Chanel, Louis Vuitton and other absurd Luxuries

Chanel bag for sale at P116,000 ($2320)

I've been encountering issues regarding luxury items like bags, purses, make-up, etc. I just knew that names like Chanel, Gucci and Vuitton cost a leg and an arm - probably two - and didn't ever bother immersing myself in the pool.

Last weekend, I chanced upon a radio program that discussed luxury bags and purses. At first, they were saying that you can actually rent luxury bags (maybe for special occasions) as seen in Sex and the City movie, a suggestion from Louise (Hudson).

Then it went on to a discussion on re-selling these bags:

Thou shall not buy a luxury bag without its certificate. Without a certificate, it could be a fake.
Thou cannot even sell a luxury bag without its certificate, even though you know it's real.
Without a certificate, thou can know if it's real through its smell.

The last advice was from Heart Evangelista of Fashionistas by Heart. According to her, real LV bags have a distinct smell. LV fans, sure you know.

A bag/purse for more than a hundred thousand pesos?

How on earth can people spend that much on a PURSE when millions of people barely have a centavo to eat? Okay, sounds like a world peace argument but that's the truth.

A lady seems to want to hoard Chanel and Vuitton bags when she does not even work for her own money.

A Korean wife harasses her husband into working over-time every day just so he can buy her an authentic Louis Vuitton.

A Chanel purse worth P20,000 ($400) can feed 400 people with a single meal.

A Louis Vuitton bag worth P68,000 ($1360) can get 4 students through one semester in college at U.P

A Gucci bag worth P40,000 ($800) can provide 400-500 slippers to children who go walk to school barefooted.

A Prada bag worth P59,950 ($1199) is income for 174 minimum wage earners from which they get their daily meals, transportation, clothing and basic ammenities


Really, the prices are absurd and its worth could have been more worthy, not to mention life-saving.

And when asked what is the use of such expensive bags? The Answer: status symbol
Status symbol which can build at least 2 homes for 2 homeless families.


Can you tell reasons for purchasing luxury bags more than what was mentioned above?