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luxury used to mean quaity but now that companies have made the name so big the give their customers trash it pretty fucken funny to me i laugh when i see gucci shoes and other garbage
Soon they will be making dollar store shoes for $8000 and their fans will be like "your just too poor to see the art now im going to buy $100 gucci ramen."
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yeah .. doing gucci is good for education I guess since the brand is popular, but it is already known by everyone that their quality is deep in the pit. I wish the channel will slice some actual luxury products next. It would be cool to see some actual quality.
People don't want to learn. Just like Rolex watches. A $400 Quartz watch is more accurate, doesn't require $1200 maintenance every 5 years and looks just as good. Yet there is a waiting list for some models costing around $20K.
“Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.” Isn’t Gucci’s phrase, it’s considerably older: it was coined by Sir Henry Royce, the engineering half of the name Rolls-Royce.
@@johngggg He doesn't have to. He just said the phrase was coined earlier by Sir Henry Royce. Maybe someone said it earlier in the universe, but what matters is who has been coined earliest in recorded History. Yes, I am the buzzkill at every party.
My life is on a BG/AG timeline, Before GATS, After GATS. I’m just waiting for the moment I get to buy another white pair and start breaking them in from scratch
I got mine in 2016. There were some quality issues, eg the edges on both sides tore where the shoe flexes - a local cobbler sewed it up. That said, I'm still wearing them almost every day 8 years later and I reckon they still have a few more years in them
Thanks for making us aware… I bought a Gucci watch for my missus I always fit my own batteries in any watch when I came to fit on in the Gucci I was shocked at how cheap the movement was. £1600 I paid and would estimate the value to be £150 after seeing inside it. We are all being fooled by these brands. 👊
@@donoghue666 they have their own real range of jewellery called the high jewellery range but its super expensive, my wife is a tiktoker and we have just been invited to the gucci high jewelry exhibition in bangkok next month.
If a watch has a quartz movement its cheap as chips. And designer watches are often just licenced to be manufactured by others (Fossil make quite a few and pay to slap the brand logo on).
Just because you can’t afford it doesn’t make the people who own it have massive egos. Just makes you look begrudgingly envious bec they can afford it! lol
I worked in fashion for over 10 years in NY. I always told people all polo shirts come out from the same factory. The price just determines what animal you inprint on it
Doesn't necessarily matter whether they all come from the same factory or not, the individual brand decides on the materials used and then the factory makes the product using said materials.
Materials differ though. We can condemn luxury brands all we want but Polo shirts are made with different quality fabric depending on the animal that will be put on the finished product
This is actual nonsense. A comment made by someone who has zero clue. Polos are very different per brand. A ralph, hugo boss, asket, lacoste, etc polo are all very easy to tell apart.
Yea luxury brands. A friend worked at a lux lux lux brand and got a 90% off employee discount. Italian prosecutors found Christian Dior bags selling for $2780.00 cost Dior $57.00 to produce. Snobbery and insecurity have have a cost.
57 usd u call them do 1 for you same quality and workmanship 😂 if they managed to make one then u confirm can sell to used luxury shop for a huge profit! But first thing they say 57 usd u call them go make one and then give to used luxury shop to authenticate first and see if they can pass the authentication! 😂😂😂
@@Seb2900-uq8wqthey were talking about the canvas book tote that costs $57 to make. If it’s not including materials I doubt the canvas is not that much more than the labor to justify it. I own this bag, and I would love to believe you because I rarely wear any Dior anymore
My mom has LV luggage etc that's 30-40 y old and looks like new. When a zipper breaks, they fix it for free. Can't say anything about their new stuff. These brands usually did something really well but like so many, the quest for margins ....
@@CHMichael LV is not a "designer brand", they are luxury tier. Gucci is designer brand that is willing to make money on anything, including trash quality $400 watch or 1k speakers.
This video should go viral, I have a younger brother in middle school in his Nike phase and the prices of $120-200+ I’m just like let’s get you something with better quality for around the same price. Yeah Gucci living up to the name of overpriced crap
I’m curious about the “red bottoms” from Christian Louboutin. I really want to know what kind of quality they are constructed with. Plus I want to know your review of comfort when testing them out.
I’m also keen! I have been requesting for a video on these for a long time 🥲☹️ I own a few pairs and the quality is great from my experience. Under the insoles they have wood and you can see the nails along the sides. The leather is thick but soft enough. The shoes are quite hard to break into but once you have they are bearable.
Let me say this. As a retail worker for high end luxury goods for a long time, the shoes are the worst when it comes to comfort. Designer shoes are all about aesthetics and comfort is dead last. If you want comfortable, get a pair of Hoka or Adidas Ultraboost. If you want flashy then go ahead and get your lux branded shoes. The shin splints, crows feet, corns, and blisters are just side dishes you never ordered. 😂
I found a pair of Gucci Aces at the local thrift store for $17.40 Cleaned them up and sold them for a little over $300. Used that to help cover another pair of Nicks 😂
@@b3witthawop64 It’s a little hole in the wall store and I didn’t expect them to be authentic tbh. A lucky find but not something that happens regularly for me.
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Any luxury brand, you're paying for the name, not the quality. I've seen videos about colored pencil sets Gucci and Louis Vuitton released and the artist identified the pencil manufacturer. They were good midrange art supplies, but the brands were upselling a $50 product for $1000.
For a luxury brand you should get both the quality product and the name.The luxury brands usually have high margins so there is no need to make substandard products.
