How do I answer nosy people

[ghulkhan]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

Really? The touches are usually pretty subtle, but generally, if the conversation lasts more than a couple of minutes, I often get compliments on Dries van Noten, Jil Sander, and Costume National stuff (when I tidy up, those are the brands I tend to wear.) This from people who, when I tell them the labels, have blank stares on their faces.

To answer the question, I think that you can either demur or tell them something like "I probably paid too much, but I like it. Thanks!" if they are admiring your stuff.

Well the compliments come but they dont ask for the price unless its an expensive label they know of. I get compliments for Margiela but most poeple I know dont have a clue as to who Margiela is so they dont bother asking.

 

[auto90403]

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

Or just be a hardass and say, "Honestly I can't recall" with an insouciant shrug.

My strategy too.

 

[style councilor]

An acquaintance was trying to make me look like a fool in front of other people, giving me a hard time for spending an amount that translates into approx 150$ on a jumper. We live in the country with the world's highest tobacco prices and he is a smoker. The same amount will only give you 12/13 packages with 20 cigarettes. Needless to say he was the one looking (and feeling) stupid. I told him to mind his own business thereafter.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Tell them its bespoke whether it is or not.

Tell them that you saved a member of the Prussian royal family, and they repaid you by life debting a tailor to you. So all your clothes are free...

 

[Krawczak]

Originally Posted by p.trick

"No idea. I found it in the back of my closet."

For some reason, the question I generally get is "I like your ____ where did you get it?", and generally this is my answer. When I do get asked how much I paid for something, I just say I found it at a thrift store, whether it's true or not. It often is, and it shut people up nicely without sounding snobbish.

 

[doink]

my answer

more than I should have, less than I would have.

 

[redcaimen]

How about " I took it off a dead Hobo. It cost me nothing. It cost him his life."

 

[Augusto86]

Tell them you killed a man, just to watch him die. And then you took his pants.

edit: Dammit, that's ^^^ what I get for not reading the thread first. Lazy of me.

 

[trogdor]

Give the answer in Cork-style slang:

Q: "How much did your jeans cost?"

A: "Ask me bollocks"

 

[username79]

I snort heartily and tell them "EAD".

 

[Mr. Checks]

"less than you might think, as good as it looks"

 

[Edward Appleby]

Originally Posted by Krawczak

It often is, and it shut people up nicely without sounding snobbish.

This is all well and good unless people are inquiring about your clothes to try to be snobbish themselves. Then all bets are off.