I went to Lebanon, and as I mentioned in my last post, I was going with a positive attitude to enjoy my whole vacation because I needed it. And I did, it was the best vacation I ever spent over there...between my friends' pub in jbeil - The best rock bar ever where we had our Extra Gathering - and my friends and family, it was great...nothing more to say. Only one thing caught my attention and I couldn't stop myself from writing about it ...
We went once to ABC Dbayeh - the whole concept of ABC dbayeh makes me want to puke by the way - the VIP cinema, the valet parking, the lips, the boobs, the chest hair and the cigars...but what triggered my anger was the "Lebanese designers" corner. I was curious to check out the work and encourage the designers by purchasing something from their collection, I grabbed a nice bag and asked the salesperson about the price. She said 250 $. I must have reacted with a weird facial expression as she told me " if you want something cheaper, you can check out these wallets, they are for 150 $ " Double weird expression, I thanked her and left...
I couldn't stop myself from thinking about the outrageous prices of the items in this section. Who are they selling them to? 99 % of the Lebanese population cannot afford these bags, and I mean some of the stuff are not even their designs, and I am sure the production costs are not that extravagant...
I would love to encourage the Lebanese designers but I won't pay for something quintuple it's value! Buying couches from "Souk el ahad" and selling them for 2000 $ is unacceptable. Putting a street name on a bag and selling it for 250 $ is not tolerated.
Instead of having affordable prices to empower the Lebanese production and the Lebanese artisans, well let's aim for the elite and to hell with the other 99% .
Too Bad !
We went once to ABC Dbayeh - the whole concept of ABC dbayeh makes me want to puke by the way - the VIP cinema, the valet parking, the lips, the boobs, the chest hair and the cigars...but what triggered my anger was the "Lebanese designers" corner. I was curious to check out the work and encourage the designers by purchasing something from their collection, I grabbed a nice bag and asked the salesperson about the price. She said 250 $. I must have reacted with a weird facial expression as she told me " if you want something cheaper, you can check out these wallets, they are for 150 $ " Double weird expression, I thanked her and left...
I couldn't stop myself from thinking about the outrageous prices of the items in this section. Who are they selling them to? 99 % of the Lebanese population cannot afford these bags, and I mean some of the stuff are not even their designs, and I am sure the production costs are not that extravagant...
I would love to encourage the Lebanese designers but I won't pay for something quintuple it's value! Buying couches from "Souk el ahad" and selling them for 2000 $ is unacceptable. Putting a street name on a bag and selling it for 250 $ is not tolerated.
Instead of having affordable prices to empower the Lebanese production and the Lebanese artisans, well let's aim for the elite and to hell with the other 99% .
Too Bad !
