https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:08:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-864409 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:09:34 +0000 rachylou 864409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion is a rough business. Business is a rough business. Most businesses fail. </p> <p>You know, I paid $300 for a style statement. I.e., to be asked 40 questions in 30 minutes and have two words sent to me. Now I wanted it, I value it, and I certainly enjoy it. But that $300 could have bought me a vial of insulin and another month of life. Worth $300? Maybe since I paid it. Perhaps my shorter life is more enjoyable than my longer one would be. But actually equivalent to another month of life? Not so much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863767 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:22:13 +0000 Vicki 863767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because they can! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863749 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:10:49 +0000 ironkurtin 863749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, in regard to smaller designers, I'm not sure they ARE in it to make money. Every single person I know who was independent in fashion - and I have known a few - lost money hand over fist. The way fashion is set up is almost guaranteed to screw the small designer. So in that sense, no, they are not thinking about what the market will bear. They are probably hoping to scrape up the $ to make the next collection. And to see someone wear their stuff.</p> <p>Would they get more clothing on bodies if they charged less? Maybe. Would they recoup what they put in? Since they already don't, no.</p> <p>But I'm really taking about small art designers here, to be honest - NOT the Sundance Catalogs of the world. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863664 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:05:18 +0000 catgirl 863664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't just look at the tag either. But it's certainly a big consideration. If you are in the retail fashion world as a seller intending to make money, I imagine it's the biggest consideration - what will the market bear?</p> <p>I make things too. If I sold a quilt (yes, I quilt) for the time and effort I took to make it, it would be thousands of dollars. Jewelry is faster, but still mainly something I do for my own satisfaction. So frankly, I just gift what I make.</p> <p>I absolutely agree that certain clothing attains the level of art, and I appreciate that. Artists have every right to be business people and make money without compromising their artistic integrity. But buyers also have the right to feel that something is overpriced. For instance, the Sundance catalog jewelry (and I'm specifically talking about Jes Ma'harry or whatever her name is) is so insanely overpriced it makes me crazy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863619 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:22:16 +0000 ironkurtin 863619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae - I really don't mind "gee I wish I could afford it." I mind, "The first thing I look at is the price."</p> <p>CCiele - Sure, that makes sense.</p> <p>I guess I came off as grumpy - I just think money shouldn't be the first thing always with fashion, especially with experimental fashion. Maybe a tank for $300 seems like a lot, but I am sure the designer has a reason. That doesn't mean I can/would/should pay that. Just that I don't JUST look at the tag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863607 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:17:28 +0000 cciele 863607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>regarding price, I think people are reacting according to their values. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. That being said, l support small local designers and have not ever paid near $300 for what looks to be a simple tank, so TO ME the prices I saw on this Website were not commensurate with my experience. Actually I'd have the same reaction to paying that much for similar clothing from a mass market designer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863570 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:50:07 +0000 rae 863570@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love! I'd take the red linen harem pants, the waxed coat, the hooded tees, the belt bags...clearly they need to open up a store in LA and hire me to work there. </p> <p>IK, for me, the price is only jumping to mind because I'm disappointed I can't buy up the whole line. *That* is why I wish it was cheaper, not because I don't appreciate the art or craftsmanship. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863503 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:54:35 +0000 ironkurtin 863503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, Ornella. I just don't think price should always be the main topic of conversation. As someone who makes things myself, it's really a downer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863489 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:42:07 +0000 Ornella 863489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, your points are valid and should definitely be considered, no doubt. But to think art, one has to see art. Part of it is education, part natural inclination, part cultivated taste.</p> <p>This can probably be looked two ways: when seen as an item one would love in own closet, cash does play a role to most; as an item to be admired, cash is irrelevant and tastes, likes and aspirations are the limit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863448 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:15:37 +0000 ironkurtin 863448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always get depressed when I see these conversations. Guys, why is the price tag the most important thing here?</p> <p>A lot of effort and time, sourcing and production, goes into making small fashion lines. Sure, maybe you don't have $300 for a tank top, but why is that what you see when you look at an artist's vision? This isn't mass fashion by any stretch. it's obviously a small, boutique designer. Small designers seldom have much cash, just a dream. Remember, they have to buy the fabric, make the items, make sure everything is done according to their creative spec; get it to a retailer (if they can fins one). None of that is cheap. That is reflected in the final sale cost - as is the idea of owning a one of a kind item.</p> <p>Think of these as art, not just as tank tops.</p> <p>Just saying. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-863029 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:39:33 +0000 jayne 863029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe it is sewn with gold thread?</p> <p>Funny poses for the models, reminds me of people who post and hide their face with their hair (harmonica, I am thinking of you). Seems the photog picked that up and repeated it in the poses, or maybe the model is shy? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862552 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:41:59 +0000 Karie 862552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Geez, even a tank shirt is over $300!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862474 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:48:06 +0000 Deborah 862474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I hadn't seen this! My current lust is Rick Owens and now I had to add this designer to my list. Quite a few of these peices kind of transcend fashion IMHO and could be quite timeless work horses in a wardrobe. Thanks for sharing Una. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862389 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:08:03 +0000 Tina.b 862389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such brilliant shapes, love it! I could see several of you guys looking just amazing in these pieces! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862372 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:54:56 +0000 rachylou 862372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous stuff. </p> <p>I want a plain, sleeveless shift. Soft cotton batiste. There's a shop near me that has them, but not one for under $300! I'm not paying $300 for a yard of fabric! :P</p> <p>Japanese avant garde design no standing at all. Of course, at this point, it would probably cost me $300 to drive around looking for some fine cotton batiste in black to hack up myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862361 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:49:27 +0000 biscuitsmom 862361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice, but holy crap! Not worth that kind of money, imo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862350 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:25 +0000 cciele 862350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>whoa... Demobaza is less expensive, and so is Etsy ;)</p> <p>Nice designs though!</p> <p>ETA: Probably $$ because of this, from her About page (plus incorporating "found" items she scopes out):<br /> "Every garment is worked and hand-crafted personally by Hajnalka and her small team in her design studio." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862349 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:24 +0000 catgirl 862349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, there is that saturated red... but yes, a very strict color palette. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862345 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:43:39 +0000 bj1111 862345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow! reminds me of rick owens only with more color (if you consider beige, taupe and ivory colors). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-fabulously-rate-and-expensive-designer#post-862338 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:41:35 +0000 catgirl 862338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why so freaking expensive?!</p> <p><a href="http://mandula.com/online-store" rel="nofollow">http://mandula.com/online-store</a> </p>