If You're Still Wearing Silver Tiffany Jewelry - STOP Right This Second

[BetteDavisEyes]

I don't mind paying a high price for a good purse or a good pair of boots just b/c I know the quality is definitely better than some cheap knock-off that's going to fall apart in less than a month. It's not about status or wealth. It's about buying something that you like & makes you happy regardless of your personal financial worth or the cost.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I don't mind paying a high price for a good purse or a good pair of boots just b/c I know the quality is definitely better than some cheap knock-off that's going to fall apart in less than a month. It's not about status or wealth. It's about buying something that you like & makes you happy regardless of your personal financial worth or the cost.

A good price for good clothes is different from tacking on a couple of zeros just to have the label printed on. Why buy a knock off anyway? Why not just buy nice things that look good...they don't have to have a designer printed on them to look good.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I don't mind paying a high price for a good purse or a good pair of boots just b/c I know the quality is definitely better than some cheap knock-off that's going to fall apart in less than a month. It's not about status or wealth. It's about buying something that you like & makes you happy regardless of your personal financial worth or the cost.

Ain't that the truth. I have St. John's pieces that I have been wearing for seven + years--adding to them because the dye lot doesn't change and blocking them when I go up or down in weight.

I also can't tell you the number of Coach bags that I have that may need a zipper repair, but that is all and I just keep recycling them.

[NinjaPoodle]

In todays Wall Street Journal
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To Refurbish Its Image, Tiffany Risks Profits
By Ellen Byron

In the late 1990s, Tiffany & Co.'s silver charm bracelet was a must-have fashion accessory. Teens jammed Tiffany's hushed stores clamoring for the $110 silver bauble. Sales skyrocketed, investors cheered.

Tiffany's managers worried. They knew the bracelet had become a fad, one that could alienate the jewelry firm's older, wealthier, and more conservative clientele. Worse, it could forever damage Tiffany's reputation for luxury.

"The large number of silver customers did represent a fundamental threat -- not just to the business but to the core franchise of our brand," says Tiffany CEO Michael Kowalski.

So in a dramatic gamble, Tiffany decided ...
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http://users1.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkL...hpp_us_pageone

You need to be a paid subscriber to read the rest or just go to the newstand and pick up a copy. It's on the front page.

[TEH BBS]

Wrinkly old unheathly me LOVES silver Tiffany...so it must still be in style.

[valkyrie]

LOL KR, I was just wondering where you've been.

[SigmaPezY60]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I don't mind paying a high price for a good purse or a good pair of boots just b/c I know the quality is definitely better than some cheap knock-off that's going to fall apart in less than a month. It's not about status or wealth. It's about buying something that you like & makes you happy regardless of your personal financial worth or the cost.

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.