Plain white T-shirt for $7 or $70? How wealth gap is changing retail

[Ideologue]

A  fine article. The non Monkeybutt rich are scum.

[Ed Anger]

A  fine article. The non Monkeybutt rich are scum.

I won't be going against the wall!

[garbon]

I ain't too good to shop with the scum

Well, of course, you live in Ohio.

[garbon]

I looked up Barney's white tee and got this.

http://www.barneys.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNY-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=062245435

On sale for $19, regularly $35.

And then below there are a few $45-$50 ones with different neck cuts.

[derspiess]

Hanes t-shirts are the best bang for the buck.  I'd put them above Jockey these days. 

[Syt]

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/style-kanye-west-apc-120-plain-white-hiphop-t-shirt-sells-out.html#.UozLG-IUZ8E

Not Okay: Kanye West's $120 Plain White "Hiphop" T-Shirt Sells Out Instantly

Just to prove once again what we already knew (ie that he can just make any old thing and his fans will eat it up) Kanye West AKA Our Lord Yeezus Christ dropped a $120 white "hip-hop" tee in collaboration with high-end brand A.P.C.. If you can't already anticipate what happened next, the internets went all abuzz and it promptly sold out.

My question would be, who the hell pays US$120.00 for a plain white t-shirt? Granted it does have Our Lord's name printed on it (well in it, anyway–as the description says, the words A.P.C. KANYE are silkscreened inside the neckline) and how often do you get to buy a fabricated signature from a God. That almost makes it worth the price BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE. This chumpy also features 1) Short Sleeves 2) Ribbing at the Neckline and 3) is constructed of 100% Egyptian cotton, so when you add all that up, this seems less like shameless self-aggrandizement for Kanye and more like promo for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' track "Thrift Shop" (I call THAT getting swindled and pimped (shit) / I call THAT getting tricked by a business...)

[Eddie Teach]

Did Kanye pick the cotton himself?

[The Brain]

I buy cheap t-shirts etc at H&M and the like. But stuff like shoes, jackets, jeans... I go brand, baby. They define me as a person.