lordsuperb
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It’s obvious Liverano is no longer chasing that market and has become a Veblen good. If there’s a demand for the coat why not charge those prices. There are plenty of Florentine tailors that the everyday Italian man can go to where they aren’t paying an arm and a leg.I certainly don't think the coat warrants such an outrageous price, but let's for the sake of argument assume that it does because it's just that expensive to make (with a typical margin included ofc).
Then that means bespoke tailoring's value is utterly and completely gone. I mean, it largely already has become more luxury than value, no matter what Simon tries to tell, but 5k is still something achievable by good earners, maybe once every several years. If you truly use such a garment for a very very long time, perhaps a decade or two (already very unlikely) it just might end up being a reasonable cost.
But now we're getting into the price of a small car.
I am Italian, literally no one that works a normal job could entertain the thought of that sum here for a coat, not even really well paying jobs.
Big celebrities, sure, but then...
I guess what I'm trying to say is it doesn't even really matter how good the product is if no normal person can buy it. It begs the question whether the product should even be made in the first place, rather.
And if those were really the necessary prices for bespoke tailoring, I'm afraid the trade would die out for good, there's probably not enough A-list celebrities to sustain it.