@@highlordfurer there is no reason to make good quality products if they can sell garbage at such high prices. Consumers are idiots, it's 100% their fault
My 2016 Gucci ace sneakers with bee embroideries lasted so long it’s still standing strong at 8th years of ownership! The embroideries doesn’t even falls apart and it’s the longest lasting sneakers I’ve ever had and at that time it’s just 695 usd, totally not a scam to me and I’ve wear it into places even jungle trekking! It just freaking last! Totally no regrets on the quality😊
Isn't just overpriced Lux brands. Nike and the rest sell $200 sneakers that cost $12 to make. Back when Tiger Woods was the promoter for Nike it was reported he was paid more then all of the sweatshop workers making the stuff worldwide.
You mean companies make as much profit as the free market permits irrelevant of manufacturing costs? Lol Yes, Nike is also brutally overpriced if you do the broke thing of looking at cost, and you assume that the price should match. Nothing that sells is overpriced, prices are set by the customers who keep the products in demand. Something that sells out is, in fact, underpriced, and could likely go for more. This video isn't educational, it's just bait for brokeys to rage online over things they can't afford without understanding basic economics.
I bought a Nike football shoe like 10 years ago. The first shoe ever that smelled like dogshit the whole time. I never bought anything from Nike again. It's simple as that. Cheap plastic garbage shoes.
@@majesticjester1absolutely. I grew up with the brand, like coke, McDonald’s and legos. Nike has a nostalgia factor for me. Plus the air force ones are a decent value. It’s cheap leather but they’re durable, comfortable and classic. My two cents 👍🏼
I’m curious how Jerry Lorenzo’s vision of quality of Fear of God actually reflects on his sneakers From either the mainline Fear of God to his recent Fear of God x Adidas collab sneakers That would be nice to see
I got a pair of the LA Runners and I feel they are worth it. They're extremely comfortable. Looking to buy another pair, especially if they get released in black.
Finally, this was the video I was waiting for!! Exposing these "luxury brands" for what they are, a scam. It's just sad that people are willing to buy these items to look the part while working a menial job. I hope you move onto other European luxury brands. Expose them all.
Great video! Actually, if you're open to cutting apart $1k sneakers, I'd love to see you do that to the Jordan 1 "Wings: made in Italy" sneakers that came out in the last year or so. I know they were made with a leather lasting board, so I'm really curious if Jordan put together a shoe worth the $1k price tag from a quality perspective. Also might be fun to see you cut apart some sneakers from Dior or LV.
yesss! rose anvil is the perfect channel for this too! Def second this comment. cut apart the Made in italy jordan 1s!!! should be able to get from stockX. i think those would be a better experiment than cutting the dior or Lv collabs (but those would be a cool watch too)
Eh, Weston has showcased some Crown Northampton sneakers before made with Shell Cordovan that were close to $1k. I can understand that....hand made with super fine materials, etc. And honestly, if you want it bad enough and have the means I say go ahead...it's just too much for me personally to pay.
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I actually was going to buy a pair of Gucci Ace for my birthday. Not these all leather but the kind with the canvas, with gold foil bees all over them. They looked so cool, and flashy luxury purchases are not about the quality, they're about the look and being showy, and going to the boutique and drinking champagne there and the whole *event* of the purchase. I like tack, shoot me. I went to the Gucci boutique to try them on, and I just couldn't do it. They were stiff and uncomfortable. I was willing to pay a ridiculous price, but I wasn't willing to be actually uncomfortable while doing it. Keds are my preferred sneaker brand.
The problem is when luxury premium brands about 15 years were cheaper than today, the quality was actually much better on fashion brands. Today the prices are much higher and the quality of the materials has definitely gone down. You should do the same videos on Chanel, Hermès, and Louis vuitton.
I took your advice a few years ago and bought a pair of Redwing Iron Rangers. I feel I owe you my subscription after that!! They were £285 in the UK (Now £350) and they are the best boots I have EVER owned. Before I buy footware, I always check your channel. Thanks very much.
How about dissecting an actual luxury sneaker like the Zegna Triple Stitch next ? They at least use deer leather or 1.x mm full grain calf skin on the Secondskin models Old enough to remember when these Gucci sneakers were 390 bucks, and that wasn't too long ago, it's just the price hikes over the last decade due to their repositioning that made a lot of these brands pretty bad price/quality ratios And to be fair, the reason why a pair of Gorals or Crown Northampton costs as much as they do is the same reason no one knows about either of the two brands - neither one has an actual marketing strategy (if they do, it is abysmally executed) and comms budget to get their name out and obtain actual brand recognition beyond the enthusiasts crowd
I'm a sneakerhead and was curious about the Gucci Ace sneakers soI bought a pair. Of course compared to Jordans, their leather quality and build quality are superior. Their comfort is better than other shoes I've worn, I've worn them walking around NY City, Beijing, and Shanghai and my feet haven't felt fatigued at the end of the day like they would if I had worn some Jordans or Adidas sneakers. Can you cut open a pair of Jordan 1 J. Balvins pair? They're the first Jordan to have an LED put into the tongue but there isn't an obvious way to charge them. There have been theories that they charge while you walk in them, or that they can charge if you expose the tongue to sunlight. It'd be great to get a solid answer as to how they're powered and what to do if or when the charge runs out.
_“It wrinkles immediately”_ me watching the Chinese kids in my college wear these shoes like slides, just absolutely crushing the back of them. Edit: if these shoes didn’t have Gucci on them, I’d assume they were Keds, or some off brand Walmart shoes.
I work for one of these brands, a brand positioned right next to Gucci in the “luxury” top ten. Sometimes selling these items to people feels borderline unethical.
