We're the fools if we buy those shoes.

It is definitely not luxury anymore. Queues, rude sales staff, lying sales staff who say something is not in stock because they can’t be bothered to look, ridiculous prices, nothing is value for money! Also why should we wear thick guitar straps with the bags, just to advertise their brands across our chests!

My professor in cardio surgery earns half a million dollars per year but in her 30 years of working, she has never bought a single luxury item. She never owned a Chanel or LV, she said it was overhyped and was for celebrities. I agree with her. I’m okay with a simple no name brand that sells quality products. She bought leather shoes from a boutique in Rome which cost only 60 euros and she told me they lasted for over 20 years.

I had a rich friend from the Middle East. He was laughing at how middle class people are obsessed with luxury brands while rich people will be investing in luxury brands. He mentioned that the real luxury brands are not going to be well known to the general public.

During a trip in Paris my friends stood around looking like cattle lined up buying from a high end store. I slipped off to a designer secondhand shop and had the entire boutique exclusively to myself for 2 hours of personalized shopping bought the same brand half the sticker price. That felt so much more luxurious than their barnyard experience.

Luxury is dead. The influencers killed it.

It even gets more weird, i used to work for a very wealthy lady and only a few of her handbags were authentic the mayority were replicas. Now these replicas bags were not Temu or wish quality, they were actually well made good quality bags but only a fraction of the original designer price. The lady said that the designer bags were simply not worth the ridiculous price and the quality was not that good either. She said most of her friends did the same, " people think i'm wearing the real deal anyway she said ...😂

I have a pair of 30 year old Gucci loafers that were ready to discard. I went into the same Gucci I bought them at to replace them with a new pair only to be given horribly rude service. I left without buying anything. I googled around a bit and took a chance. I took my 30 year old shoes to the nearest cobbler and instead of paying $950 for a new pair he made them look like new for $125...and apologized that I would have to break them in again.

There’s nothing luxurious about practically begging to be allowed to buy something. Also seeing influencers flaunting their freebies cheapen the brands.

Luxury = exclusivity. When labels expand their customer base, their product loses exclusivity. Personally, when I have an unlimited budget, I will find the best independent designers and craftsmen for my clothing and accessories. A handmade piece is much more valuable than some sweat shop mass produced piece of garbage.

1,000% agree! Standing in line. Being treated like crap when one is planning to spend 10k or more, is just RIDICULOUS!

My idea of luxury shopping is: at home, with coupons and cashback offers, and with free shipping & returns. 😂

Here's my thing, I'm not going to be a walking advertisement for ANY brand unless I get paid or it's my brand. Walking decked in branded outfit is super tacky, no thanks.

I think as a society we’re to focus on the “designer” brand element rather then the craftperson / atelier who makes the piece, honestly they are the true hero.

Even back in the days of quality my Grandmother laughed at the people who bought this nonsense. She had big money, old money and thought it silly to have something others had. She had her clothes custom made and didn’t have to worry about someone having the same outfit, bag,shoes etc as her peers. When she passed she had two closets full of clothes that were still in great shape even though she wore most on a regular basis. Even her luggage (my favorite inherited item) was sturdy and beautiful and made specifically for her. People are too busy looking to wear a brand when they should be focusing on true quality and function…

I’ll never forget when I ran out of my Louis Vuitton perfume. I drove an hour to get it refilled. When I got there, they had me sit while they went to the back. After 30 min, the lady came back & said they were out. I was very sad. Later, I called the store and asked how long it would take till they refilled. They advised me they were never out. I’ve since ran out again & am hesitate to make the trip.