External | Why Does This Pair of Pants Cost $550?

Though we've recently experienced one of the biggest recession in a century it's still possible to find pants that cost as much as $550 or even more. New York Times investigates why the pants costs so much. Are the pants worth what the designers charge for them?

In the end they arrive at the maxim of fashion: clothes are worth whatever people are prepared to pay for them.
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