@@jool5941 you’d be surprised. We have clients that are millionaires and others that are very wealthy. They don’t get items for free unless they have spent a certain amount and we give them a gift but it’s never footwear or clothing. In fact spending more just means you have access to spend more, I.e the couture range which is extortionate. The people who get our clothing for free and A listers wearing bespoke or runway pieces at red carpet events or very where we know they’ll be seen publicly and they have to be approached by our marketing team. But trust me, if they just walk into a store they’re going to have to pay for what they want. We’d make no money otherwise. We have access to the full client data base so we can see who has purchased and who hasn’t.
Not rich people, really. Rich people select for material, not brands. It's poor people going into debt to act rich that buy this stuff. Compare modern gucci to Mark Zuckerberg's $300 gray t-shirts, and the materials in that.
@@wonkydonkey7899 For poor people expensive fashion, yes. But always remember, it's the poor person who brags about price tags. So bragging about expensive clothes makes you look poor.
No real rich people (100M+) have private deals with brands that you probably haven't heard of. The luxury brand names you are thinking of are trying to target and exploit everyone whole isn't rich notably the middle class folks.
@@arunashamal look at real rich people and what they wear. The types who get rich by handling money well. The warren buffets, Barack Obamas, Steve Jobs, the mark Zucks, etc. They’re not the type to show off in the “price my fit” videos. The flashy thing they have is a watch (and even then, they’ll wear a Casio digital watch time to time), and that’s really it. It’s poor people and poor people who got money (the rappers and athletes who wind up in crazy debt spirals after million dollar contracts) who do buy flashy bullshit.
I purchased long time ago the old pair of this model in 2018 (the one with metalized python on the back) and after 6 years they still hold up quite nice even after wearing them daily. Quality of them seems better than the one showed up here even if they still look similar and have same build construction. Not to forget that price was much lower around 450€
Thank you for doing this review. I used to own a Gucci tote bag and had some quality issues after four years of wear. I have never bought any Gucci sneakers. I wear mostly NIKE sneakers and own a pair of white leather ON The Roger tennis shoes that are my all time favorite. I wear them often and took them to Greece and Turkey and are so comfortable.
I wore my Gucci trainers all day the other week. They felt so flat a hard I purchased a leather inner sole from Saphire to help. I wasn’t surprised to see they are not better than adidas £90 gazelles. I won’t be buying anything but Crown Northampton after this.
Please do a pair of Christian Louboutin sneakers, the Orlato Flats. I believe this is one of the best made designer sneakers where the price charged is justifiable. They have wood inner soles with nails under the insoles and from my experience use very great quality leather! Would love to hear your thoughts on it
People buying “luxury “ items today are just making the already rich board members even richer. They are not getting quality, but paying for a name. If you want quality products that will last just have a craftsman make it for you. My Italian grandparents always had our shoes made by a quality shoemaker. My mom was a Wonderful seamstress that made all our Beautiful Unique clothes up until her sight started to go. I even have knitted/crocheted one of a kind items that you don’t see coming and going. Just because you pay for a logo/symbol doesn’t make it a quality product.
What is the funniest thing I remember is a group collected knock off products and the real deal products of high-end brands. One of them was a shoe don't exactly remember the brand, but they looked at the initial quality like color and any flaws. Then they put it through testing turned out the knock off was made better because the people making it thought it should be higher quality
I think you got that backwards. Luxury brands like Gucci and lv just sell garbage with their logo on it and charge hundreds or even thousands because they know idiots will buy it. At least actual fashion brands tend to make decent quality stuff that they actually have to put thought into designing
@@GoodSoup240 no fashion brands make quality . . . You pay for the design rather than materials and construction - or just a brand name these days. You’re the one that has it backwards. The fact that people call LV and Gucci “luxury” brands doesn’t mean they’re actually luxury.
Reactions to this post show how many people have overvalued these luxury items. This is exactly why wealthy people look broke and broke people try to look rich.
You made the same for Louboutin low sneaker with spikes? If not pls do it :) Would be very interested to see this. This shoes feels much more quality as normal sneaker, but the backside when it gets wet due to sweat, the heel area peels easily off.
You do realize people can buy things with their own money simply because they like them? Projecting that people buy them to appear rich makes you come off like an envious brokie.
@@Owen-hg3cu I don't see how your logic works. Maybe you don't like my wording, I don't see how that relates to try hard. I'll stick to what I said, I find it quite accurate.
Hi, I really appreciate your videos, they're so informative. I wonder if you'll ever make a video about the ETQ brand, I bought a pair of shoes in may and it looks pretty much good quality, except some bad points. Thank you
@@MJ-revered not pathetically brainwashed to pay my money to go and watch boring art at a museum. I have my own personal taste. To me art is everywhere.
Well, 99% of that people who buying this shoes don’t care about the quality or the leather. They care about her instagram accounts and how they can show nice pics of them self wearing a $900 shoe 😂
Thank you for this review. I ended up getting a pair of Adidas BW’s. I like the Gucci design but you’re right, it’s over priced. Can you do a review of Prada’s Americas Cup sneaker? It’s had a resurgence and was curious if the quality warrants the price tag. Thanks again for your reviews.
@@Owen-hg3cu LOL sad that is how you think. You ever Seen Bill Gates or Warren Buffet THROW money in the air or brag about how rich they are? Wealthy people stay silent. Rich people BRAG and poor people will but item they CAN not afford to be flashy. These are all facts.
They did. The new Aces are inferior to the ones I bought 5 years ago. I don't think he's taking that into account. He's just talking about the overpriced new model.
I have a pair of Buscemi’s i’m selling with a leather base under the insole. Kind of looks like a leather insole under the insole. They looked wrecked when I got them. Cleaned them and they look brand new. Leather quality and rubber is premium. One of best i’ve seen from any brand
i found a pair strewn on a shelf nonchalant at a thrift store. i dont know if they are real or fake but they are absolutely the most comfortable sneakers I have ever worn in my life. so much toe room. so comfy. and they didn't have any insoles.
