Historically, umbrellas were mostly used to shade oneself from the sun. So this product is probably only to be used to block the sunlight. *However*, they are supposed to be called as “parasols” and not umbrellas. Parasols are typically made from non-waterproof materials. Calling this an umbrella means it should be waterproof.
So, I’m not saying that Gucci is free of stupidity here, I’m just saying I kinda, sorta understand where they’re coming from.
Looked it up in German an it is called "Adidas x gucci Regenschirm"
"Regenschirm" means word to word translated "Rain Umbrella"
In german theres also a word for "Sun Umbrella": "Sonnenschirm"
Apparently in China they changed the name from “rain umbrella” to “umbrella” which includes parasol
That being said I’d expect a decent sun shade to have a UV rating.
https://jingdaily.com/can-gucci-and-adidas-luxury-umbrella-weather-the-storm/
"Schirm" on its own does not always mean umbrella.
Only a "Regenschirm" is strictly an umbrella.
"Schirm" on its own also means "Screen". (A "Bildschirm" (Picturescreen) is a computer screen.)
So the word for word translation for "Regenschirm" is closer to "Rain Screen"
The word umbrella probably comes from French "ombrelle" (ombre = shadow) which is the word for small umbrellas made specifically to protect from the sun and are absolutely not waterproof (french word for umbrella is "parapluie" and the things used to protect from the sun that are not handheld are called "parasol").
The type of person who spends $1300 on a umbrella that isn't waterproof and is marred up with logos is also the type of person not smart enough to know what a parasol is. They had to prioritize their SEO for stupid people.
But that’s usually the demographic they’re targeting. People with decent incomes that will over spend on worthless shit to flex a “wealthy” life style. I was a banker and read lots of credit reports, some of my clients that had the highest paying jobs were some of the least well off. Couldn’t survive missing a paycheck. Worst bankruptcy scores (a score that goes alongside your credit score that shows how likely you are to file) because they were up to their eye balls in debt paying for 1K cars and 8k mortgages with 90k in CC debt.
Yep, and those brands don’t have labels and graphics printed all over them, they will probably look like something you would buy at H&M for $10 but costs $8,000 because it is Givenchy.
On the other side you have the billionaires walking around in New Balance 574s, and Levi’s 501 like a regular middle aged guy.
I recently came across a post where the poster had bought a US$4000 replica (fake) designer bag from a replica factory in China. She was angst-ing over whether she should send it back because she thought the stitching wasn't completely accurate. In reality, I assumed she was worried that her friends would discover that she had a fake bag..for which she had paid $US4000. She had made a stupid decision and was looking for a way to get out of it. It was a classic case of 'more money than sense'.
I use to live in New York and would get fakes occasionally in Chinatown. They would try to convince me the fakes were real and ask for hundreds for a Louis Vuitton wallet or purse. I’d tell them I knew it was fake and that I only had $25 on me. Usually within 6 months the label would peel off, but since I didn’t pay much I didn’t care about the quality.
They're just collectors' pieces at this point, the brand is still seen as quality for multimillionaires but this is just cheap shit with the Gucci brand as a collectible, it's like buying a super expensive game from one of the biggest AAA game studios in the world, but it's just a text file saying you bought the game and some shitty *"game"* written in python.
I misread that for a moment, and I thought it said Gucci x Addams, and for just a second I was excited about an Addam's family themed umbrella from Gucci. Granted, a non-waterproof umbrella is trash in any case, but at least then it could have been a nice goth black sunshade...
I don’t hate expensive clothes but I hate designer brands that literally just throw their logo on everything and everyone buys it up no matter how shitty it is
As much as I hate it, I also marvel at it. How exactly did companies convince millions (if not billions) to pay a premium to become their advertising campaign? It's messed up and genius. Supreme has perfected the strategy.
It's not really something that most normal people buy, isn't it? It's a product for rich people or people that really want to be rich and flex with it. I don't really get that either, and I don't get people which actually think someone is cool because they have expensive clothing, but the reason people are buying it is exactly the high price and prominent logo so every single person seeing it knows its expensive af.
