[NEWS] Ayu spends HK$400,000 in 2 hours

[Alessia_Tateno]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Even before she was a star though, she said she liked clothes and shoes.. :\
Japan purchases 45% of all boutique-y goods [GUCCI / Louis Vuitton / etc..] so, I imagine that all Japanese people try to buy such luxurious goods when possible.

I mean, you've seen the dresses she's worn in her magazine shoots right? They're like six-seven figures in yen, which imo, is a TON for a simple dress.. but then again, this is Ayu. I think she might buy 3-5 of a certain outfit in like, different colors for lives and public appearances, because in the making of 1LOVE, she's wearing an average sweatsuit-thing..

[and I really don't think she bought too many goods, just.. really expensive ones.]



I really don't think it's a 'waste' necessarily, since Ayu is a shopper, and has been since she was a teen. :p

Yeah and it isn't a good thing, she spent all her idol's money to buy things she will wear only one time and if she didnt become a singer I know exactly what she would do now because of her waste of money.

Originally Posted by Rody!

I hate it when people say that spending loads of money on branded clothes and luxury-stuff is a waste of money.. I mean. It's not.. and even if it is; it's her money to waste. Besides; it's good for the economy AND it's obviously fun to do and cool to have... =) Go Ayu!

It's not a waste? artists that spend too much and go proud of it are just materliastic robots without any pursue of the future. She always say she doesnt want to think about the future and life the present, that's a very bad thing, there are people who are dying because they have really NO money and people like Ayu who have a lot and waste them when they can help A LOT of people.

[KyahRyorin]

O_O Wow! That's loads of money! I wish I could shop like that, I'd pay off college easily. XD

And as for those who are arguing/trying to prove their point, I'll just say this (and this is my opinion, folks):

Ayu has been working hard for 8 years, she's earned that money. Let her spend it and have some fun, for Pete's sake! If I were her, I'd go bonkers from the work she has to do everyday.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by Alessia_Tateno

Umm... not really sure how to reply, becouse you're basically confirming what I said, I didn't say she didn't like clothes/shoes before, and statistics about how much of the revenue of the luxurious brands comes from Japan also confirms my theories about the Japanese society..

Well, think of it this way:

You buy one expensive item that will last longer (maybe), at least you save the globe by not buying hundreds of cheap ones that will go in the trash in one month. It's a lot more friendly towards the environment if everyone instead of spending £ 100 on H&M each month would save up for a couple of months and buy 1 smaller, but more expensive item, at Dior or Louis Vuitton. Super cheap stores actually contribute a lot more to unhealthy consumerism than the expensive ones, ESPECIALLY in countries in which people in general can afford to buy more expensive stuff if the save up a little. If they have to save up to buy something that in f.ex japan would be considered cheap, now that's a totally different story. Also, if these expensive things break, it's easy to get repairs, and people would want to get repairs because it's of value to them, instead of letting it go in the trash and go out to buy a new one.

In that way, even though ayu can afford to go nuts in these stores, she contributes to making other people that like her style to buy items from these stores and thus spending less in stores like mentioned above that in a greater way contribute to the heavy toll consumers are taking on earth.

Another matter is that most of these so called luxury brands produce their items in countries that have no problem what-so-ever with release of toxins from factories or ever used child labour.

One thing I do have to admit though, is that she indeed appears in simple clothes when she's not doing public performances, like during all the off-shots, for example. It is absolutely possible she rarely goes for such buying sprees becouse she doesn't need all that stuff on daily basis, so when there's an opportunity to get some things, she takes adventage of it (thus so much money in such a short time).

"SImple" clothes like jeans and a t-shirt doesen't neccessarily mean they are cheap.


Also, consider that the stuff is probably cheaper in HK than in japan. She can also get it tax free down there I guess.

And no, it's not really something especially good for economy... I mean... most of that stuff is way overpriced and sold for prices that are way higher then actual production costs - so that the designers can make big bucks. I think most of the money go to the designers' pockets, not really speeding up China's economy.

No, you're right that it probably isen't particularly good for china's economy, it's mostly goes back to the companies (NOT the designers, who are hired by the companies that mostly are driven by leaders with some sort of business background. Imagine that an artist would ru(i)n a business, it would rarely work out. ).

And also I don't think that this stuff is a lot more overpriced than other goods. I know Louis Vuitton best of these companies, and their items are mostly made in France, a very few in factories in Spain and the US. Included in the cost of an item is a lifelong guarantee of free repairs. Also they use very high quality material and continuously research to improve products. And when the base cost for an item is high the final cost will be even higher because they calculate the final price by using a base cost consisting of shipping, materials, craftmanship, insurance, wages for workers and designers etc added up as f.ex. 30% of the final price. So if base makes 30 £, then the final cost would be £ 100 (£70 in pure profit) and on top of that is the tax in each country . It works the same way for every company, but for cheaper items the base costs are a lot smaller, f.ex. by using lower quality material, not hiring famous designer or using child labour and moving production to countries where they have no rules, or very light ruels on how much the factory is allowed to pollute.

Because the luxury brands are selling less items than the cheaper ones, and especially in the high end of luxury products, they have to rely upon some sales and to "live off" that profit untill they sell a new item, while companies selling cheaper items wil lhave to sell a lot over a certain amount of time to survive and to "build up" a profit. It's like herbivores that feed of plants all the time and snakes that have to take a meal every two or three months (if that made any sense).