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taffimai ([personal profile] taffimai) wrote2009-02-18 07:49 pm

Dude, really?

Today I was in a meeting where people got into a conversation about the price of their jeans. The highest cost in the room was $400 and the lowest was $150. I declined to mention that mine cost $4.99.

ETA: In case anyone wants to see what $400 jeans look like, here you go.

[identity profile] natlyn.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
!!!! These people are insane.

[identity profile] dameruth.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'll admit that I pay about $20 a pair, which (for me) is a lot to spend on a single article of clothing, but I've found a good mail order company that makes jeans that actually fit me (I have a weird build for a chick, but don't quite fit men's jeans properly, either), so I'm willing to shell out for them new. But anything more than that? Yeesh.

[identity profile] wesleysgirl.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Holy SHIT. Not that shit can be holy, but there has to be something unholy about a pair of jeans that costs $400. Or even $100, really. I can't imagine. $400 is more than my whole wardrobe budget for a year, LOL!

[identity profile] justhuman.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I feel ripped off every time I pay $35-$40, but the special cut from Lane Bryant or Fashion Bug Plus, they fit. I'd go naked before I paid $100, let alone $400 for a pair of jeans.
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[identity profile] msp-hacker.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
*looks at jeans in catolouge* *looks at my own jeans* I think the only difference is that they're dyed a darker color blue and have a different name on the label. Maybe the buttons are a slightly different shape.

I think they only cost that much because people want to say they paid $400 dollars for a pair of jeans.
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[identity profile] chaos-by-design.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Wuh? I think mine were $30.

I doan geddit. I mean, jeans are working class casual wear. If I'm gunna spend $400 on clothes, it better be the sexiest dress ever.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_usakeh_/ 2009-02-19 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. That is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

[identity profile] crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
You have got to be kidding me. I think the most I've ever spent on a pair of jeans is $50 and that was because they actually fit. Gah!

[identity profile] chatona.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Bzuh.

[identity profile] brachypelma99.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I pay around £20 for jeans that actually fit my big bum! And that's excessive to me.
I looked at the RL $400 jeans..... (aside from the fact that the model is stick thin and wearing high heels - what is that about??) they don't look any better or different from high street brands.
If anyone feels they have to spend ridulous amounts on a label, they should try OXFAM, or similar - $4.99 for decent jeans, and donate the remaining $395.01 to the charity!