*blink*

[unixronin]

So, in one or another of the Batman movies, one of the journalist characters comments that the rich are different from other people.  If this item is anything to go by, I'd say the difference is they're more gullible.  $1895 regular retail for a vest that, aside from the name on the label, isn't noticeably different from similar items sold for about $1830 less by the likes of, say, Old Navy or Dillard's?  Just what exactly does over $1800 worth of "better" look like that doesn't show in this photo?

Fashionistas are from another planet.  Seriously.

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Exactly!

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

The quote you use is not mine, but Sam Vimes, a character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld. In that fantasy, the $10.00 boots are the only ones that are possible to buy because of income, $50.00 is three or four months gross salary.

Why would anyone assume that someone who is capable of amassing large quantities of cash, (or even just keeping the same) loses the habit of frugality? The habits that enable folk to become wealthy do not allow spendthrift behavior, even at the sub dollar level. They are just like you and your tools. They buy the best that they can justify. That is probably better quality than I can afford.