Why do Coach and Doonie & Burke purses cost so much?

From what I understand, the handbags are HAND made from start to finish and the processing of the leather is alway done in a special way.

The name is worth a lot in its self because of the quality of the bag. Having 5 of them myself, they last a long time and never go out of style.

I used to wonder the same thing. I wondered who in their right mind would spend so much on a purse... Now that I'm older... I own one! :) I always liked them, just didn't like the price, but I had gotten a new job and I got a discount so I decided to treat myself. I'll probably never own another purse so nice! It's nice to have nice things sometimes.

They are quality bags but you are right, the prices are outrageous. The designer labels more than triple the cost of what a comparable bag should cost.

There isn't a good reason, the bags hardly cost the companies anything to make. They've just found that people are willing to pay way too much if it means owning some in-style brand name, it's a status item..."look at me I'm rich" type of thing.

They've been around for a long time & all the rich people & celbs like them so everyone likes 'em and the prices get higher! But it's true. you're paying like 300 dollars for something when you can buy so many other, bigger things with that money.

You're paying for the name. For example the Lexus ES300 is the same as the toyata camry, but it costs about 10 grand more.

DUH-its designer.

they are made well and have great materials. =]]