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I have a pretty random question about high-end denim. When I try to explain to people the idea behind paying over $200 for a pair of jeans I generally talk about how they're made using high quality materials and constructions similar to those used before companies like Levi sacrificed quality in order to make jeans as efficiently and quickly as possible--so basically they're made like jeans "used to be made". Their response is invariably to ask , if they cost so much today, how the hell people "back then" could possibly afford them. Can anyone offer any insight? Am I just wrong in my argument?Originally Posted by kojnglsmith
Prices now are not the same as prices back then. Do you think the real value of a dollar is constant?Originally Posted by nahneun
Prices now are not the same as prices back then. Do you think the real value of a dollar is constant?Originally Posted by nahneun
I've just accepted that Schneider doesn't fit me. Size 6 kind of fits in the shoulders but the body fits like a sack. 7 is just bad all around. No Schneider for meOriginally Posted by bows1
I understand that, but if LVC 1947 501's cost way too much, to the average American today then how the hell could people afford them when they were actually made in 1947 (in a far poorer country)? Obviously they didn't cost $250 in 1947 but presumably they cost roughly the same in 1947 dollars. It seems to me like either a) companies today charge a huge premium because people like the idea of buying clothes the way they "used to be made" or b) people today have just gotten used to really cheap consumer goods and expect to pay very little for themOriginally Posted by kojnglsmith
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