Agreed. I look at spending a paycheck on a bag, or piece of jewelry, clothing item, as an investment. I rarely splurge for anything (poor starving college student) and sure I could buy a trendy bag at Target for MUCH less, but it's not going to last as long.

But I do think there are a lot of girls that just go buy the "IT" bag just because it's the "IT" bag. One year it's Coach, the next its LV, then D&B, and Juicy. I just saw D&B bags for less than $50 in TJ Max last night and I laughed at how the "IT" bag goes out so fast. I wondered how many girls have their designer handbags in the bottom of the closet just because pop-culture says it's not in style.

Which is exactly why Tiffany jacked up the prices. The article basicly went on to say that the investors an the company want to woo back the higher paying clientel that Tiffany has a (long time) relationship with (brand loyalty), not the fly-by-night-sweet-sixteen-here-today-forgotten-tomorrow crowd. When something becomes trendy and everyone has it, it loses it's "special" value. Burberry is a classic example of this. A woman in the article remarked that when she had gone to a Tiffany store to get a gift for her teen daughter, the store was crowded like Macys. What was the point of her being there in that atmosphere when she could go to a store like Macys for that. Someone else in the article said that they didnt wear their Tiffany jewerly piece anymore because "everyone has it".

posted by Kilarney Rose
And that's the attitude that Tiffany's feels will hurt them in the long run.

You obviously don't have a clue.

Obviously you have an extremely limited knowledge of what they carry if you think it is all "twisted silver jewelry."

I think it is extremely classy.

Dude, you're starting to scare me now. Talk about your truck or fishing or something. :p

I agree. That's what I thought they were when I first saw them.

When I think Tiffany, I think diamonds...not the silver stuff they started selling so they would have something for every income level. And to most women, I would wager that they still think of diamonds when they think of Tiffany. I don't think Tiffany has anything to worry about. Anyone who's been in a Tiffany store knows that silver is only a small part of its collection, and if you haven't been in a Tiffany store, well, you're probably not in its target market anyway.

If I was LV, I would be worried. Girls in middle school carrying an adult purse, just because "everyone has one!"? That's very anti-luxury, and therefore hurts the LV brand. Why does it matter more for LV than Tiffany? Because the bulk of LV's bags and luggage are "signature" bags...there just isn't variety like at Tiffany. I just bought a beautiful, more expensive Marc Jacobs bag because I would never pay $1,000 for a bag that everyone else has. Coach can get away with it because Coach is only marginally "designer"...most of its bags are in the $275-$400 range. I have several Coach bags, but I carry them because they're classic and professional, not to show off. It is not as much of a status symbol as a LV bag is supposed to be. But now LV is no longer a status symbol...everyone has one, or a knockoff that most people probably think is a real one. The LV store on Rodeo Drive sees a ridiculous amount of foot traffic.

For those of you talking about registries, check out www.myregistry.com. You download a tool onto your browser with just one click and you can add anything from any internet store (Walmart, Best Buy, The Limited) onto your registry -- it is genius, really. I've been saying for years that instead of having 4 different registries at Pottery Barn, Macy's, Target and Crate and Barrel, you should be able to merge them into one. Oh and Tiffany and Co, too, I guess! Anyway, I'm kicking myself someone else got to it first, but it is a pretty cool idea!

Tiffany report, had a positive sales increase.

Oh, wan't there a movie?

"Breakfast at Tiffinay's"?

Got a silver tooth paste tube saver from there once as a gift. My Ex got that too!:(

Wan't that expensive either.

I think that's what we're getting at, Tom...Tiffany is supposed to be expensive.

Ha, I know, just have had some experience buying it quite a few times.

I've SEEN Yurman. It's ugly tacky new money cocktail jewelry.

Ok, I've been to the Yurman store and a lady in my office wears it quite a bit so I've seen a lot of pieces. Some of the stuff is tacky, but generally, I like Yurman.

Here is some allegedly "classy" Yurman jewelry:

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DYY010Q_mn.jpg
$5,100...for, um, what? Something you can buy at Wal-Mart?

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DYY9971_mn.jpg
These are classy - if you are 80 and having your portrait painted for the family estate...

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DYY5829_mn.jpg
Y-necklaces? The cast from the third season of friends would approve!

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DYY5851_mn.jpg
Looks like a gaudy piece of cocktail jewelry to me...

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DYN8243_mn.jpg
Look honey, my bracelet matches the travertine counters!

http://davidyurman.neimanmarcus.com/...DY-09VN_mn.jpg
And another cocktail ring, just for good measure!

And since you edited, things I think are standard classy old-money jewelry - pearl studs. Simple diamond studs. Small, tasteful hoops. I've never liked the big gaudy crap that rappers wear because the jewelry overshadows them - people should wear jewelry, jewelry shouldn't wear people. I have no problem with expensive jewelry if it's worth the price, but I think Yurman is paying for a name and nothing else.

I guess I tend to think of Harry Winston, Cartier, etc. as more traditionally old money. But looking at the Yurman Web site, it's pretty stuff...