# Most expensive piece of clothing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637 "2005-01-31T18:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/21 "2005-01-31T22:42:37Z")
I’ve got some shoes that were around $150, a pair of heels and a pair of Tredairs. And my official “Texas Crew” jacket was $150 but totally worth it as it’s Gortex and I still wear it a lot. Truthfully, I usually wear “expensive” (for me, over $50) shoes with clothes from Target and Old Navy. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/22 "2005-01-31T22:45:34Z")
Ironically, the most expensive bit of clothing I wear was also the cheapest. My boots had to be hand-made and cost well over £400 - call it $800 at current exchange rates. Fortunately, work paid for them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/23 "2005-01-31T22:50:11Z")
Probably my tennis shoes. Although I got them free from my cousin, they cost him about $50. If it weren’t those, it’d be a pair of jeans at around ~$25. As long as it fits and isn’t stained, I don’t care about clothes and would never pay more than $100 on something other than a suit. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/24 "2005-01-31T23:18:45Z")
While I can’t wear it anymore (it was a graduation gift), I have a double breasted linen Versace suit that was IIRC, $1700 new. It does still occupy a place of honour in my closet. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/25 "2005-01-31T23:36:30Z")
I paid $90 for a scoop-necked top with a Princess waist. It’s gorgeous and it’s lasted me several years. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/26 "2005-01-31T23:39:07Z")
Uhm. _thinkety_ Would have to be my favorite pair of boots - 11 inch harness boots from a well-known SF store for approx $130 plus tax. Got them in uni, wear them occasionally and take good care of them. Black greatcoat when I was facing up to my first Seattle winter. :eek: Ran about… $100, I think. Had to get it retailored so I wasn’t swimming in it, which was another wad o’ cash. Then my everyday Fluevogs, which I got off ebay for $70, about half retail price. On the other hand, I wear clothes until they’re falling to bits, and shop about that often, too… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/27 "2005-01-31T23:46:54Z")
**lizardling** Stomp around town in them? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/28 "2005-02-01T00:04:40Z")
After spending a couple days trying to find an appropriate and reasonably priced dress to wear to my cousin’s black tie wedding last year, I finally said “fuck this shit, I don’t care how much the dress costs, as long as it fits and is flattering.” And thus I ended up with a $175 Jones New York black floor length dress. Anyone got an excuse for me to wear it again? Yeah, I didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/29 "2005-02-01T01:03:42Z")
My Calvin Klein black wool winter coat. I love it and it’ll be stylish for _years and years_. So that makes the price _absolutely_ reasonable if you calculate it on a cost-per-day-worn basis. Right? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/30 "2005-02-01T01:14:46Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > **lizardling** Stomp around town in them? 😉 Well, I’ll be. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/31 "2005-02-01T01:19:50Z")
Somewhere around $500. I bought a WWII [Historical Horsehide A-2 Jacket](http://www.flightsuits.com/leather_a2_hist_horse.html) a few years ago from the linked site. For a few bucks more, they allowed me to ask for some customizations. In fact, they made my jacket to order, shipped it so I could try it on, and allowed me the option of returning it if the sizing wasn’t just right so that they could make me another – at no extra cost. Nice place, and I really like this jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/32 "2005-02-01T01:21:29Z")
I like the cut and feel of good quality suits. I spent about $2,500 on a couple of Hugo Boss suits, together with assorted ties and shirts a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/33 "2005-02-01T01:51:21Z")
Probably the suit i got married in. It’s a Donna Karan wool suit for which i paid about $225 in the San Francisco Loehman’s store. Most expensive things that i wear with any real regularity? A pair of Ecco leather boots, also purchased in SF: $165 at the Ecco store A Tommy Hilfiger brown wool overcoat: $130 at Marshall’s I don’t usually pay more than $70 for a shirt, and i’ve bought plenty of decent shirts for well under half that. It’s good to wait for sales. As for pants, i spend most of my time in jeans—Levis or Calvin Kleins, mainly black—that come in under $40. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/34 "2005-02-01T02:40:32Z")
Couple of answers to this… Single most expensive purchase of clothing? Lady Chance’s wedding dress: somewhere around $800 and currently residing in the attic on a dress form (because all attics should have wedding dresses on forms, right?) Single most expensive day-to-day item? My current $450 leather jacket. It weighs about 25 pounds. I like 'em thick. Most expensive outfit? My ren faire costume. Blousy shirt, leggings, tights, cloak, belt, purse, sandals (or boots), hat, cloak - about $1500. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/35 "2005-02-01T02:55:47Z")
Does special purpose gear count as clothing? I have a diving drysuit, immersion (survival) suit, floater worksuit, down parka & pants for extreme temperatures at altitude, a down parka for arctic environments, etc. Some of this stuff is well into the thousands of dollars, but I wouldn’t exactly call it everyday clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/36 "2005-02-01T06:00:38Z")
If you count my two-piece motorcycle leathers as one suit, then it’s ~$700. I also paid $300 for my tux, and about that for my suit (reminds me, I really need a new one). ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/37 "2005-02-01T06:53:35Z")
Ecko Unltd jacket for about 150 dollars eventhough it was a generous gift on my Birthday and a black T-Shirt that I had JEREMIAH (My Name) airbrushed on the total price for that was about 40 dollars, come on a 40 dollar t shirt is expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/38 "2005-02-01T07:01:24Z")
Lessee… Tuxedo–probably a couple thousand all told (with shirt, vest, etc.) (yes, ladies, I own a tux) Suit–$900? Raincoat–$700? Glasses–$800? Filson coat–$250-350 (I’ve got 3 different kinds) Birkenstocks–$200-ish Various shirts, belts, jeans, etc.–$50-250 Going to a fine restaurant looking like a lumberjack but getting compliments from the few people who actually recognize what you’re wearing–priceless ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/39 "2005-02-01T14:51:24Z")
I have a few Armani suits, a Ferre suit and some tailored ones. They were 'spensive - but at the time it seemed to make sense. Now, I think spending more than say 600 bucks on a suit is kinda silly. Then again, these suits look _good_ . ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637/40 "2005-02-01T16:00:42Z")
$1300 St. John suit. It’s a classic. Susan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-piece-of-clothing/287637.md?page=3)