Probably a pair of boots or a coat, can't remember but it was a few hundred $, nothing like a designer bag though.
If I had the money I might spend it on a pair of Jimmy Choos but other than that, I just can't imagine wanting to spend that much money on one piece of clothing or accessory item. Now, electronics that's another story. Actually, I take that back I think the most expensive thing I spent money on was a cell phone and this was years ago when I had money to burn and no bills to pay (great times...), except my cell bill. I spent close to $300 on the damn thing and my purse got stolen less than a week later at work, along with my cell phone! :angry: So yeah, I'm very hestitate about spending that much money on anything any more.
Yeah, price doesn't always guarantee the "best". If you know how to shop you can get designer stuff for half the ticket price.
For Christmas I tend to buy my brother designer jeans (he has a thing for jeans, he has to have at least 20 pairs by now), tops and on a occassion shoes.
I got him a pair of CK jeans for just $60. Like I said, you just gotta know how to shop. My boyfriend got his mom a Ralph Lauren sweater that would normally cost $150 for just $30, and no it wasn't from a vintage/thrift store. All these items were brand new.
I support American designers (except for Hilfiger, I have issues with him) but when it comes to some of the better quality stuff, Italian designers do it better (mainly because they don't ship their stuff to China and have it made for cheap, but then again it also means that you can get designer stuff for less). What you get for you money is 1) The name/label 2)The quality that's often associated with the label 3)Being able to say you have something nice, which only matters to some people, 4)packaging (ever wonder why they make the packaging and tags so flashy? 5)Importing 6) Advertising and Marketing.
You don't really have to fill your closet with designer labels to have a nice wardrobe because believe me there are some crappy stuff that designers make and people just gobble it up because it's "designer". I think I saw a woman like that on one of those make over shows, I think it was 'What Not to Wear'.
A few nice key items that will last you years is generally good enough.
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There are very, VERY few designers that I'd be willing to hand over my money to, even if money was not an issue. I have major issues with the ethics of some of these designers.I don't do fur, don't do skin of exotic animals, hell I don't do skin of any kind of animal unless it's a cow or a sheep, so NO to snakes and gators.
I don't believe in killing anything just for it's coat/skin, and I don't find it the least be attractive to be walking around wearing or carrying an animal carcass. If I like the texture and look I'd opt out for faux rather than the real thing, and frankly unless you live in Alaska, Russia, Mongolia or anywhere that's extremely cold (or requires people to live off the land), there's really no need to wear fur anything, it just looks ridiculous (I still can't get over the fact that there's a fur coat store here in Houston. It's Texas for god's sake!). *stepping off the soap box*
