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Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ooli to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Doesn't surprise me. Even when you pay labor a fair, living wage for high-end apparel and fashion items--which Dior is definitely not doing--the cost of labor is still a pretty small fraction of the final price. The cost of materials and findings on those bags is likely more than the labor costs.

Most of what you're paying for in high-end goods is very careful design, attention to materials and the construction process, and very good QC. Those are largely intangibles.

So why don't they pay workers reasonably then, since it's such a small fraction of the final cost? Because the company has no soul.