>>18367745
too many pennies would weigh your pockets down which would look really terrible and possibly make your safety waist-belt fail and result in an embarrassing pants drop in public which could not only have societal repercussions but also legal ones
so people put their money into investment garments
i have literally seen and entire jacket sewn and made out of U.S.A Dollar bills

>>18367745
1. Exclusivity. Many people will pay more just for exclusivity.
2. Designer clothes are (at least supposed to be) "design first." They will go will more expensive materials and construction techniques that take more labor hours and more highly skilled and expensive labor to realize designs that can't be made cheaply.

The first point is definitely the case always and more so now. The second point, it's less and less the case with each passing year, and even pretty upscale luxury houses like Gucci sells tons of cheaply-made garbage.

gucci and louis vuitton are apparently all struggling right now

>>18367762
Even besides the materials/construction you are theoretically paying for the designer's vision. It takes a creative mind and a lot of time workshopping ideas to create unique clothes. Mass market brands make a pretty limited selection of types of clothes that not everyone will be satisifed with. Obviously the ideas often suck ass and look retarded. But thats the idea.

>>18367745
What the anon above just said. You don't pay the quality, you pay the name and the alleged """""vision""""" behind it. For the most part it's merely marketing strategies you fall for.

>>18367897
thank you yes
investment garments are literally the new "bitcoin" but the "bitcoin" of fashion