I was bought these sneakers (in black) in 2018 as a gift. I’m not obsessed with designer clothes and would never have bought them myself, but I still wear them and they’re going strong compared to all my other Nike and lower brand footwear. They’re made of really strong, lambs leather and are extremely comfortable, unlike other brands (also bought for me as a gift) Balenciaga and Dior etc.
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I will preciate it!
Go with the LV trainers next!
Next luxury brand should be Reebok
luxury used to mean quaity but now that companies have made the name so big the give their customers trash it pretty fucken funny to me i laugh when i see gucci shoes and other garbage
As a big fan, I would really love to see how the Bally brand will perform!
I think that’s pretty much what we all expected.
Soon they will be making dollar store shoes for $8000 and their fans will be like "your just too poor to see the art now im going to buy $100 gucci ramen."
yeah .. doing gucci is good for education I guess since the brand is popular, but it is already known by everyone that their quality is deep in the pit. I wish the channel will slice some actual luxury products next. It would be cool to see some actual quality.
I expected a bit worse, but they're not far off.
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I absolutely love these videos. Exposing bad practices and educating the consumers. Love it.
Imagine all the other products people could be tearing apart. Hmmm…
People don't want to learn. Just like Rolex watches. A $400 Quartz watch is more accurate, doesn't require $1200 maintenance every 5 years and looks just as good. Yet there is a waiting list for some models costing around $20K.
“Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.” Isn’t Gucci’s phrase, it’s considerably older: it was coined by Sir Henry Royce, the engineering half of the name Rolls-Royce.
prove it he was the first in the world to say that :)))
@@johngggg He doesn't have to. He just said the phrase was coined earlier by Sir Henry Royce. Maybe someone said it earlier in the universe, but what matters is who has been coined earliest in recorded History.
Yes, I am the buzzkill at every party.
Thanks for this, it’s a quote we use in my painting company and I never knew where we stole it from 😂
Ben Franklin had another version...
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten" -Ben Franklin
@@BsTheLadynred I like this one better.
For these sneakers, 'the price is remembered long after the quality disappears'
😆😅🤣😂💯 Facts !
As someone who worked in gucci factory making exactly that model I can tell you you are 100% right with leather quality or a lack of it.
Crazy and I have those forgot I had them until I watched this,but great video
Your leather infographics are so helpful in understanding the leather, great job with those, they've gotten better over the years!!
I’d love to see the maison margiela gats, the maison margiela tabi loafers and the Our Legacy Camion Boots looked at.
really, anything by maison marigela. My wife has several pairs of their sneakers and the quality feels insane compared to average sneakers
definitely the Margiela GAT's. I owned a white pair a few years ago and they truly felt worth the price quality-wise.
yes we need the gats to be reviewed
My life is on a BG/AG timeline, Before GATS, After GATS. I’m just waiting for the moment I get to buy another white pair and start breaking them in from scratch
I got mine in 2016. There were some quality issues, eg the edges on both sides tore where the shoe flexes - a local cobbler sewed it up. That said, I'm still wearing them almost every day 8 years later and I reckon they still have a few more years in them
Thanks for making us aware… I bought a Gucci watch for my missus I always fit my own batteries in any watch when I came to fit on in the Gucci I was shocked at how cheap the movement was. £1600 I paid and would estimate the value to be £150 after seeing inside it. We are all being fooled by these brands. 👊
never buy a brand name watch for fashion companies, normally they use a 25 dollar movement haha. better of getting a micro brand like Baltic
@@donoghue666 they have their own real range of jewellery called the high jewellery range but its super expensive, my wife is a tiktoker and we have just been invited to the gucci high jewelry exhibition in bangkok next month.
you're better off with a 400 dollars seiko
If a watch has a quartz movement its cheap as chips. And designer watches are often just licenced to be manufactured by others (Fossil make quite a few and pay to slap the brand logo on).
A casio is prolly better quality
You can always sell crap to people with massive egos because after all that's how people with massive egos feel, like absolute crap.
I’m taking that
They sell to wannabes, wannabes don’t have an ego they have the facet that the items they purchase provide
I have a joke that the stickers I put on my truck windows make my truck go faster 😅 it’s all image 😅
Just because you can’t afford it doesn’t make the people who own it have massive egos. Just makes you look begrudgingly envious bec they can afford it! lol
This burn is going to last a very long time.
Luxury Brand is a SCAM
Yes it is!
Maison Margiela Replica gat would sure be an interesting watch
I agree with this.... And then compare them to original GATs.
I worked in fashion for over 10 years in NY. I always told people all polo shirts come out from the same factory. The price just determines what animal you inprint on it
Are you sure about it? Because I have 15 years old Tommy Hilfiger polo while some other high street brands have collapsed after a couple of years.
Ralph Lauren polos are much softer than other brand Polos. Can you explain?
Doesn't necessarily matter whether they all come from the same factory or not, the individual brand decides on the materials used and then the factory makes the product using said materials.
Materials differ though. We can condemn luxury brands all we want but Polo shirts are made with different quality fabric depending on the animal that will be put on the finished product
This is actual nonsense. A comment made by someone who has zero clue. Polos are very different per brand. A ralph, hugo boss, asket, lacoste, etc polo are all very easy to tell apart.
Yea luxury brands. A friend worked at a lux lux lux brand and got a 90% off employee discount. Italian prosecutors found Christian Dior bags selling for $2780.00 cost Dior $57.00 to produce. Snobbery and insecurity have have a cost.