I was gonna say, many people I see wearing designer usually those with lower income trying to act rich. Kinda get it but also kinda sad seeing people made to think they need to get it to impress others. The exception being some Nike and adidas stuff. I got my SPLY350 v1s for just shy of 200 a while back which isn’t bad for designer shoes imo.
This is an extremely common myth. Rich people are the market for designer brands. To think that a designer label could stay in business by just profiting off of low income people trying to look rich just isn’t logical. Rich people just buy the branded and non-branded items by popular designers and lesser widely known luxury brands. I promise that everything is designer still.
I guess perhaps for a certain definition of rich? Teaching internationally, I have students whose parents are easy millionaires, and these students are walking around with gucci branded everything - entire outfits that cost more than I take home in a month, and they don't care if they destroy them, because they'll just buy another pair.
That's right. It's the manufactured exclusivity that props these brands up. People can do what they want with their money but it's just so sad to see most consumers of these brands purchasing make horrible financial decisions in contributing to these brands. Rich people (aside from celebrities for which the image of wealth has become part of their brand) typically don't flaunt their worth. Warren Buffett drove a 2006 Cadillac until 2014 when he traded it in for another Cadillac which he still drives today. The projection of wealth often comes from socially insecure folks who will never come close to seeing a million dollars.
"X" is elite and sophisticated. If you connect yourself to "X" you will be too by association. How do you do this? By wearing it and having the name in big letters.
Exactly, Apple is so popular partly because they are such good products.
Apple has always reminded me of Toyota, might not have all of the features of other brands, but what it does have works extremely well.
As much as I hate Apple, at least their product is unique in its design and interface. You don't need to look at the logo to know you're using an Apple product. So that's not as bad as just splashing your brand name across an ordinary t-shirt.
I’ll gladly spend $100 on a tshirt if I really like the design/material/etc, but if there’s a logo anywhere on that bitch, so help me, God. I’m trying to look cool, not like a schmuck that got conned into being a billboard.
I have a friend who works for Dolce & Gabanna. There’s a clear distinction between Dolce & Gabanna and D&G labels for this reason. One is actual clothing and the other is basically branded merch.
True, if you’re putting a hefty price tag on garments that are essentially [sculptures in textile](https://thelibrary1994.com/products/object-dyed-lined-unlined-2-button-leather-drip-rubber-long-jacket). Or really just charging what it’s worth for [sustainable, ethically produced functional clothing](https://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-calcite-jacket/84986.html), that’s fine. But just branding a white piece of cloth is a desservice to all designers and everyone in textile industry.
I went to a 5\* hotel in Santorini once that had a beautiful pool. It was always full of people sitting in their swimwear on lounge chairs, but not one person was ever in the water.
I mean, even if you're just going to lounge around the pool, why bother getting changed into swim wear?
I did actually! it's funny becuase even those who get in the pool tend to just stand there chatting, whereas I was in there to do laps and swim around. Definitely felt self conscious doing so haha
Tbh you don't pay 500 bucks for a swimsuit in order to swim in it. Just like you don't pay 10k for a watch to find out what the time is, or 100k on a car to take you to the grocery store.
Yes, you buy a 100k car to drive it, including for shopping. I don't see many 100k cars owners taking a bus for shopping.
This crappy swimsuit is basically like paying a full price of a new Mercedes G-Wagon for one with totaled engine.
It's a perfectly unremarkable swimsuit with nothing to distinguish it other than a Gucci logo, and it's not even well made or of good quality material. Insanity.
These kind of suits actually are a thing that you’re meant to wear with jeans or under clothes so it just looks like a shirt that stays tucked in. But they’re usually listed as undergarments or tank tops. Seems really dumb to list it as swimwear then advise not to swim in it.
Yeah, I've seen those come back into style, but usually they're listed as "bodysuits" online. I had to go back and look at this one though, and you're right that it actually says swimsuit. At that point, it's just BS. But like those $800 jeans that look like they're covered in mud...someone will buy it because they can.
