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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  No I really doubt any designers are helping her. There are tons of celebrities they can give or loan their stuff to (who have a much bigger following than she does), why would they give it to a "regular" person on some random forum?
But yes, most designers nowadays are marketing to the masses. Think back in the 80s and before, when only old ladies carried around LVs and Chanels. Now every tween thinks they deserve one if they are anybody at their school.  Really takes away the specialness of having a luxury good. Doesn't really seem so luxurious when everyone has one. Part to blame would be the knockoff market, but think about it, all the big designers really started pushing their product to the "regular" person say about 10 or so years ago. No one could afford these items, so the knockoff market came in to fill the gap. (much like puppymillers huh?) Now the luxury companies are all in a twist about knockoffs out there, when it was the knockoff market that really made people want these brands even more. It was basically free advertising for them, and realistically, people that didn't care about carrying a fake wouldn't EVER splurge on the real thing anyway, so it's not like they were really losing any customers.
and to top it off, the quality is not the same anymore.
I hope you guys know, COACH IS MADE IN CHINA! |
I wasn't sure if it was a random person on a random forum. Companies do pay random people to join forums and spread the word about their products. They are supposed to sound like a typical consumer, not a company spokesman. I just don't see how the average person can even begin to afford this type of thing. These women seem to want to impress other women, not men. When a man can spot designer clothing or merchandise, he's not really the sort of man I'd be interested in anyway!
I do agree that designers not only give away clothing to celebs, but now they even pay them to wear their stuff!
I kind of think the television show "Sex and the City", helped to get designer names out to average consumers. Never could figure out how Carrie could afford those shoes, bags, and wardrobe with a job as a weekly newspaper column writer and the author of one book.
