Comment by crazygringo
3 hours ago
It's kind of hilarious to me when the tech world collides with the high-end fashion world. On the one hand, I get how absurd this seems from a tech perspective. On the other hand, dropping a couple hundred dollars on a fashion item that will be trendy for a season among a certain group... it's no different from any other high-end fashion accessory. It's just that the two worlds so rarely overlap.
You can see just from this thread how the tech world reacts to the fashion world.
The fashion world's biggest sellers are handbags and shoes, which are practical purchases and tend to feature pretty intricate design details. This is a Speedo for a phone, and it makes Apple's already over-the-top descriptions of its products sound even more absurd.
Nothing about the fashion world’s $5000 bags is practical. It’s 99% status signaling
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HN commenter logic: 'if I don't understand it, this is clearly wrong'
'If someone doesn't spend money irrationally like I spend money irrationally its bad'
There is indeed a blind spot.
The Google Glass/DVF collaboration was a notable example of cringe in this area.
https://archive.nytimes.com/runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09...
Apple is a fashion company when you think about it