Luxury brands

What are your thoughts on luxury brands?

Overpriced pieces of crap? Status items? Sign of the successful alpha male?

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Waste of money.

People (women) notice them tho.

Well women are a waste of money so it makes sense

Its more like a status symbol or a trophy of what you achieved in life. Communists are just salty that they will never make a product that is regarded as valuable

I have a Patek I inherited. It sits in a box for the entire year until I have to go somewhere "important". At that point I regret wearing it because people talk to me about it.

I live very well but I'm not particularly bothered about continental fashions. Italian suits are tripe, I go to Gieves&Hawkes. Same with shoes, I go to Lobb and Church's and avoid high fashion. My jeans are Japanese and I buy everything else from TK Maxx. The only things I regularly replace are ski, mountain and sports wear.

Rolex, Dolce, Gucci etc are for people who have personalised number plates and mock Tudor pillars on their houses. I'm sure it goes lovely with fake tan and overhanging debt.

Usually a waste of money given to the eternal Italian and Frenchman

it depends what we are talking about

>clothes?
usually slightly above average quality
huge meme

>technology?
there are always two types of "luxury" brands
one is like above with clothes, mostly a meme (Beats dr dre, Audi)
the other is really good (Bose, Mercedes)

All clothing released through walk-in stores is a prison uniform.

Dolce and Gabbana are just pricey uniforms for new-money people who think they are 1%, but as far as the REAL 1% is concerned they're just as pleb as you or me.

it's all a huge game of smoke and mirrors

never envy rich people

I thrift all my clothes and thus avoid the retail jew.

I usually dress myself classy, because you can find remaining stock of designer clothes very cheap on the Internet.

Dolce and Gabbana is rather for fags. Same with Versace. Pic related.

Meme. You can buy Chinese replicas and nobody will be able to tell the difference.

>falling for the materialism jew

Pateks are GODUGLY.

>Overpriced pieces of crap?
In most cases.

They really will be able to tell, but that's beside the point.

Why not just thrift the originals?

No, being dressed well is important. It's kike Communists who indocrinated the youth in a way, that they all dress like hipster slackers today.

Only addidas tracksuit is cheeky breeki enough for slav cyka blat

Overpriced pieces of crap.

These two lads are correct. The wealthy don't buy this shit. The wealthy that do won't be within a few generations.

Clothing stores sell this high end shit to middle class plebs and teenagers with little overheads and an income. They save for less than a week to buy a piece of clothing and think that makes them wealthy lmao. Fuckin poor people I swear.

damn it looks great

Vertu makes damn fine phones.

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>talking about how important it is to buy clothes designed and sold by Jews while calling everyone who dresses for comfort and budget Kike communists

If the clothes are made by chinks it doesn't matter how much they cost, they'll always be garbage. Vintage leather luxury goods, Gucci, LV, etc, made in Europe by white craftsman are worth the premium and will last forever.

I buy some luxury brands, but do not touch the tacky 'luxury' brands like LV, Gucci etc

I'll buy watches, sunglasses and shoes from high-end brands if I like the look of the item and only if the logo is not prominant.

You can usually spot debt-money a mile away by the way they plaster themselves in every brand they can even in a casual setting.

>Bose
>Good

No.

Rich Chinese tourists are known for coming to Europe to buy expensive clothes though, so there must be a difference?

Waste of capital garbage

Low class think purchasing them buys them status

Like magpies with shiny trinkets trying to make their nest the best

>friend's ex always insisted on buying $1200 bags when they go out
>can't get it wet
>can't put it down on the table or have it hanging on the girl's seat; have to get a new chair for the bag alone
>can't have it bumping into other things, including people.
>can't put anything sharp or with a pointy end inside, even if the object in question is soft or covered by plastic
Why bother going through the hassle of bringing one in the first place? People are more likely to believe it's a fake anyway because there's no way in hell people will admit that you are richer than them.

Tacky.

Promoting degeneracy, false values, lack of spirituality, lack of awareness, lack of foresight and lack of empathy.

All these "luxury brands" are promoting is the satanic cult of appearance (read if you're not beautiful you're less than human), the satanic research of perfection (perfection doesn't exist and living in it's perpetual research only brings mental illnesses).

