Why Are Designer Dresses So Expensive? What You Are Paying For
A designer dress costs what it does because of four things: the fabric, the labor, the volume it is made in, and the brand's own margin. Only the first two are actually in the garment, which is why the price and the quality can drift apart. This edit walks through what a rising price buys, from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, using dresses from Sandro to Gemy Maalouf.