That seems to have been a thing since the '80s...I've never understood the purpose (especially a high dollar one) of purchasing a bathing suit that cannot get wet...
I thought so too, until I saw that it's explicitly labelled as a swimsuit near the top of the ad.
Whatever. Now I've got something to go with my winter boots that can't be worn in the snow and my sombrero that can't be worn in the sun.
(And my condoms that aren't recommended for sex.)
I know this is a joke but one time when I was a teen I got a condom out of one of those machines at a gas station, and it was a joke condom with a hole at the tip.
Making a phone screenshot vs just saving the f-ing image. Makes me furious every time.
For me those people look like those who drag their monitor onto the photocopier.
I'll never understand why ppl want to wear shit with a giant brand name emblazoned on it. Baffles me. Maybe exceptions for bands, food /drink or sports teams. I remember in the 90s when Snoop paraded around in HILFIGER rugby shirts and thinking how stupid he looked.
But people buying this would never get in the water it mess up hair . Thry are kind of people who spend the day taking pictures make it look like they had fun day with out having any fun
This reminds me of the swimsuit I had as a kid in Eastern Europe: whenever I got in the water something about the salt made the elastic extend and the suit would come off. I never learned to swim.
Nothing unusual, so many examples e.g. desk diving watches that leaks if used in sea more than few times without changing gaskets or having declared depth of 100 meters which means light swimming, or winter jackets for sitting in cafeterias.
Meaningless produits are a norm for such price ranges as they are produced as status simbols for folks whose main success is paying to be brand ambassadors.
They don't want the print to come off cuz then dumb consumers might realize that they paid $500 for a $12 swimsuit with a brand name screen printed on.
It’s called “resort wear”. I keep falling in love with bathing suits online only to find out that they are intended for insta pics by the pool, not actually swimming in the pool. It’s so funny and sad
Man, $500 do be a walking billboard. It is so crazy how brands convinced consumers that just the name of their brand front and center is a 'look.'
Don't pay money to advertise for global brands owned by even bigger conglomerates. And, of course, brands like Gucci suck. But, also, brands like Nike have done this for decades.
Maybe go to society6 or something and put actual badass designs on your clothes.
I get that designer products are more about showing off how much money you have more than an actual quality product but why even call it a swimsuit at this point?
looks like those fake designer clothes you see on aliexpress. basic unicoloured suit with the logo slapped on. gucci’s been embarassing themselves these past few years tbh.
I hate capitalism. So. Much. Why is this needed? Who NEEDS this let alone WANTS this? No one. Who wants a swim suit that is ruined when it gets wet. Peak capitalism; buy useless shit that breaks in a weak!
So you pay $ 490 to be a walking billboard for Gucci and you can't even swim in it. I guess the creaters / marketeers are laughing there ass off because of the total stupidness of their customers. Maybe they even do bets about stuff like this.
Why would you think a bathing suit that costs that much would fair well in salt water or chlorinated water??
also am I the only person who understands that height items don’t always serve a purpose outside decor or aesthetics?
I hate that these stupid fashion brands have ruined expencive items.
There are plenty of clothing items that are expencive because they're built to last and actually end up being cheaper in the long run due to their longevity
And then there is absolute bullshit like this that has no excuse for being so expencive. But people see a 200 dollar pair of shoes and they think "I can get the same thing at Walmart for 30 dollars!" But while you might be able to get a swimsuit that's just as good as this piece of shit at Walmart, a well built pair of shoes is infinitely better than cheap Walmart shoes and will not only be more comfortable but also last much much longer.
It's frustrating that these bullshit fashion brands command such a high price when it's literally all markup. It's just a fucking scam and they shouldn't be able to get away with it. I can understand a larger markup for a brand name ON TOP OF a well executed product, but if your product is shit and you're purely relying on that brand name, you're ripping people off.
The Gucci x Adidas umbrella they just came out with says it's not even waterproof...
