https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/18/style/how-much-is-too-much-to-spend-on-jeans/...





By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN
6 minute read
Published 4:29 AM EDT, Sun August 18, 2024





When actor Blake Lively wore a pair of $19,000 designer jeans to a screening of her latest movie, “It Ends with Us,” earlier this summer, the look — covered by several media outlets — attracted plenty of attention. And the price did not go unnoticed. Of course, there were the aghast social media comments, those are to be expected, but the moment also inspired a reasonable question: How much is too much to spend on jeans?

Featuring thigh-to-heel cut-outs and hibiscus-shaped embroidery, the denim pants by Italian fashion house Valentino, were styled with a simple white tank, Christian Louboutin heels, hoop earrings and Lively’s signature long tousled hair. These jeans are something of an outlier, having been designed — undoubtedly — with celebrities and the 1% in mind. They are a conversation starter; they are about fantasy, they are not for the school drop-off.

On fashion retail websites including Net-a-Porter and Ssense, the most expensive jeans listed are nowhere near as pricey, with top figures mostly in the $2,500 to $3,500 range for brands like Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana and Ralph Lauren. On Valentino’s own site at the time, the next most expensive pair was priced at $2,700 (reduced from $4,500). Still, granted, a lot of money for most people.

Cheaper options are plentiful across the market — from classic $100 Levi’s to newer denim brands, such as MUD Jeans or ELV Denim, emphasizing their sustainable or circular credentials (jeans in this category tend to be priced around $200 to $500.)

I thought the $250 pair of running shoes were a bit steep in price.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 19^th, 2024 at 5:57am:



You don't think rich blokes waste money on extravagance?

Donald Trump anyone?

You've a serious problem with women, Scrappy Doo. Yet another thread hanging poo on us. so many of them.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 19^th, 2024 at 6:57am:



So men are superior to women then in your estimation?

Thought so.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 19^th, 2024 at 7:26am:



And yet you've a hierarchy.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 19^th, 2024 at 6:57am:



Kurt Cobain once bought a pair of jean for well over $400 000 US ya dumbarse

Why are you so determined to prove your stupidity on a daily basis?

its unsurprising

if you read dan kennedys excellent marketing books, you would understand immediately that a higher price is part of the attraction

it signals to society that you are a rare person who can afford such a thing

rolexes dont keep time as well as an apple watch

and if you go to buy a rolex, they wont let you unless you can produce references saying that you are the sort of person who should have one.

its the exclusivity and scarcity  that creates  the value.

aquascoot wrote on Aug 19^th, 2024 at 12:18pm:


Fcing rubbish.