They're toxic for the mind, toxic for the spirit. Teenagers and young adults are the most subject to it. After being drowned in these kind of medias they start to believe that the only things that matters in life is being rich and beautiful like in the advertisements.

degeneracy

So, is it more about dumbasses wanting to "look rich" than anything else?

>Upon seeing this ad, the man thinks, "wow this guy is /fit/, fuck i really need to hit the gym if i don't want to stay the same overweight faggot"

>Upon seeing this ad, the woman thinks "wow this girl have a different body than i do, surely this promotes unattainable standards and lead to unhealthy behavior BAN IT"

>Such is life in modern day society.

Overpriced, you pay for the special name not the product. Not worth anyone's time or cash.

Autism

I don't work in brand tiers.
I only care about build quality and quality of materials and thoughtfulness of construction.

Most of which luxury brand designers do not have.

Another unattainable standard then?

Make sure the chinese replicas are hand made.

Christ that's awful

disgusting trinkets to fool the goys into gibbing shekels to fund their own destruction

You do know that Bose stands for "Buy other sound equipment" right? Midrange Sennheisers blow their overpriced paper driven shit out of the water.

Eh, slight disagreement there. Bose is VERY good provided one understands what they do--provide rich, accurate sound from a very small unit. Against conventionally styled high-end audio components, they sound like shit, but they're far smaller and easier to incorporate into a room that's not media-dedicated.

The problem is people who think they "sound the best" when that's both incorrect and also really not what Bose is shooting for.

Hand made luxury items can be nice.

But anything mass produced isn't really "luxury", it's just overprices consumer crap.

The kikes really got to you...

I've got a handful of very expensive highest tier watches that I inherited.

I can see part of the cost because of the attention to detail, but then again I didn't actually shell out the cash for them.

Spending $5K for a watch is excessive to me.

>I can see part of the cost because of the attention to detail, but then again I didn't actually shell out the cash for them.

Sadly you have cucksumer genetics and will spend your life in debt trying to impress the Jones'.

>You can buy Chinese replicas and nobody will be able to tell the difference.

This is actually a very good test:
If knock-offs are as good as the original then by definition you're just overpaying for the brand.

When it comes to clothes, I go for fit and not brand. I have some Hugo Boss dress shirts though that you can't go wrong with. Ladies like that shit especially, not necessarily the flashy t-shirts with fucking "G U C C I" slapped on it. At least here in the States, girls see it as flamboyant, your standard creepy Armenian.

Anyone who spends money on luxury brands nowadays is an idiot. You can acquire the same quality from non-brands nowadays thanks to Amazon/alibaba/taobao for a fraction of the price due to low overhead and minimal marketing budgets.

>sauce: two decades of consumer hardlines brand management

Explain.

Genuinely interested.

Enjoy your cheap Chinese t-shirt from Walmart.

Slackerdom is a kikeish invention. Being dressed well is highly regarded in every culture.

Patek's cachet driven by their stupid marketing campaign designed to attract impulse purchases in high end boozy venues (duty free shops, casinos, etc). Don't fall for it.

>Overpriced pieces of crap?
Yes
> Status items?
Yes
> Sign of the successful alpha male?
Not necessarily. It's more indicative of personal taste.

The ones who buy this crap are usually broke and trying to keep up appearances.

The people with money tend to shy away from flashy, overpriced brands and look for bargains at the mall or thrift stores.

Same applies to cars.

If you wear clothes that arent t-shirts and jeans, luxury brands are pretty great.
They are definitely status items, but most of the clothes are built with quality and will last a long time.
Considering most people throw out all of their clothes and buy new ones every fucking season, I can see how people think they are overpriced.

Brands like D&G or Gucci you will see brownskins and other poors wear a belt or something similarly small that has a big logo on it, but the actual clothes are nice, which you hardly ever see people wear because they can't afford and don't notice because they aren't sprayed down with logos.

Hugo boss is the master race
>made uniforms for fash goys
>stylish and clean
>not overpriced

Not to bash on Americans but I found the lack of such brands there to be odd


I meet with pretty well-off representatives there biannually and they unironcally used children brands like Axe bodyspray or Old Spice and wore suits and watches that cost less than my leisure pants

Seriously tho what is wrong with that? I buy all my undershirts at Wal Mart or Target.