They still making a profit even with the 90% off hahaha😂
That was without materials. Only the price for assembling. The net profit margin at Christian Dior is only 7%.
57 usd u call them do 1 for you same quality and workmanship 😂 if they managed to make one then u confirm can sell to used luxury shop for a huge profit! But first thing they say 57 usd u call them go make one and then give to used luxury shop to authenticate first and see if they can pass the authentication! 😂😂😂
its a luxury brand, the brand name is why it costs so much…otherwise, we would all be driving Chinese cars, cheap and decent quality stuff.
@@Seb2900-uq8wqthey were talking about the canvas book tote that costs $57 to make. If it’s not including materials I doubt the canvas is not that much more than the labor to justify it. I own this bag, and I would love to believe you because I rarely wear any Dior anymore
Gucci = Waste of money. Women that wear that stuff should be avoided at all costs.
That escalated quickly
Designer brands are generally trash.
My mom has LV luggage etc that's 30-40 y old and looks like new. When a zipper breaks, they fix it for free.
Can't say anything about their new stuff.
These brands usually did something really well but like so many, the quest for margins ....
That’s awesome
they've generally regressed in quality a lot over the last 30 years or so. blame LVMH monopolizing the industry and maximizing profit margins
@@CHMichael I would like to see if that rings true of a bag they make today
@@CHMichael LV is not a "designer brand", they are luxury tier. Gucci is designer brand that is willing to make money on anything, including trash quality $400 watch or 1k speakers.
This video should go viral, I have a younger brother in middle school in his Nike phase and the prices of $120-200+ I’m just like let’s get you something with better quality for around the same price. Yeah Gucci living up to the name of overpriced crap
I’m curious about the “red bottoms” from Christian Louboutin. I really want to know what kind of quality they are constructed with.
Plus I want to know your review of comfort when testing them out.
I’m also keen! I have been requesting for a video on these for a long time 🥲☹️ I own a few pairs and the quality is great from my experience. Under the insoles they have wood and you can see the nails along the sides. The leather is thick but soft enough. The shoes are quite hard to break into but once you have they are bearable.
They're leather. The red sole is leather, the inside is leather, the outside is patent leather too!! That's part of why you pay so much for them.
Let me say this. As a retail worker for high end luxury goods for a long time, the shoes are the worst when it comes to comfort. Designer shoes are all about aesthetics and comfort is dead last. If you want comfortable, get a pair of Hoka or Adidas Ultraboost. If you want flashy then go ahead and get your lux branded shoes. The shin splints, crows feet, corns, and blisters are just side dishes you never ordered. 😂
Dude, you're becoming a legend in the shoes industry and the 1M subs milestone is very near, congrats!
I found a pair of Gucci Aces at the local thrift store for $17.40
Cleaned them up and sold them for a little over $300.
Used that to help cover another pair of Nicks 😂
You just saved yourself $150 Buuuuuuuccckkkssss
@@bayareanewman1566 I actually used his products to clean them.
What thrift stores do you walk into that casually stock “luxury” clothes
@@b3witthawop64 It’s a little hole in the wall store and I didn’t expect them to be authentic tbh. A lucky find but not something that happens regularly for me.
@@bayareanewman1566can you explain that math to me?
Most companies are riding the name now, the quality is long gone.
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It's a knockoff without the knockoff price. A sucker shoe. Only suckers will buy them. Always great info here. Ty
Any luxury brand, you're paying for the name, not the quality. I've seen videos about colored pencil sets Gucci and Louis Vuitton released and the artist identified the pencil manufacturer. They were good midrange art supplies, but the brands were upselling a $50 product for $1000.
For a luxury brand you should get both the quality product and the name.The luxury brands usually have high margins so there is no need to make substandard products.
@@arunashamalonly the second part of your sentence is true
Just look at the LV earbuds. They are basically rebranded Master and Dynamic
@@highlordfurer there is no reason to make good quality products if they can sell garbage at such high prices. Consumers are idiots, it's 100% their fault
I think Ralph Lauren is good. The quality of the clothes is good and it is not overpriced.
Bravo for exposing such disgraceful quality and profiteering. There should be laws against this.
“Gucci gang” really got me 😂 0:57
My 2016 Gucci ace sneakers with bee embroideries lasted so long it’s still standing strong at 8th years of ownership! The embroideries doesn’t even falls apart and it’s the longest lasting sneakers I’ve ever had and at that time it’s just 695 usd, totally not a scam to me and I’ve wear it into places even jungle trekking! It just freaking last! Totally no regrets on the quality😊
Isn't just overpriced Lux brands. Nike and the rest sell $200 sneakers that cost $12 to make. Back when Tiger Woods was the promoter for Nike it was reported he was paid more then all of the sweatshop workers making the stuff worldwide.
You mean companies make as much profit as the free market permits irrelevant of manufacturing costs? Lol
Yes, Nike is also brutally overpriced if you do the broke thing of looking at cost, and you assume that the price should match.
Nothing that sells is overpriced, prices are set by the customers who keep the products in demand.
Something that sells out is, in fact, underpriced, and could likely go for more.
This video isn't educational, it's just bait for brokeys to rage online over things they can't afford without understanding basic economics.
I bought a Nike football shoe like 10 years ago. The first shoe ever that smelled like dogshit the whole time. I never bought anything from Nike again. It's simple as that. Cheap plastic garbage shoes.
People still buy Nike?
@@majesticjester1absolutely. I grew up with the brand, like coke, McDonald’s and legos. Nike has a nostalgia factor for me. Plus the air force ones are a decent value. It’s cheap leather but they’re durable, comfortable and classic. My two cents 👍🏼
OK, technically not overpriced if it sells. But. Still dumb buying it. Rich idiot warning logo.
