Is a bag exclusive because it is very expensive and therefore few can afford it OR is it because of a bags rarity that it is expensive?
No. In fact, some of my beloved one-of-a-kind hand-embroidered Arm Art is very exclusive, even if its exclusivity is sort of de facto, people may not know about it, but even if they did, because there are going to be a limited number of artists in a very tiny village, and it really is all done by hand, "production" would be limited, even if the whole world were clamoring at the village gate!
And if you wanted to be snobby about it, and I really try not to be, you could argue that a mass-produced bag with a lot of zeros on the price tag is actually less exclusive...
well saidThe laws of supply and demand dictate that rarity would cause an item to be expensive, IF there's a demand of course.
The laws of supply and demand dictate that rarity would cause an item to be expensive, IF there's a demand of course.
Agree too, to an extent.The laws of supply and demand dictate that rarity would cause an item to be expensive, IF there's a demand of course.
Thank you! tPF is saved once again from another book-length ShimmaPuff monologue.Agree too, to an extent.
Ideally, demand should be generated by aesthetic/material qualities, but things go wrong when 'hype' enters (see the current not-a-plastic-bag craze!)
Rarity itself: maybe not.
Then there is the Birkin - loads of women can afford it but they don't make enough to fill the demand so they have to go on the list. Which makes it rare. But the same women could probably afford that ugly LV, yet only one woman in the whole country has been stupid enough to order it! That one's 'rare' because nobody wants it!
I think a true exclusive bag is one that only real afficionados can spot, and that only real purse people appreciate. Anything that gets faked for $20 on Canal Street has lost it's exclusivity for me.