Why do they make that?

As you may or may not know, many top designers like to extend beyond apparel in their designs. I’m not talking about shoes, or jewelery, or even makeup. Take a look at some of the most random things I could find that are made by our favorite designers. Pictures at the end.

Chanel has had a “sport” line for some time now. It has featured things from fishing poles, to snowboards, to the most insanely chic bicycle you have ever seen. I’ve never really questioned the line because, well.. It’s Chanel! But when I saw that they were marketing a boomerang, I couldn’t NOT say anything. I just don’t understand how this came about. I’m not even sure that boomerangs are used much in Australia anymore. It seems like sort of a waste, especially at an estimated $15,000. Everything else featured in the sport line, while extravagant, is still functional. Skis, tennis rackets, and aforementioned items are at least somewhat practical. But this, this is just a little much.

Another pretty ridiculous item that I’ve come across is Yves Saint Laurent’s new brand of cigarettes. They are menthol 100′s, and from what I have found, they are about $20 per pack. If you smoke, you know for a fact that no one in their right mind would pay that much for a pack of cigarettes. it seems a bit insane to me that they would make these luxury cigarettes, and actually expect people to buy them. But I guess all the Hollywood starletts will just eat it up.

The final random designer item on my list is the Dolce & Gabbana Gold RAZR cell phone. Only 1000 of these phones were made worldwide. The outer casing is made of machine-cut gold and has the designer name plastered all over it. It is hard to find information on this product because it was so rare, but I’m sure that it was definitely not cheap. Sharon Stone and Hilary Duff are the only people that I’ve heard about even owning this phone. Hils actually featured it in her music video way back when. The cell sounds super cool, but if you ever had a RAZR, you know that they are pretty much crappy phones. Mine got cancer and died, and I’ve only heard of a few people that actually enjoyed their RAZR problem free. Maybe D&G should have chosen a more quality product to brand their name across.

Maybe the desginers should just stick to making clothes, but maybe that’s just me. Would you spend money on any of these items if you had it?

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