I find those newer videos a bit odd ( a bit to woo woo and vaguely manipulative of makes) but perhaps others find it helpful.
Influencers and Hermes
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I have a question: are many of the quota bags shown on social media fake? Of course, people can do with their money whatever they want and I also got myself smth from H recently and don't live in a mansion, but it seems so out of place when people sit in smth that that looks like their child's room at their parents or in a room that is full with clutter and without any direction of style and yet unbox one H item (including quota bags for 10K+) after another as if it's their weekly Target purchase. I know that I'm probably falling into the prejudices trap here but smth feels so off whenever I see people with a 50K handbag collection living in places that clearly indicate that buying high luxury as frequently as it's suggested on social media is kinda out of their league. So either they buy on credit and ignore the issue or they buy fakes in order to be able to present a new quota bag every two months (let's ignore the rules of the game to even get which already makes the frequency unrealistic).
I think they unbox fake items or these people are buying/selling to afford their next item and/or they’re maxing out cc. I’ve seen one instagrammer who regularly buys and sells to afford the next thing and she even admits it. There’s another instagrammer/ YouTuber who seems to have an unboxing every week and shared all her spend and bags from last year but then came out with a video stating she got some mini k that she hadn’t shared. Interestingly she also has a replica cartier bangle that she claims is real gold and someone made for her. Given the number of unboxings, her reselling in fb groups, her replica bangle and tendency to flex can we believe that mini k actually came from the store? That it’s not a replica?
Of course people can do whatever they want with their money, but it does seem antithetical to the definition of luxury when you see these influencers in what looks like college level furniture from ikea. Maybe they’re just prioritizing luxury and that’s their thing and don’t care about spending on other stuff. But I can bet most are also not saving any money or investing either. People who actually have funds to spend at H or on luxury regularly generally live in the nice neighborhoods, have the nice houses and have the nice furniture and landscaping.
There seems to be some kind of shopping addiction with those influencers you mentioned and need for validation. They seem to constantly want that purchase high. Social media is largely a factor I think but also the banks who keep handing out credit to these irresponsible people.
I saw an article about how 25% of gen x has nothing saved for retirement, 35% has less than 10k and 25% has between 10 and 50k. Around 1% has between 50 and 200k saved and the remaining 14% have over 200k saved. These are pretty shocking numbers.
Also the below 60 minutes story is quite shocking. I think this generally the mindset of luxury influencers.
Gen X are actually pretty good savers, better than Boomers or Millennials, by most data I've seen.
As for fakes, hell yeah, more of the unboxings are fake than not. It's much easier to hide tells through a webcam.
I find that this type of content normalizes overconsumption:
1. You have to purchase every new bag style because it's the "hottest bag" and it's so "versatile" and it will "go with everything"
2. You have to resell the bag if it "doesn't fit your lifestyle" because you don't want to "waste money having the bag sitting on a shelf" and you are supposed to have a "streamlined" and "minimal" bag collection
3. You use the funds to purchase the next "hottest bag" / "unicorn bag"
I have a friend who is heavily influenced by luxury content creators and she is definitely stuck in this loop. Buy a bag, use it 3 times, resell it, and use the funds to buy the next bag. Her prerogative of course, but it's interesting to watch.
I'd have to say, though, that some folks live in metropolitan areas (NYC, SF, Paris, etc.) where homes are more modest looking but still plenty expensive
Yep totally. Nice doesn’t necessarily mean big!I'd have to say, though, that some folks live in metropolitan areas (NYC, SF, Paris, etc.) where homes are more modest looking but still plenty expensive
Yes! Thank you. You can easily spend $20M in NYC and have nothing to “landscape”. Paris too (although we try to have terraces at that price level!).I'd have to say, though, that some folks live in metropolitan areas (NYC, SF, Paris, etc.) where homes are more modest looking but still plenty expensive
Also many artists, designers, etc. live in neighborhoods that might not be considered “the nice neighborhoods”, whatever that is supposed to mean!
Totally agreed. I myself am living in a smaller apartment because it's so hard to find smth else right now (also because boomer - sorry - landlords in my city reject almost every offer by couples where the women is in her childbearing years because future kids might be noisy...). But yes, perhaps I myself have prejudices and think that if you have a B/K bag then don't store it next to your book shelf full with stuff from your teenage years. Idk but sometimes the backgrounds of these YT don't come across as if they've grown up. And I know, this is also a problematic thought since I imply that you should only own nice bags once you're grown up aka took care of everything necessary to live a grown up life before you spend your money on H bags. I can't help it but to me it often looks as if these people are still living with their parents due to the economic situation (understandable) but instead of making financial plans on their future homes, they spend their money from work on designer goods to get a quick dopamine rush. Tbh, I also wonder if I had redecorated my children's room back at home if I were to move back after colleague to give it a more adult touch. Might just be very easy to fall back into the 'being the child once again' mindset. Anyhow. I'm wandering off.I'd have to say, though, that some folks live in metropolitan areas (NYC, SF, Paris, etc.) where homes are more modest looking but still plenty expensive
Continue to post in the general chat thread on neighbourhoods and cities if you wish.
Please can we return this thread to the topic of H influencers, TY
Please can we return this thread to the topic of H influencers, TY
Is it me or does this feel targeted? Is there a specific influencer?
Admittedly I'm not as keen on accessing backgrounds and what are on people's shelves -my own fault.
Is anyone else tired of seeing the endless promotion for a certain “modular / sustainable diamond jewelry” brand?
At this point can anyone please name a YT influencer who has NOT been sponsored by this brand, I just roll my eyes whenever it gets mentioned
At this point can anyone please name a YT influencer who has NOT been sponsored by this brand, I just roll my eyes whenever it gets mentioned
Totally. Esp when it’s so obvious it’s an ad and they just ham sandwich it between their “luxury everyday jewelry collection”. Such a turn off and clickbait. They rarely wear it again in their other daily content vs their Cartier or van Cleef pieces that never leave their body.
Exactly, and it doesn’t help that their “everyday jewelry collection” in general is 80% the same - Cartier love bangle, JUC, a VCA alhambra piece, a H finesse/kelly/CDC piece, Chanel coco crush ring, tennis bracelet, and Rolex or Cartier watch. Yawn.
Don’t get me wrong, each of those pieces are iconic “everyday” pieces for a good reason. But the influencer content these days is sooo repetitive that I never get inspired or introduced to a new item. It’s boring! Now throw in a highly obvious sponsorship that was clearly the main reason for making the video, and my eyes are rolling so hard that I can practically see my brain. They also gush about the same 2-3 points that are so clearly fed to them verbatim by the brand.
Sorry for the rant but I’ve seen like 5 of these videos in the past month (all from influencers with big H content) and got exasperated.