How long has this guy been married?

>Overpriced pieces of crap?
stop right there, that's all there is to it.
In clothing especially, the quality is not even superior to every other cheap crap made in China
Being into clothing, liking to buy clothes and pick them is the sign you're a total nu-male cuck

I am so sorry sir. I have officially checked your quads. Have a good day sir.

>Spending $5K for a watch is excessive to me.

If it has a hand made mechanism it's not so crazy.
But I think those type of watches actually start at the $20k range. - which I think is too much if a watch maker can make one in under a month.

My sister works for a rich guy, he's about my size and gives me his old clothes, recently he gave me a designer jumper that cost £170 new and a £200 pea coat.

They are def better quality than the cheaper stuff I buy myself.

Oh yeah, and

>"I wore my European suit"

It was not. Ill-fitting non-tailored garbage bag

>not a single mention of performance

Typical Brits. All show and no go.

Not the products themselves, but SOME aspects of the high fashion culture. A lot is pure, real and actual 'degeneracy', but some of it is traditional values for social conduct, like obviously dressing well. Dressing like a pleb is pre-conditioning for Marxist-tier shit where by you're being prepared to accecpt your plebdom as a commie shitizen.

Accurate, no. They have a 'brand sound' just like any other flashy consumer good like Beats or Monster.

In fact, just going by frequency response their sounds are very similar. Though Bose tends to have better 30Hz square wave response and lower THD.

it's all i wear man

Way to swallow the ad agency's blue pill, user.

A majority of the markup is for status alone.

I inherited a Rolex GMT Master II. My father paid $1200 for it new in 1987, and when I had it serviced over the summer the appraisal was just about $5K.

It's a great watch and all, but my $120 Seiko automatic tells time all the same.

'A Rolex is the best $500 watch that $5000 can buy.'

As for the higher end individual pieces, I know I'll never own one so I don't bother even looking.

Basically some people make a lot of money and for whatever reason they will always purchase things that are more expensive, so why not make them and rape them on it.

For example, there is no reason that anyone, anywhere in the world needs to wear a suit that cost $10,000 or more. The materials and labor to make the suit are far below that price. But if someone is willing to buy it, then... why not sell it to them?

An anecdote I have. I use to sell cars for Hyundai dealership. I couldn't be a jew so I quit after just 2 months. Anyways, I was on a test drive with a young woman, her boyfriend, and the girls mother. We first went in a basic model, cloth seats etc. And when we got back we went in the nicest model we had, with leather seats, seat warmers etc. Cost about 9,000 more than the other one. While we are out driving the mom says "this one is much better.. I don't feel like killing myself in it"

I laughed to myself, but I guess if you have the money, and its inconsequential to you, then why would you ever ride in a car that doesn't have leather seats? You fucking pleb

>Not to bash on Americans but I found the lack of such brands there to be odd

Most big "luxury" brands are very old, at least a century and often several centuries.
America just doesn't have the history.

Pardon me, wrong picture. Though the THD results are also telling.

I agree that they're not 'bad' per se if you enjoy this kind of sound, as many do, but better can be had for cheaper if one is willing to forgo the brand name.

so sad that this is their only model...

Most people wearing European luxury brands tend to be Arab exchange students, who reek of cologne and give off a very creepy vibe.

It's also a cultural thing, we have disdain for anything that feels "imperial" and "royal".

I don't think anyone's bashing the idea of making, marketing and selling these brands... just the idiots who buy them.

I've personally created successful premium products that were exactly the same as mainline products but with nicer packaging and maybe a different color/finish or whatever... anywhere from 2x-10x retail of the standard product. And idiots pay for them... I kinda get off on it.

But if you're smart enough to be in Sup Forums you should be smart enough to avoid traps like those.

Don't lump all expensive brands in the same basket.

For example you can spend a lot on a shitty Hugo Boss suit and it's a waste of money, but you can spend a lot on a pair of Cordovan leather oxford shoes from a high-end brand like Ferragamo or Lobb's or even the US brands Alden & Allen Edmonds, and if you take care of them and resole them every few years they can last literally decades, just like a good watch can.

