When did LV get so expensive???

[PittsburghLV]

I guess the title could be a little misleading, but I haven’t shopped for anything new in a long time. Maybe I’m not remembering the actual prices I paid, but it seems that the prices of new bags are wayyy higher than one or two years ago.
Also, most canvas items are out of stock? Is this just related to supply chain disruptions or is it just the direction of the company in general?
Sorry if this thread is redundant but I’m honestly just surprised.

 

[gimme_purses]

I guess the title could be a little misleading, but I haven’t shopped for anything new in a long time. Maybe I’m not remembering the actual prices I paid, but it seems that the prices of new bags are wayyy higher than one or two years ago.
Also, most canvas items are out of stock? Is this just related to supply chain disruptions or is it just the direction of the company in general?
Sorry if this thread is redundant but I’m honestly just surprised.

Same here. I’m so surprised how much LV prices have jumped in the past two years. I slowed down on LV right before the pandemic and prices are really high. The cosmetic pouch, which I took for granted as a staple is now hard to find and is $550. I cannot remember the exact price but I could have sworn it was in the mid $300 just two years ago? Same goes for the poch cle, mini pochette, neverfull, etc. A lot of fashion houses are pricing me out.

 

[lemondln]

Heard they want to offset the loss from lockdown

 

[Kodi325]

slowly, insidiously and for no purposeful reason. :/

Kodi-

 

[Love_N_Lune]

I think I just purchased my last LV handbag. I can’t keep up with the price increases and my financial lane (and taste) does not include current LV leather pieces. I’m glad I was able to nab the Alma bb in epi two years ago.

 

[Loriad]

It's just about at the point for most items where I say "no thank you" and try to enjoy the collection that I have. I will be priced out of purchasing any new items. And quite honestly the preloved market is a little crazy too.

 

[janetaz]

I’m so happy to have the items I have. I have all the LV bags that I’ll ever want and I love them all. My last new purchase was the mono PM I was able to get from the LV website. I’d love a Capucines but I can’t justify the price. I’ll be content with what I own.

 

[diorme]

Right around the time when I’ve decided to start buying LV of course! I’m hoping to get a mono PM and maybe a LE Speedy eventually. But stock is also a major issue (sigh).

 

[Grande Latte]

Yeah, if you shopped like I shopped from the 90s on, the inflation of these luxury goods is almost criminal. Same thing at other fashion houses. I will never put down $8000 for a Chanel handbag nowadays, when they cost $1000 $2000 tops in the 90s and early 2000. But lots of young girls do nowadays thanks to social media and competition of course.

LV is moving towards its leather products and phasing out canvas.

Now, the most I'll spend on a handbag is around $3000. Anything more doesn't bring me that much joy anymore.

 

[beautycase]

Lv is still cheaper then chanel or Hermès or Dior. That’s why people will still continue buying LV.

 

[Monoi]

It is...they seem to want join a higher luxury segment.

 

[LVlifer]

As an avid LV handbag collector for quite some time I do find the current prices to be a "turnoff". I imagine that I might buy one, but I seem to have lost my interest in doing so. For me- handbags do not seem to be worth so many thousands of dollars. I think I will just enjoy the one's I have. I do not think I will spend more than $2,000 if I do end up buying one. I am tired of shelling out so much money for a handbag. I would bet though that LV will find plenty of buyers for their products!!!!

 

[PittsburghLV]

Thank you everyone for the replies. Yes, I was looking at purchasing a Speedy B for someone as a gift and I couldn’t believe it when I saw the price for a Speedy B 30 was almost as much as what I had paid for my Monogram Eclipse Keepall B!

And it’s not like the quality is going up with the prices either.

 

[fibbi]

It’s also so hard to get canvas item. My SA can’t even order for me. (Or may be I m just a too small client) The neverfull used to be 7xx (US) back in the 2000s. Now more than double?? I love LV because of the canvas and if it’s leather there are many other choices out there.

 

[boyoverboard]

Yes. The increases are verging on insanity. The one I just can’t get over is the price of my Keepall when I bought it in 2012 compared with the price now. It has almost doubled. I would never in a million years pay that for it now. It would be one thing if quality control increased accordingly with the prices...