God at that price please tell me the screw mechanism works to adjust it.
This shit's stupid as hell
Submitted 2 months ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Doesn’t look like the teeth are the correct size for the holes in the band… so… probably not…
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
If it does it’s honestly excellent design, even if questionable as a fashion accessory.
Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
the stupid product isn’t as stupid as the fact that people will definitely buy it
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not really a jewelry-wearer, and certainly not an expensive jewelry wearer
That said, I think it’s kind of fun. If I were the kind of person to wear jewelry, I might consider this. I’m a pretty hands-on, DIYer type of guy, I find myself fucking around with hose clamps pretty often, and hell, I might even say I have a bit of affection for them, I’ve solved a lot of problems with them.
That price seems steep to me, but I feel that way about most jewelry. I don’t know what material it’s made out of or how big it is, maybe that’s a fair price for how much silver or whatever is in it, maybe it’s horribly inflated.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
While we’re at it, then, let me point out that cynical Chinese knockoffs of the Leatherman Tread bracelet are totally things that exist and nowadays are readily available for suspiciously small amounts of money.
I’ve got one. I had to remove one link from it to keep it from falling off of me all the time, but it is indeed boss. I would not advise getting into a motorcycle wreck while wearing it, though.
Godort@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The customer is always right.
If people buy the thing, then it wasn’t stupid to make or sell.
Blibly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah it’s still stupid even if you found morons to buy it.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 months ago
So, there are no stupid products, only stupid customers?
wiccan2@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
People can be far stupider still.
How long before people are wearing real hose champs.
How long before a “cheap” knock off is produced.
neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I have about 100 knockoffs sitting in a box in my barn.
$400/piece. No less, I know what I have.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
That’s why it’s funny. Excellent trolling from Balenciaga as always.
steveLeo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 2 months ago
It’s been that way for so long. Pre-ripped jeans, kanye west’s destroyed clothes, cheap jumpsuits but incredibly overpriced because they have a logo on them.
Also zip ties as a fashion statement from a company called ambush?
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I own a jacket that Kanye West tried on before I bought it. What do you think I could get for that?
chaitae3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is how Balenciaga does marketing and all of you are falling for it.
treesquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ok, I realize it looks ridiculous, but you can tell this isn’t actually a hose clamp, right? It’s super thick and has a hinge and is made of silver and just LOOKS like a hose clamp. It’s probably one of the least bullshit products Balenciaga has made in years. They’re normally charging $2000 for a nylon windbreaker made of the same shit you’d buy at Target
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Its probably listed in their cockring department.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Y’all really gonna ignore that that is a cock ring?
procrastitron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They literally named it the “tool bracelet”
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Ol’ Ironsides
steveLeo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
In Brass, Mahogany, even Stained Glass
viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 months ago
Low key brag.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
When I see shit from Balenciaga I’m reminded that climate change actually makes total sense.
Look at this dumb shit. The people selling and buying this live in a world totally removed from the rest of us. I’m having like, a visceral reaction to this - I would look at someone wearing this like I would a poisonous spider.
pentastarm@piefed.ca 2 months ago
grapefruittrouble@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
wow that’s the 2022 version. old news. check out the 2026 version for $1.2k!
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I at first thought this was the Lemmyshitpost community. 😭
architect@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
I love this kind of shit. Total mark. I’ll admit it.
I’m too broke for these brands and I’m not buying anything anyways so keep your hate to a minimum. Also, try to be funny. K thanks xo
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Perfect for that special hoser, eh.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
take off, eh?
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sorry
CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Zier@fedia.io 2 months ago
"Luxury" fashion is just a con to get stupid rich people to fork over their money. People with style will not buy this.
It's so unfashionable that it won't even be counterfeited.EfreetSK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I do hope this shows up in Harry Potter by Balenciaga 3
FRYD@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I actually don’t hate it.
I just don’t know who this is for. The kind of person who would want a hose clamp as a bracelet certainly isn’t the kind of person who get a $700 bracelet.Actually, I just realized while writing this, this is actually perfect for the kind of person with one of those pristine, enormous pickup trucks. It’s for people with wealth who want to larp as working class.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jesus fuck everyone here is mad at the design but im over here wondering who the fuck is paying hundreds of dollars for fuckin brass jewelry??? You could fuckin make it from a $2 roll of nickels.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you know theres probably gonna be a sucker out there wanting it to make himself feel like blingin handydweeb
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Same vibe as the parkinglot princess pickup truck.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Just ordered mine
dismay3915@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Guys… This is actually cool tho
Mowcherie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It would look cool with a punk style. It’s symbolic. I wouldn’t pay that much for it, but it is a funny design and pisses people off.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 months ago
It would be quite a flex to use these to clamp your car’s radiator hose, though.
feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
This is just some other AI scam, right? RIGHT?
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If you wear this out, you are a limousine punk of the highest order.
manualoverride@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We need that American lady with the conspicuous boobs to see this.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
American lady with the conspicuous boobs
That’s an… interesting… way to define a person…
Also:
manualoverride@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ok I worked it out - she is Refashioned Hippie on YouTube. When I watched YT Shorts it was 50:50 fashion fails and “clothes my boobs laugh at”
vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
kinky
drath@lemmy.drath.ru 2 months ago
I cheer when a noname brands and small companies do this. Take money from the rich, give them an overpriced trinket, then inevitably spread it with the community (you’re not selling garbbage to the rich to buy garbage for the rich, arent you?). So yeah, buy those cool rusted zipties and five-figure speaker stands and shoes or whatever, they’re so cool man I envy you so much.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
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Finally! Fashion that makes sense!
dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Look at Mr. Money bag right here
Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Just wear some nuts as rings.
Sure is! wink
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Deez nutz?
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Stainless silver my good man.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re missing the Balenciaga logo, yours is barely worth $100 /s
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 months ago
$3.99 at napa
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Looks better
CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s beautiful