You probably shouldn't go buy $800 "designer" t-shirts though.

Are there any "best for the buck" headphones in the 50 bucks range OR up about 100 bucks destruction proof ones with decent sound that wont end up with broken cables just looking wrong at them to recommend eternal anglo?

>dressing well is bluepilled

Ok retard. I bet you also think its bluepilled to buy higher quality things made in your own country instead of buying the same garment 8 times over the years from 3rd world sweatshops and ending up spending more in the long run.

/biz/ here, no one who matters gives a shit about your watch or your aftershave, the only status symbols you need are a practical car, social skills and a set of well fitted suits

dont fuck with my Boss and Olymp brands debt nigger

Your retort has nothing to do with my statement. Reread it, rewrite your reply, and I'll be happy to engage.

>if you take care of them and resole them every few years they can last literally decades

If you only wear them on special occasions, or if you only walk 10m from your car to your office.

Not if you wear them daily and actually walk to places.

This.

Not to mention there exists a subset of bidnessfolk who detest perfumes. A former ceo of mine banned them in the workplace (along with other malodors like microwave popcorn) and it was pretty wonderful.

One's perfume/cologne is probably more likely to offend than to create a benefit, so what's the point?

Pure consumerist garbage. Don't buy into it.

HD681 Evos

>/biz/ here

But you're autistic losers getting your daytrading advice from an anime image board. Not really the type of people who would actually be able to carry a good suit or watch...

If you don't wear stefano ricci exclusively then you don't dress properly

I've never seen Olymp but I can say with a high degree of confidence that Hugo Boss is trash, even their 1500€ suits are poor quality for the money.

You should never wear the same shoe two days in a row anyway, leather shoes need at least a day with a cedar shoe tree to dry out.

Really depends on your tastes. Especially at that range where equalization is likely to distort the sound.

For neutral sound, if you can still find them for $50,there's the MDR-V6/MDR-7506. They're very accurate and built well but can be uncomfortable and, as mentioned earlier, are difficult, but not impossible, to find at that price. If you're willing to go up to $100 the 7506 are probably your best bet


For bass-heavy I can't recommend the Superlux HD681 Evo enough. Not the best build quality but they come with a 2 year warranty. They are open back and large though so public use is not recommended.

For bass-light sound get the best Grados you can find for your money. They all sound similar, getting more neutral as one goes up the line. They are, again, open-back so you can't really use them in public. You should just use IEMs there anyway though so you don't look (any more) like a sperg.

If you want a more in-depth answer with more options go to Sup Forums and shitpost in the general.

I wear t-shirts from Next. My mum bought them.

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Degenerate items. True story, when I was piss poor I used to think that the first thing I should buy when making some decent money is these fucking things.

I got rp'd in the meantime, now I dress like a fucking bum and I love it, I look like Sam Hyde, and with my very cute income, makes me laugh, because I know peasants around me, wage slave fucks, chunk way too much of their fixed income on that appearance shit.

While scolding at me for the way I look...LOL....fucking BUMS.

'luxury brands' are just another tool of the jew to get you to give them your shekels.

Remember that scene in American Psycho where Christian Bale and his elitist buddies are all comparing business cards at that table.

not sure if it's what you're thinking but all saints, diesel, james perse, lulu lemon are worth it
buy on sale
buy things that will be stylish for years
the quality will last much longer than h&m/forever 21 tier trash

also arctyrex and fjall raven are pretty good

don't fall for the sportswear meme
don't spend more than $300 on jeans

don't fall for the streetwear meme

(((marketing)))

bullshit most of the rich people buy just expensive brands like hermes or loro piana where you dont see brands and a simple t shirt cost 500€

not only this but the lifestyles are worlds apart.

The euro conception of home, leisure, and disposable income is far different from ours. We also have a deep-seated fear of not having savings and are even less likely to spend on those things, but spend more on things euros wouldn't dream of like trucks or cabins or hunting gear.

I have lived in europe on/off in a few different parts over the years but I honestly could not live there permanently. The way they do/think about things seems totally fucked to me, and probably vice versa.