showing off with watches (and couture)

That is not something I'm doing. Someone online was outraged a couple of weeks ago that one of the BTS members bought a $10,000 watch. I was eye-rolly but not surprised at this purchase - it's my impression that most of them have overpriced show-off-your-wealth watches, and in that category, $10,000 is probably on the low end. Some of them have stupid cars too and watches are much more environmentally friendly as a wealth marker. I can't believe that they are good investments, though, and while I hope that much of the price is for hand labor and knowledge, I assume that most of it is a surcharge because people will know that only (silly) rich people can spend that much for a watch. I like watches. I'm glad BTS members are looking at their over-decorated wrists instead of pulling phones out of pockets to discern the time. I just don't like that kind of showing off. But ofcourse I fell into a rabbit hole about it. I have chosen (as a fantasy) this $15,000 Patek Philippe watch to buy and then I want to have Arthur's father replace the hands with Minnie Mouse hands.



Here is Arthur's father last month working on sorcyress 's watch



Here it is, ticking
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/9NeKLS1lkz4

It dawned on me that I could just buy a vintage Minnie for about a hundred bucks. I had a Mickey in the early 1970s, but it was stolen. Arthur currently wears one almost every day.


I feel the same about designer clothes. I guess I am OK with astoundingly expensive couture, because a lot of that cost *is* for hand labor, and it's like buying art (that someone could wear). Something that is boring and factory-made and is just expensive because it has a logo on it is ridiculous, IMO. I have mixed feelings about this Dior sweater vest, though.



There is no way it could be worth over $1000 in terms of work or fabric required. Even hand-knit with organic wool from happy sheep it wouldn't cost that. But it sparks joy in a small way because I laugh every time I see it - as a "designer" garment, how much design was involved? "Let's put the logo on a sweater vest."

A different issue that still applies to some high-priced clothes is the (to me) extremely bizarre thing of factory-made holes in jeans. I am not a registered tiktok user but saw this on twitter. I'm glad the worker has some breathing and ear protection, because apparently lung problems and other things can happen.
https://twitter.com/OgLakyn/status/1649459486170681350