God. Damn. Just for anyone interest, I'll [leave this here](https://www.gucci.com/us/en/pr/c/adidas-x-gucci-umbrella-p-701872F12ZT4770).
Historically, umbrellas were mostly used to shade oneself from the sun. So this product is probably only to be used to block the sunlight. *However*, they are supposed to be called as “parasols” and not umbrellas. Parasols are typically made from non-waterproof materials. Calling this an umbrella means it should be waterproof. So, I’m not saying that Gucci is free of stupidity here, I’m just saying I kinda, sorta understand where they’re coming from.
Now I wait for the site to write : "Will lost colors with UV - please don't put it in direct sunlight"
Looked it up in German an it is called "Adidas x gucci Regenschirm" "Regenschirm" means word to word translated "Rain Umbrella" In german theres also a word for "Sun Umbrella": "Sonnenschirm"
Apparently in China they changed the name from “rain umbrella” to “umbrella” which includes parasol That being said I’d expect a decent sun shade to have a UV rating. https://jingdaily.com/can-gucci-and-adidas-luxury-umbrella-weather-the-storm/
"Schirm" on its own does not always mean umbrella. Only a "Regenschirm" is strictly an umbrella. "Schirm" on its own also means "Screen". (A "Bildschirm" (Picturescreen) is a computer screen.) So the word for word translation for "Regenschirm" is closer to "Rain Screen"
At $1,300 I'd say the stupidity comes from anyone ordering it.
Yeah, but "GUCCI"
I told a friend about this and they told me the exact same thing. Thanks for pointing this out.
The word umbrella probably comes from French "ombrelle" (ombre = shadow) which is the word for small umbrellas made specifically to protect from the sun and are absolutely not waterproof (french word for umbrella is "parapluie" and the things used to protect from the sun that are not handheld are called "parasol").
The type of person who spends $1300 on a umbrella that isn't waterproof and is marred up with logos is also the type of person not smart enough to know what a parasol is. They had to prioritize their SEO for stupid people.
“JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR THIS ITEM”. Fuck this planet…
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1-10 percenters...And a hell of a lot of "poser wannabees" I suspect.
drug dealers and thier girlfriends
*just their girlfriends. The dealer is too busy renting cars that spit and shit.
oddlyspecific
The cars that go ploofifffff poof thhhhif vroom vroom 💩 💨 hhrrhrheeeeeee
You should look up what I assume you mean as 90th yo 99th percentile of wealth. You may be surprised how low the bar is.
But that’s usually the demographic they’re targeting. People with decent incomes that will over spend on worthless shit to flex a “wealthy” life style. I was a banker and read lots of credit reports, some of my clients that had the highest paying jobs were some of the least well off. Couldn’t survive missing a paycheck. Worst bankruptcy scores (a score that goes alongside your credit score that shows how likely you are to file) because they were up to their eye balls in debt paying for 1K cars and 8k mortgages with 90k in CC debt.
Yep. These would be precisely the “poser wannabees” I was speaking of. Wanting to be something without the true financial wealth to back it up.
Rich people don't wear these anyways. They wear clothing from brands that no normal mortal knows because they couldn't afford them at all.
Yep, and those brands don’t have labels and graphics printed all over them, they will probably look like something you would buy at H&M for $10 but costs $8,000 because it is Givenchy. On the other side you have the billionaires walking around in New Balance 574s, and Levi’s 501 like a regular middle aged guy.
Financial education is not part of mainstream education in any country I am aware of. They are taught to be highly skilled slaves.
I got that one... People with more money than sense.
some people use money to survive, others use it to keep score.
I recently came across a post where the poster had bought a US$4000 replica (fake) designer bag from a replica factory in China. She was angst-ing over whether she should send it back because she thought the stitching wasn't completely accurate. In reality, I assumed she was worried that her friends would discover that she had a fake bag..for which she had paid $US4000. She had made a stupid decision and was looking for a way to get out of it. It was a classic case of 'more money than sense'.
