For many years I considered shoes made by brands like Adidas or Nike as the affordable shoes to wear on a daily basis. Nice looking but nothing special. However, I recently changed my mind. When I was with my family in New York, my brother took me to the sneaker store called Stadium Goods.
There I saw this (prices are in dollars).
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Sneaker collecting can be really profitable business and many people make a lot of money by reselling limited edition shoes.
One of them is Benjamin Kapelushnik (also known as Benjaminkickz). He is 18 years old and already earns millions of dollars every year. He got really interested in sneakers at the age of 12 when his mum bought him his first pair of Nike Foamposite One “Galaxy”. Then he started to read sneaker magazines and to study a resale market. In the eighth grade he bought one pair of sneakers for 400$ and reselled it for 4000$. With this money he started to invest in the sneaker market. Nowadays he is a young millionaire who sells sneakers to celebrities and shows his life on social media.
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Every year many brands release a few or more limited edition shoes. Lucky buyers have a chance to buy them for a few hundred dollars. It’s a lot, but on the resale market the same shoes may cost even two thousand dollars or more. There are more clients than products, so people sign in to the raffles and the toughest ones camp in front of the retail shops. Even in Warsaw on Chmielna Street you can see surprisingly long queues.
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In addition to the shoes, clothing brands are also getting popular. The most hyped is Supreme. It sells various types of clothes and accessories. Sometimes it also collaborates with big fashion houses like Louis Vuitton. Collaboration products are the most expensive to buy and hardest to get. However the most popular thing overall is a white t-shirt with the red Supreme logo on it. On the resale market it costs around 400$. For many people it might be unacceptable to spend a few thousand dollars on a normal t-shirt with a small red stick on it but for many it is a dream come true.
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- Do you think it is controversial to collect high-priced limited clothing?
- Do people even pay attention to branded clothing?
Comments
Unfortunately people in some cases pay attention to branded clothing and they do it in a negative way. I mean - when one woman asks another what is she wearing and the answer is 'Oh I don't know, I bought it second hand', the first one seems to be disappointed.
I don't find it controversial. People collect various things - cheap, expensive, big, small - and I don't think collecting high-priced limited clothing is something special. If it comes to collecting clothes paying attention to brand is not something that would surprise me. But I think that people pay too much attention to brand even though they can buy something as good looking and with comparable quality cheaper.
I pay attention to branded clothing only when it comes to higher quality or the product looks much better than others. I do not buy branded clothes "just because".
And yes, of course there are people who pay attention to branded clothing. I'm personally not one of them, my biggest concern is that my clothes have to be comfy and made of natural materials. Other than that, I won't choose a more expensive, branded piece of clothing if it doesn't come with any additional benefits over a cheaper piece of clothing. The times when expensive clothes were more durable and could last for years is long over, and now there are very few brands that still do that. And when the quality is the same - why overpay? :)
2. From what I know people who are interested in some branch of fashion are looking if people around him/her wear good brands on them (especially from their branch).
Do people even pay attention to branded clothing? Maybe in EU yes, because i have friend in USA , and he told me, that all people wears what they want. They don't buy fashionable clothes or something like that, only the clothes that they are comfortable.
Probably in future this high-priced limited clothes will be worth much more than we paid fot them, so it can be also a good business.
Personally I pay a little attention on my and other people clothes. But that does not mean I buy only brand clothes.
Maybe except sneakers. To be honest i wear only Nike and Adidas shoes. However my sneakers are not from the limited edition.
The most important thing for me is to feel good during wearing it. For me you can wear and buy whatever you want.
That is your own business.
In my opinion many people pay attention to branded clothing. What's more, for many people it is the most important thing in their lives. Luckily, I'm not that kind of person.
Some shoes are really beautiful, but it's insane to pay thousands of dollars for them and don't really wear in everyday life. But every one has his own collection of something and spends money on it. Even if other people don't understand it.
I think some people pay attention to branded clothing, but not everyone. If somebody's profession (or hobby) is somehow connected with clothing, then yes. It's natural.
I think, some people pay attention to branded clothing and the only one bad thing about it when they judge others based on price tag of cloths.
Personally, I have one shop in which I'm buying clothes. Maybe it's "branded" (Sinsay), but they have cute clothes with cats and they are cheap, and good quality :D. But if other shop, I mean second handed for example, would have such clothes without any brand, I would buy them too. Because for me proportion of quality and price is important.
People at my age have some mechanism in their heads that the branded clothing is kind of...determinant of life quality. Which is bullshit. Of course collecting branded clothes is okay.
I don't know if people pay attention to branded clothing, how would I? Personally I don't care what brand the cloth is, but I do care what material it is made from and what overall quality it is.
>Do people even pay attention to branded clothing
I think they do, I could even say most of them does it- "Fine feathers make fine birds" or "Jak cię widzą, tak cię piszą" in polish is one of the phrases that seem to work in today's world. It might be less common for the actual brands, but its obvious we pay attention to what other people are wearing...
Branded clothing and brands have high value in people's minds, we value not only build quality or materials but also design and being able to show off the item to others. So whether one is paying attention to brand on clothes depends on his personal values and what he looks for , branded clothing especially expensive one can be used to show off our financial status just as military badges show off rank just this rank not always has a meaning to others.
If someone want to collect high-priced limited clothing he can do it becouse thats are his choice however I prefer to spent this money for my passions like traveling and paraglading. I thing that it is more valuable way to spend money. Collecting high-priced limited clothing isn't controvensial if it doesn't turn into an obsession and spending money on expanding the collection will not be associated with falling into debt.
On the other hand I know that nowadays especially for young people brands are very important becouse they are often the reason for acceptance or rejection by their peers.