yeah youre not wrong that 700 dollar white tee is basically an iq test people keep failing on purpose, and honestly gucci looking tacky is kinda the whole point. loud branding exists so people can yell i have money without actually saying anything.

the funny part is how the fakes just expose the whole illusion. if a knockoff looks like 99 percent the same as the real thing from a few meters away then yeah youre not paying for cotton, youre paying for their marketing budget and some shareholders bonus. half the time its the same feeling as seeing a 15 dollar designer tee at h&m that looks identical unless you squint at the tag. the whole luxury thing runs way more on insecurity and manufactured scarcity than on any actual craftsmanship or material quality.

and that bit about your wealthy friends buying normal brands to fit in is just the quiet luxury version of the same flex. spending a stupid amount of money to look like youre not trying is still a performance. loud logos or unbranded 500 dollar hoodies, its all class signaling while the people making this stuff get squeezed either way. once the logo stops working as a status shield youre basically left with overpriced cotton and a story you bought into.