I have the Gucci snakes same shoe in video but with snakes on them on the sides. They’ve lasted me 4 years still look fresh.
Yeah, they don't realize that the Aces we bought are far more superior to the new models sold thesedays.
Gucci likes to overcharge for their perfumes and colognes too
Imagine the insane markup in perfumes overall, jfc
Its all oem
"perfumes and colognes" ???
@@karel4845 unless you get the tiny bottles, you're going to spend 100-150 on a Gucci fragrance, unless you shop from discounters.
And they aren't good either...
Bro. When you said "are you dumb for buying $900 sneakers ... to me ou are" - I instantly clicked the subscribe button. Very good content!
I’m curious how Jerry Lorenzo’s vision of quality of Fear of God actually reflects on his sneakers
From either the mainline Fear of God to his recent Fear of God x Adidas collab sneakers
That would be nice to see
I got a pair of the LA Runners and I feel they are worth it. They're extremely comfortable. Looking to buy another pair, especially if they get released in black.
I am so happy to see your lovely assistant finally painted her nails, they look Gucci!!
Finally, this was the video I was waiting for!! Exposing these "luxury brands" for what they are, a scam. It's just sad that people are willing to buy these items to look the part while working a menial job. I hope you move onto other European luxury brands. Expose them all.
Woah, didn’t expect the BladeHQ sponsor, that’s cool, I’ve bought a few knives and my Leatherman off of them for work!
Great video! Actually, if you're open to cutting apart $1k sneakers, I'd love to see you do that to the Jordan 1 "Wings: made in Italy" sneakers that came out in the last year or so. I know they were made with a leather lasting board, so I'm really curious if Jordan put together a shoe worth the $1k price tag from a quality perspective. Also might be fun to see you cut apart some sneakers from Dior or LV.
yesss! rose anvil is the perfect channel for this too! Def second this comment. cut apart the Made in italy jordan 1s!!! should be able to get from stockX. i think those would be a better experiment than cutting the dior or Lv collabs (but those would be a cool watch too)
Nope. Not worth $1000. Don’t need to cut anything.
No sneaker is worth $1k
Eh, Weston has showcased some Crown Northampton sneakers before made with Shell Cordovan that were close to $1k. I can understand that....hand made with super fine materials, etc. And honestly, if you want it bad enough and have the means I say go ahead...it's just too much for me personally to pay.
No shoe is worth 1k
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Please do Off Whites and LVs, honestly they look better in terms of quality.
Keep up the good work! Love your vids, its important work.
The pair of vans i bought 10 years ago are 50 times the shoe that these will ever be. Pathetic
i’m so happy you finally did this sneaker !
Could you do this with the Gucci 1953 original loafers? That night be their top quality shoe
I actually was going to buy a pair of Gucci Ace for my birthday. Not these all leather but the kind with the canvas, with gold foil bees all over them. They looked so cool, and flashy luxury purchases are not about the quality, they're about the look and being showy, and going to the boutique and drinking champagne there and the whole *event* of the purchase. I like tack, shoot me. I went to the Gucci boutique to try them on, and I just couldn't do it. They were stiff and uncomfortable. I was willing to pay a ridiculous price, but I wasn't willing to be actually uncomfortable while doing it. Keds are my preferred sneaker brand.
Yea I got them for a birthday present wore them and got blisters I always warn people never too buy gucci shoes
People know, but they decide status is better than anything.
The problem is when luxury premium brands about 15 years were cheaper than today, the quality was actually much better on fashion brands. Today the prices are much higher and the quality of the materials has definitely gone down. You should do the same videos on Chanel, Hermès, and Louis vuitton.
Rick Owens, PLEASE!!!
I really want to know if his sneakers/boots are worth it.
Thanks! :)
Lol of course not (materials wise)
They aren't. No discussion needed.
They aren't
Would still like to see it. Helps sober people (me) up. 😂
they’re most definitely not worth it, but would still love to see a video on the iconic geobaskets or ramones!
These r kind of influencers needed today who debunk the luxury myths
Would love to see you do onitsuka tiger mexico 66 SD and NM be interesting to see if they are worth the price.
I took your advice a few years ago and bought a pair of Redwing Iron Rangers. I feel I owe you my subscription after that!! They were £285 in the UK (Now £350) and they are the best boots I have EVER owned. Before I buy footware, I always check your channel. Thanks very much.
This is why i skip luxury brands and go to actual shoe makers. I really like magnanni but i wanted to try altan bottier
I have a couple pairs of magnannis. Great sneaker! Very high quality
Love the videos. im surprised these companies don't try and sue you keep up the great work
What’s crazy is I bought my Ace sneakers back in 2017 - they were only 550$ a pair back then. Inflation and markup is crazy since then. wtf 😳
1:22 i like how you tilt his picture sideways to indicate he passed away
How about dissecting an actual luxury sneaker like the Zegna Triple Stitch next ? They at least use deer leather or 1.x mm full grain calf skin on the Secondskin models
Old enough to remember when these Gucci sneakers were 390 bucks, and that wasn't too long ago, it's just the price hikes over the last decade due to their repositioning that made a lot of these brands pretty bad price/quality ratios
And to be fair, the reason why a pair of Gorals or Crown Northampton costs as much as they do is the same reason no one knows about either of the two brands - neither one has an actual marketing strategy (if they do, it is abysmally executed) and comms budget to get their name out and obtain actual brand recognition beyond the enthusiasts crowd
Cut apart Bottega veneta sneakers, i used to work for them. Really great quality and craftsmanship.. .under stated
Fendi on my body but my feet is in Bottega 😂
what a scam! what makes this worse is that there are so many nit-wits who actually pay that amount of money for that crap!
