Slate's Explainer answers the question, "With prices for a dress running from $15,000 to over $100,000, how do designers make money selling haute couture?"
Ironically, many people will buy a $150 bottle of perfume to participate in the lifestyle suggested by the $15,000 couture dress they cannot afford, while in reality the dress was produced in large part to seduce them into paying too much for the perfume.Posted by nchicha at January 21, 2004 03:17 PM
Well, everyone I know is buying the $20 lipstick because we can't afford the $150 perfume, poor slobs.
Posted by: OGIC on January 21, 2004 03:27 PMoh right, just noticed your title. pls. pardon the redundancy!
Posted by: OGIC on January 21, 2004 03:29 PMfor that one magical moment that i'm actually purchasing my chanel nail polish, i feel haute. later, as i try to clumsily apply said polish, i feel like an idiot.
Posted by: jess on January 22, 2004 07:09 PM