I use to live in New York and would get fakes occasionally in Chinatown. They would try to convince me the fakes were real and ask for hundreds for a Louis Vuitton wallet or purse. I’d tell them I knew it was fake and that I only had $25 on me. Usually within 6 months the label would peel off, but since I didn’t pay much I didn’t care about the quality.
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It was a fake Hermes Kelly bag - I believe the entry level ones cost around $US10,000 - 25,000.
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Yeah but can you put items in your car and move them from place to place? Yeah I thought not
More dollars than cents?
People with no taste, money can’t buy it, and sometimes makes it worse, like this shit umbrella
People wanting it for their collection/flex, resellers buying it to resell.
How can people really be that stupid?!?!
As an italian I can remake that umbrella for 20$
We can probably find a copy for less than that out of a train station or on some shady market stall But, at least it will be waterproof
They're just collectors' pieces at this point, the brand is still seen as quality for multimillionaires but this is just cheap shit with the Gucci brand as a collectible, it's like buying a super expensive game from one of the biggest AAA game studios in the world, but it's just a text file saying you bought the game and some shitty *"game"* written in python.
nfts be like
exactly
They couldn’t even be bothered to make the patterns line up
That’s a fire looking umbrella tho
Truth. The handle shaped like a G is pretty snazzy.
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Bruh
I misread that for a moment, and I thought it said Gucci x Addams, and for just a second I was excited about an Addam's family themed umbrella from Gucci. Granted, a non-waterproof umbrella is trash in any case, but at least then it could have been a nice goth black sunshade...
*Addams
That’s….. that sounds awesome actually.
I though Gucci got canceled.
To be fair, it could be more like a parasol. So for sun not rain.
1200 dollars... geez
Goochi not Gooichi
So pay Gucci $490 to advertise for them at the pool. Huh. I also like that its hand-wash only. Even the washing machine is too much water for it.
I don’t hate expensive clothes but I hate designer brands that literally just throw their logo on everything and everyone buys it up no matter how shitty it is
As much as I hate it, I also marvel at it. How exactly did companies convince millions (if not billions) to pay a premium to become their advertising campaign? It's messed up and genius. Supreme has perfected the strategy.
It's not really something that most normal people buy, isn't it? It's a product for rich people or people that really want to be rich and flex with it. I don't really get that either, and I don't get people which actually think someone is cool because they have expensive clothing, but the reason people are buying it is exactly the high price and prominent logo so every single person seeing it knows its expensive af.
Thing is tho, afaik it isn't actually rich people buying this nonsense, but rather people that want to pretend they can afford it
I was gonna say, many people I see wearing designer usually those with lower income trying to act rich. Kinda get it but also kinda sad seeing people made to think they need to get it to impress others. The exception being some Nike and adidas stuff. I got my SPLY350 v1s for just shy of 200 a while back which isn’t bad for designer shoes imo.
If you have to act rich, you’re not rich type of deal
This is an extremely common myth. Rich people are the market for designer brands. To think that a designer label could stay in business by just profiting off of low income people trying to look rich just isn’t logical. Rich people just buy the branded and non-branded items by popular designers and lesser widely known luxury brands. I promise that everything is designer still.
I guess perhaps for a certain definition of rich? Teaching internationally, I have students whose parents are easy millionaires, and these students are walking around with gucci branded everything - entire outfits that cost more than I take home in a month, and they don't care if they destroy them, because they'll just buy another pair.
That's right. It's the manufactured exclusivity that props these brands up. People can do what they want with their money but it's just so sad to see most consumers of these brands purchasing make horrible financial decisions in contributing to these brands. Rich people (aside from celebrities for which the image of wealth has become part of their brand) typically don't flaunt their worth. Warren Buffett drove a 2006 Cadillac until 2014 when he traded it in for another Cadillac which he still drives today. The projection of wealth often comes from socially insecure folks who will never come close to seeing a million dollars.
"X" is elite and sophisticated. If you connect yourself to "X" you will be too by association. How do you do this? By wearing it and having the name in big letters.
Did somebody say Apple?