I'm a sneakerhead and was curious about the Gucci Ace sneakers soI bought a pair. Of course compared to Jordans, their leather quality and build quality are superior. Their comfort is better than other shoes I've worn, I've worn them walking around NY City, Beijing, and Shanghai and my feet haven't felt fatigued at the end of the day like they would if I had worn some Jordans or Adidas sneakers.
Can you cut open a pair of Jordan 1 J. Balvins pair? They're the first Jordan to have an LED put into the tongue but there isn't an obvious way to charge them. There have been theories that they charge while you walk in them, or that they can charge if you expose the tongue to sunlight. It'd be great to get a solid answer as to how they're powered and what to do if or when the charge runs out.
I hope one day a GAT review / comparison Cabell / Margiela / Skolyx / Aliexpress
Love these videos thanks for exposing the real construction on all these shoes bro!
_“It wrinkles immediately”_ me watching the Chinese kids in my college wear these shoes like slides, just absolutely crushing the back of them.
Edit: if these shoes didn’t have Gucci on them, I’d assume they were Keds, or some off brand Walmart shoes.
Highly likely it's fakes
@@terrakotik nah a lot of the kids at my school were either mainlanders or South Koreans who wore designer everything
again, fake.
As always an awesome video but what’s up with the first half of it???
its no longer about paying more its about finding someone honest to buy off
That is exactly what "we" need.
Man, i do love these videos !
I work for one of these brands, a brand positioned right next to Gucci in the “luxury” top ten. Sometimes selling these items to people feels borderline unethical.
Keep dreaming.
…about?
@@Gruffalo-w8iJust in general, whenever you sleep you should dream. He cares about your sleep hygiene. Its essential to healthy brain functionality
I bet most of your customers are poor too. Rich people get these things for free.
@@jool5941 you’d be surprised. We have clients that are millionaires and others that are very wealthy. They don’t get items for free unless they have spent a certain amount and we give them a gift but it’s never footwear or clothing. In fact spending more just means you have access to spend more, I.e the couture range which is extortionate. The people who get our clothing for free and A listers wearing bespoke or runway pieces at red carpet events or very where we know they’ll be seen publicly and they have to be approached by our marketing team. But trust me, if they just walk into a store they’re going to have to pay for what they want. We’d make no money otherwise. We have access to the full client data base so we can see who has purchased and who hasn’t.
Rich folks will splurge on the luxury brand names regardless of the quality of their shoes.
Not rich people, really. Rich people select for material, not brands. It's poor people going into debt to act rich that buy this stuff.
Compare modern gucci to Mark Zuckerberg's $300 gray t-shirts, and the materials in that.
@@Tang-qi6zw at the end of the day, it’s about bragging rights.
@@wonkydonkey7899 For poor people expensive fashion, yes. But always remember, it's the poor person who brags about price tags. So bragging about expensive clothes makes you look poor.
No real rich people (100M+) have private deals with brands that you probably haven't heard of. The luxury brand names you are thinking of are trying to target and exploit everyone whole isn't rich notably the middle class folks.
@@arunashamal look at real rich people and what they wear. The types who get rich by handling money well. The warren buffets, Barack Obamas, Steve Jobs, the mark Zucks, etc. They’re not the type to show off in the “price my fit” videos. The flashy thing they have is a watch (and even then, they’ll wear a Casio digital watch time to time), and that’s really it. It’s poor people and poor people who got money (the rappers and athletes who wind up in crazy debt spirals after million dollar contracts) who do buy flashy bullshit.
How are these compared to Thursay's Sneakers?
I purchased long time ago the old pair of this model in 2018 (the one with metalized python on the back) and after 6 years they still hold up quite nice even after wearing them daily. Quality of them seems better than the one showed up here even if they still look similar and have same build construction. Not to forget that price was much lower around 450€
Those are the ones I own. The old model. It's fantastic.
Same here with a pair from 2018 that is holding up really well.
Thank you for doing this review. I used to own a Gucci tote bag and had some quality issues after four years of wear. I have never bought any Gucci sneakers. I wear mostly NIKE sneakers and own a pair of white leather ON The Roger tennis shoes that are my all time favorite. I wear them often and took them to Greece and Turkey and are so comfortable.
I wore my Gucci trainers all day the other week. They felt so flat a hard I purchased a leather inner sole from Saphire to help. I wasn’t surprised to see they are not better than adidas £90 gazelles. I won’t be buying anything but Crown Northampton after this.
I have Goral and so far happy with them. Have seen not so good reviews about Crown
Please do a pair of Christian Louboutin sneakers, the Orlato Flats. I believe this is one of the best made designer sneakers where the price charged is justifiable. They have wood inner soles with nails under the insoles and from my experience use very great quality leather! Would love to hear your thoughts on it
People buying “luxury “ items today are just making the already rich board members even richer. They are not getting quality, but paying for a name. If you want quality products that will last just have a craftsman make it for you. My Italian grandparents always had our shoes made by a quality shoemaker. My mom was a Wonderful seamstress that made all our Beautiful Unique clothes up until her sight started to go. I even have knitted/crocheted one of a kind items that you don’t see coming and going. Just because you pay for a logo/symbol doesn’t make it a quality product.
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Luxury brands make the ugliest shoes.
I wouldn’t call these ugly so much as they’re just plain and boring
@@Eirik_Bloodaxeu must have not seen Balenciaga’s sneakers yet😂
That’s what I said about Yeezy’s
@jool5941 Yeezys are downright hideous.
