How to Spend $208,188 Shopping for Fashion Week
Whether you already have a strategy for how to dress during Fashion Week or plan to incorporate something insanely decadent into your already insanely decadent wardrobe (like most fashion editors), the Overspenders bring you another installment of unabashed consumer longing that proves (1) you can never have too much leather; (2) when in doubt, you should throw money toward your shoes; and (3) once something costs more than $1,000, you can automatically trust it more. Click through for other shallow realizations and many lust-worthy (and ludicrous) purchases ahead.
Holographic Heels: $760 "These will be everywhere this week. And my inner lemming can't reisit the trend." —S.B.
Photo: Net-A-Porter
A Wearable Fur Blanket: $2,333 "Better than a coat because you can stay warm and still show off all the other super-expensive things you've ...
A Wearable Fur Blanket: $2,333 "Better than a coat because you can stay warm and still show off all the other super-expensive things you've got on." —S.B.
Photo: farfetch.com
A Scary Umbrella: $660 "One never knows what the weather will serve up. Best to be prepared with the world's most expensive rain gear that h...
A Scary Umbrella: $660 "One never knows what the weather will serve up. Best to be prepared with the world's most expensive rain gear that has the added bonus of intimidating your seatmates." —S.B.
Hermès Postcards to Take Notes: $3,000 "Who wants to be the uncivilized person using a smartphone to 'take notes'? I'll use these, an...
Hermès Postcards to Take Notes: $3,000 "Who wants to be the uncivilized person using a smartphone to 'take notes'? I'll use these, and if I'm feeling ambitious, I will put a stamp on each one and mail the missives back to the office." —Kurt Soller
Photo: MR PORTER
Dolce & Gabbana Bra and Undies: $635 "These would faciliate my need to renact that opening scene from The Devil Wears Prada at least onc...
Dolce & Gabbana Bra and Undies: $635 "These would faciliate my need to renact that opening scene from The Devil Wears Prada at least once during the week." —S.B.
Photo: Net-A-Porter
Theyskens Theory Leather Pants: $1,115 "If these cost even half the price, I would probably doubt the legitimacy of a high-waisted, cropped ...
Theyskens Theory Leather Pants: $1,115 "If these cost even half the price, I would probably doubt the legitimacy of a high-waisted, cropped trouser rendered in leather. As soon as something costs more than $1000, however, I find such unlikely combinations irresistibly French." —S.B.
Photo: Theory
Graphic T-Shirts to Wear Under Everything: $1,345 "Normally, I think designer T-shirts are stupid. But this season's cache are graphic enoug...
Graphic T-Shirts to Wear Under Everything: $1,345 "Normally, I think designer T-shirts are stupid. But this season's cache are graphic enough to wear under blazers, cardigans, and leather jackets for impeccable high-fashion laziness. I'd wear these four, then frame them for my apartment once done." —K.S.
Photo: MR PORTER
A Sweatshirt in Case I’m Cold: $295 "Still, it's winter and I'm not dumb enough to forget a layer for said T-shirt strategy. I'd wear this p...
A Sweatshirt in Case I’m Cold: $295 "Still, it's winter and I'm not dumb enough to forget a layer for said T-shirt strategy. I'd wear this past Fashion Week and lend to the Cut team in our freezing office." —K.S.
Photo: OPENING CEREMONY
A Crazy Suit: $5,230 "Alas, there will be times when knits and tees don't cut it. Enter: the badass suit. For the Cut Fashion Week party, mo...
A Crazy Suit: $5,230 "Alas, there will be times when knits and tees don't cut it. Enter: the badass suit. For the Cut Fashion Week party, mostly, and for lurking street-style photographers who are typically easy bait" —K.S.
Photo: LUISAVIAROMA
Rhinestone Rope: $1,940 "A sparly choker screams A-Dubs. And that's what I like to do at shows. Like literally, scream, "ANNA!" —S...
Rhinestone Rope: $1,940 "A sparly choker screams A-Dubs. And that's what I like to do at shows. Like literally, scream, "ANNA!" —S.B.
Photo: Barneys
A Crocodile Tote: $3,850 "Everyone touts the glory of a clutch and editing down your stuff, blah blah blah, but you just can't f--k with thi...
A Crocodile Tote: $3,850 "Everyone touts the glory of a clutch and editing down your stuff, blah blah blah, but you just can't f--k with this much croc." —S.B.
Finishing (Prada) Touches: $2,945 "My favorite bag of the season by far. When I visit the Prada promised land, might as well go for a new wa...
Finishing (Prada) Touches: $2,945 "My favorite bag of the season by far. When I visit the Prada promised land, might as well go for a new wallet and sunglasses, too, both with angles that would make any newbie model envious." —K.S.
Photo: Prada
An Exquisite Blazer: $2,220 "Every time I see one of Altuzarra's pieces in the wild, my heart does weird backflips of joy. I aspire to induc...
An Exquisite Blazer: $2,220 "Every time I see one of Altuzarra's pieces in the wild, my heart does weird backflips of joy. I aspire to induce that feeling in someone else." —Stella Bugbee
Photo: ZOE
Marc Jacobs Sterling Silver Dice ($400 per set, twenty sets total): $12,000 "These would make cute thank-you gifts for the entire staff of t...
Marc Jacobs Sterling Silver Dice ($400 per set, twenty sets total): $12,000 "These would make cute thank-you gifts for the entire staff of the Cut and all the hardworking interns. I'd take 30 sets just to make sure no one got forgotten and so I can throw them at street-style photographers who want to shoot my crocodile bag." —S.B.
A Touch of Thom Browne: $1,000 "Because if Thom Browne is good enough for Michelle Obama, then these shoes will work just fine for me. The g...
A Touch of Thom Browne: $1,000 "Because if Thom Browne is good enough for Michelle Obama, then these shoes will work just fine for me. The gum sole is weather-perfect even though, let's be honest, these brogues would go better with a driver and Town Car." —K.S.
Photo: MR PORTER
Mercedes Town Car and Armed Bodyguard for a Week: $165,760 "Kurt's shoes deserve this and so do I. Many editors hire cars and drivers for th...
Mercedes Town Car and Armed Bodyguard for a Week: $165,760 "Kurt's shoes deserve this and so do I. Many editors hire cars and drivers for the week, but why rent when the real baller move would be to just buy the car and rent the driver for a week?" —S.B.
A Gratuitous Key Fob: $315 "Fashion people are the only ones who would appreciate my spending hundreds of dollars on something that always g...
A Gratuitous Key Fob: $315 "Fashion people are the only ones who would appreciate my spending hundreds of dollars on something that always gets lost." —S.B.
Rock-Stud Pumps: $895 "I'd buy these mostly because they are called 'Rock-Stud Pumps' and I just like the way that phrase sounds when repeat...
Rock-Stud Pumps: $895 "I'd buy these mostly because they are called 'Rock-Stud Pumps' and I just like the way that phrase sounds when repeated quickly ten times." —S.B.
Leather Tank by the Row: $1,890 "Pay extra for those wrinkles." —S.B.
Photo: ZOE
A New Céline bag: Price Upon Request "Duh." —S.B.
Photo: Celine
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