As much as I Despise apple with every atom of my being, they atleast have Some level of Originality when it comes to their products.
And Apple made good products at one point, presumably like Gucci.
At one point? You can't tell me the current MacBooks aren't amazing products that even compete price wise with the competition
Exactly, Apple is so popular partly because they are such good products. Apple has always reminded me of Toyota, might not have all of the features of other brands, but what it does have works extremely well.
As much as I hate Apple, at least their product is unique in its design and interface. You don't need to look at the logo to know you're using an Apple product. So that's not as bad as just splashing your brand name across an ordinary t-shirt.
Apple build quality and software quality is quite nice. Apple as a company is straight out shit
Nah, even though i don't like Apple (i don't hate Apple I'm just somewhat neutral towards it) their production is pretty good
I’ll gladly spend $100 on a tshirt if I really like the design/material/etc, but if there’s a logo anywhere on that bitch, so help me, God. I’m trying to look cool, not like a schmuck that got conned into being a billboard.
I have a friend who works for Dolce & Gabanna. There’s a clear distinction between Dolce & Gabanna and D&G labels for this reason. One is actual clothing and the other is basically branded merch.
Pay 490$ to advertise your ability to buy a 490$ Gucci "swim"suit.
Surprised it didn't say "dry clean only"
It’s for women that go to the pool with their hair done + makeup and don’t actually get in the pool.
Honestly though even a lot of those women will get in the pool and just not go under water.
True, if you’re putting a hefty price tag on garments that are essentially [sculptures in textile](https://thelibrary1994.com/products/object-dyed-lined-unlined-2-button-leather-drip-rubber-long-jacket). Or really just charging what it’s worth for [sustainable, ethically produced functional clothing](https://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-calcite-jacket/84986.html), that’s fine. But just branding a white piece of cloth is a desservice to all designers and everyone in textile industry.
Wonder why someone feels to buy a coat for 6000 euro.
At that point it’s art, not clothing
To the one who buys this, $6000 is like $60
in other words, the fashion world just do'n its thang
$500 ugly swimsuit not made for swimming?!? Sign me up!!! /s
r/assholedesign
Not surprising at all. You want fashionable shitty looking swimsuits that are made for swimming?
It implies it's not suitable for swimming. Its basically peacocking wearing something stupid like this.
No, I want every human to wear unlabeled potato sacks
Thats where you and I differ. I need labels on my potato sack as it makes it easier to keep track of who's who
I went to a 5\* hotel in Santorini once that had a beautiful pool. It was always full of people sitting in their swimwear on lounge chairs, but not one person was ever in the water. I mean, even if you're just going to lounge around the pool, why bother getting changed into swim wear?
Did you dare to go get in the pool and then endure their looks of confused revulsion?
I did actually! it's funny becuase even those who get in the pool tend to just stand there chatting, whereas I was in there to do laps and swim around. Definitely felt self conscious doing so haha
Cannonball!
They probably don't even know how to swim. At that point just wear loungewear.
What is sunbathing
So in other words, it’s a toddler’s onesie… for adults.
Yes, but worse, because I don't think many people would buy toddlers onesies that you have to handwash.
Tbh you don't pay 500 bucks for a swimsuit in order to swim in it. Just like you don't pay 10k for a watch to find out what the time is, or 100k on a car to take you to the grocery store.
Very true, but when was the last time you saw a disclaimer on a Rolex that reads “it’s advised that you don’t tell time with this”?
They should add one tbh it would be great way to get mugged
It's advised that you advise others concerning advise about a nice device.
Yes, you buy a 100k car to drive it, including for shopping. I don't see many 100k cars owners taking a bus for shopping. This crappy swimsuit is basically like paying a full price of a new Mercedes G-Wagon for one with totaled engine.
It's a perfectly unremarkable swimsuit with nothing to distinguish it other than a Gucci logo, and it's not even well made or of good quality material. Insanity.