@@MrAvenger1975it’s like he’s trolling his fans but no one’s caught on and he keeps playing along. Weirdo 😂
What is the funniest thing I remember is a group collected knock off products and the real deal products of high-end brands. One of them was a shoe don't exactly remember the brand, but they looked at the initial quality like color and any flaws. Then they put it through testing turned out the knock off was made better because the people making it thought it should be higher quality
This is why Gucci is collapsing...
How is Gucci collapsing?
I enjoyed this video and learned a lot about different leather grades hopefully you can do one on Bally sneakers at some point.
Luxury is about quality. Fashion is about the facade. Gucci is not a luxury brand it is a fashion brand.
You make no sense. Tell me a non luxury brand that sells sneakers for $900.
I think you got that backwards. Luxury brands like Gucci and lv just sell garbage with their logo on it and charge hundreds or even thousands because they know idiots will buy it. At least actual fashion brands tend to make decent quality stuff that they actually have to put thought into designing
@@GoodSoup240 no fashion brands make quality . . . You pay for the design rather than materials and construction - or just a brand name these days. You’re the one that has it backwards. The fact that people call LV and Gucci “luxury” brands doesn’t mean they’re actually luxury.
@@arunashamal what do you consider luxury? Or “fashion”
Reactions to this post show how many people have overvalued these luxury items.
This is exactly why wealthy people look broke and broke people try to look rich.
You made the same for Louboutin low sneaker with spikes? If not pls do it :)
Would be very interested to see this. This shoes feels much more quality as normal sneaker, but the backside when it gets wet due to sweat, the heel area peels easily off.
Tip: Buy your luxury goods on sale if possible
No reason to pay retail if you don't have to. Hunt down for a sale wherever you can.
Eh. Just buy it used
Are you ever going to do Santoni or Berluti?
Money talks, but wealth whispers.... Something that some people who own these don't understand.
This statement is the ultimate read that I needed to hear!!!
You do realize people can buy things with their own money simply because they like them?
Projecting that people buy them to appear rich makes you come off like an envious brokie.
@@user-iu1ru1qz7u using the phrase "brokie" makes you sound like a try hard
@@Owen-hg3cu I don't see how your logic works.
Maybe you don't like my wording, I don't see how that relates to try hard.
I'll stick to what I said, I find it quite accurate.
You haven't earned my sub yet. Watched 2 vids over the years. One more solid and i'll give it to you. Keep up the good work fellas!
The irony is they look so cheap
Hi, I really appreciate your videos, they're so informative.
I wonder if you'll ever make a video about the ETQ brand, I bought a pair of shoes in may and it looks pretty much good quality, except some bad points.
Thank you
4:27 Starts talking about the shoes.
450 here in Italy ... or 550 depends on the styling and the art they have on them !
900 is mental haha
Gucci prices reminds me of expensive art pieces that dumb people obsess over because the manipulative rich people say to them it is lovely 😂
Nie koniecznie sztuka musi być głupia, natomiast dużo luksusowych marek powinno moim zdaniem traktować znacznie lepiej swoich klientów
In other words you've never seen the inside of a museum in your life, that's dumb.
@@MJ-revered not pathetically brainwashed to pay my money to go and watch boring art at a museum. I have my own personal taste. To me art is everywhere.
@@patrickpatel5527 That's what I though you never even try new stuff in your life but pretend to know about it anyway, your loss.
@@MJ-revered you clearly don’t know me 😂
I love this channel so much. Comment for the algorithm!
Well, 99% of that people who buying this shoes don’t care about the quality or the leather. They care about her instagram accounts and how they can show nice pics of them self wearing a $900 shoe 😂
The editor needs a raise! What a great job!
Thank you for this review. I ended up getting a pair of Adidas BW’s. I like the Gucci design but you’re right, it’s over priced.
Can you do a review of Prada’s Americas Cup sneaker? It’s had a resurgence and was curious if the quality warrants the price tag. Thanks again for your reviews.
Wealth is silent
Rich is loud
Poor is flashy
Yea guess again 😂🤡😂
Where do you fall in that? hahahaha
So the message here is : wealthy people are better than poor people, thats what youre saying?
@@Owen-hg3cu eloquently put
@@Owen-hg3cu LOL sad that is how you think. You ever Seen Bill Gates or Warren Buffet THROW money in the air or brag about how rich they are? Wealthy people stay silent. Rich people BRAG and poor people will but item they CAN not afford to be flashy. These are all facts.
Love the Blade HQ crossover, and a sweet blade. That Ultemmmm....
1:22 Stolen tagline, not Gucci original
You got the new Aces. If i recall they changed the leather on this new edition.
They did. The new Aces are inferior to the ones I bought 5 years ago. I don't think he's taking that into account. He's just talking about the overpriced new model.
I have a pair of Buscemi’s i’m selling with a leather base under the insole. Kind of looks like a leather insole under the insole. They looked wrecked when I got them. Cleaned them and they look brand new. Leather quality and rubber is premium. One of best i’ve seen from any brand
Thank you for doing this!
Hey Weston, any chance to see Marsell shoes on your review any time soon?
i found a pair strewn on a shelf nonchalant at a thrift store. i dont know if they are real or fake but they are absolutely the most comfortable sneakers I have ever worn in my life. so much toe room. so comfy. and they didn't have any insoles.
I was bought these sneakers (in black) in 2018 as a gift. I’m not obsessed with designer clothes and would never have bought them myself, but I still wear them and they’re going strong compared to all my other Nike and lower brand footwear. They’re made of really strong, lambs leather and are extremely comfortable, unlike other brands (also bought for me as a gift) Balenciaga and Dior etc.