Luxury fashion, when criticized, is quick to remind consumers that luxury is about craftsmanship. That’s how it justifies the ginormous upcharges. That’s how, perhaps, it gets away with reusing old ideas and rebranding them as new. That’s how it can tap unethical celebrities, avoid transparency, violate labor laws, and commit any number of other atrocities or faux pas that so many do regularly. People will still buy from them because, according to the stories we tell ourselves about luxury, no one makes a bag like that. It may put me in debt, but this is the best pair of shoes in the world.

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