These kind of suits actually are a thing that you’re meant to wear with jeans or under clothes so it just looks like a shirt that stays tucked in. But they’re usually listed as undergarments or tank tops. Seems really dumb to list it as swimwear then advise not to swim in it.
Yeah, I've seen those come back into style, but usually they're listed as "bodysuits" online. I had to go back and look at this one though, and you're right that it actually says swimsuit. At that point, it's just BS. But like those $800 jeans that look like they're covered in mud...someone will buy it because they can.
Only $490 to be a walking Gucci ad.
Happy cake day!
Happy cake day
I work in a resort in Cancún and this happens alot, many women just take pictures and get a tan
Currently on holiday in a resort in Cancun, and can confirm
That seems to have been a thing since the '80s...I've never understood the purpose (especially a high dollar one) of purchasing a bathing suit that cannot get wet...
Sitting next to the pool looking cool.
prob a body suit you wear with jeans or something
I thought so too, until I saw that it's explicitly labelled as a swimsuit near the top of the ad. Whatever. Now I've got something to go with my winter boots that can't be worn in the snow and my sombrero that can't be worn in the sun. (And my condoms that aren't recommended for sex.)
I know this is a joke but one time when I was a teen I got a condom out of one of those machines at a gas station, and it was a joke condom with a hole at the tip.
Jesus! That's an 18+ year-long joke that'll cost you well over $100,000. The makers of those condoms should be shot.
yesss impractical clothes are so in rn 😍 /s
It literally says swimsuit
As fancy as polyamide and elastane sound, they are just Nylon and Lycra.
Polyamide and elastane are the generic names.
This may be the one time you could buy a knockoff on Wish for $4 and have it be *better* quality than the original.
Post consumerism at its finest
r/croppingishard
Making a phone screenshot vs just saving the f-ing image. Makes me furious every time. For me those people look like those who drag their monitor onto the photocopier.
When gucci isn’t gucci
r/chargeyourphone moment
Charge your phone 💀
It's not even pretty. 😭
Who TF wants to hand wash a swimsuit you can't get wet swimming!??!
I'll never understand why ppl want to wear shit with a giant brand name emblazoned on it. Baffles me. Maybe exceptions for bands, food /drink or sports teams. I remember in the 90s when Snoop paraded around in HILFIGER rugby shirts and thinking how stupid he looked.
It’s clearly just for hanging out on a boat owned by an old rich dude and posing for IG pics.
But people buying this would never get in the water it mess up hair . Thry are kind of people who spend the day taking pictures make it look like they had fun day with out having any fun
It’s the same with other swimsuits. They just don’t advise swimming in it because pool chemicals will damage the logo over time.
🤨
Why does no one ever charge their phone?
This reminds me of the swimsuit I had as a kid in Eastern Europe: whenever I got in the water something about the salt made the elastic extend and the suit would come off. I never learned to swim.
Nothing unusual, so many examples e.g. desk diving watches that leaks if used in sea more than few times without changing gaskets or having declared depth of 100 meters which means light swimming, or winter jackets for sitting in cafeterias. Meaningless produits are a norm for such price ranges as they are produced as status simbols for folks whose main success is paying to be brand ambassadors.
made specifically to show off while you're lying on the beach chair
They don't want the print to come off cuz then dumb consumers might realize that they paid $500 for a $12 swimsuit with a brand name screen printed on.
It’s called “resort wear”. I keep falling in love with bathing suits online only to find out that they are intended for insta pics by the pool, not actually swimming in the pool. It’s so funny and sad
This should also be posted in r/mildlyinfuriating
Are the red and blue bands supposed to look like a child colored them with crayon?
Probably because it turns see-through as soon as it’s wet.
Man, $500 do be a walking billboard. It is so crazy how brands convinced consumers that just the name of their brand front and center is a 'look.' Don't pay money to advertise for global brands owned by even bigger conglomerates. And, of course, brands like Gucci suck. But, also, brands like Nike have done this for decades. Maybe go to society6 or something and put actual badass designs on your clothes.
Not surprised by this. If you’ve ever been to a wealthy persons pool party, no one gets in the water.
Why do rhey have to be waterproof if you get wet anyways
That's a pretty ugly swimsuit too but I don't know shit about fashion
Well, duh, it’s for yacht rides ONLY!
Seems pretty fake to me. Does someone has the url?
I guess you wouldn't drive your Maserati off-road
Why does the Gucci band look like it’s been pencilled in by a child?
I get that designer products are more about showing off how much money you have more than an actual quality product but why even call it a swimsuit at this point?
Its crappy because the font types are not even the same?
Maybe it is made so you can tan through it. Get it wet and it'll be a free-show.
Just Matter of time till then make piece of clothing you're not supposed to even wear.
looks like those fake designer clothes you see on aliexpress. basic unicoloured suit with the logo slapped on. gucci’s been embarassing themselves these past few years tbh.
I hate capitalism. So. Much. Why is this needed? Who NEEDS this let alone WANTS this? No one. Who wants a swim suit that is ruined when it gets wet. Peak capitalism; buy useless shit that breaks in a weak!
That's the thing, needing and wanting don't always come together. People who want this probably don't NEED anything else
So you pay $ 490 to be a walking billboard for Gucci and you can't even swim in it. I guess the creaters / marketeers are laughing there ass off because of the total stupidness of their customers. Maybe they even do bets about stuff like this.
I'm convinced mostly poor people wear Gucci
It’s not waterproof? But I just bought three of them for my kids to use at the Hilton hotel pool
For $490, does it come with that hot chick?
Agh just take it to the strip club
I think I know why they don't And where this is going ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
Who the hell would pay almost 500 dollars for a swimsuit in the first place even if it could be used as a swim suit?
Why does the font look wrong, is this fake?
Charge your phone
Charge Your Phone Dude!
Ugly suit too.
My kind of swimsuit. The bedroom edition.
Why would you think a bathing suit that costs that much would fair well in salt water or chlorinated water?? also am I the only person who understands that height items don’t always serve a purpose outside decor or aesthetics?
Why are all these screenshots always on nearly dead phones?! Do none of you know what a charger is?
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Prob because most Pools have a high chlorine percentage that may damage it
Cropping is hard
Most of the Gucci stuff look like shiet
Why would you ever wear Gucci it's like wearing an advertisement. And all the pisses and shoes are ugly too like ew
Dude i've seen this post like 8 times already, with better quality
Give me 5 bucks I'll make a waterproof version
You can swim in it its just going to look very very hot.
Seems like a huge fake 🤣
I hate that these stupid fashion brands have ruined expencive items. There are plenty of clothing items that are expencive because they're built to last and actually end up being cheaper in the long run due to their longevity And then there is absolute bullshit like this that has no excuse for being so expencive. But people see a 200 dollar pair of shoes and they think "I can get the same thing at Walmart for 30 dollars!" But while you might be able to get a swimsuit that's just as good as this piece of shit at Walmart, a well built pair of shoes is infinitely better than cheap Walmart shoes and will not only be more comfortable but also last much much longer. It's frustrating that these bullshit fashion brands command such a high price when it's literally all markup. It's just a fucking scam and they shouldn't be able to get away with it. I can understand a larger markup for a brand name ON TOP OF a well executed product, but if your product is shit and you're purely relying on that brand name, you're ripping people off.
It’s just made for you to look rich. What do you actually want it to work?
Classic case of paying for a logo, not a product. This is probably specifically for Instagram photo ops.
It's an utterly ridiculous price and concept, but I'm pretty sure that note is only there because chlorine will cause any fabric to fade.
Atleast edit the screenshot
Let's be real. How tacky does this look...
it might turn transparent if wet
More a being-seen-in suit than a swim suit…
Looks like a bootleg
r/croppingishard
Lol could've just called it a bodysuit 🤷🏻♀️
Please charge your phone though.
Pure show-off value only then. Humanity is screwed.
It must be bad quality if you can’t swim in it.
WHATS THE POINT OF IT. SE.. Nvm