This is why you don't need designer stuff

I was sitting in the lounge recently and my flatmate turned to me and said "I'm buying a Louis Vuitton bag for £1,000 and I don't know what colour to get it in". Yes, this is the person I live with.

What followed was then a heated debate in which I refused to help him choose a colour because I'm essentially opposed to buying luxury designer goods. People are going to disagree with me but, quite frankly, I don't care because those people can go to hell along with my flatmate.

It's overpriced

Everything designer is overpriced. Period. Yes, often you're paying for quality. But you're also paying for the status of owning that piece of luxury produce, and if that's the only reason you want it then it's basically a total waste of your cash.

It makes you look like a twat

I now have to walk through town, often daily, next to a guy wearing a Rolex and carrying a Louis Vuitton bag (pictured above) to the gym. TO THE GYM. What's wrong with a Nike duffel bag? And no - buying a sports brand is not the same thing as luxury designer. Don't try and twist this around.

Designer stuff looks bad

I mean, a lot of luxury goods actually look terrible. Look at Lacoste or some of the Ralph Lauren polo shirts. Are we 45 years old and at a golf club? No. These things are expensive simply for being expensive. So essentially they're the material version of the Kardashian family.

Go for something timeless

Granted, a lot of designer brands produce goods that have the 'timeless' quality, or are at least marketed that way. I'm slightly more in favour of this. When you can use something for years without it completely falling apart, that's a good investment. But timeless is also about style, and many designer goods look great for the first six months and then go out of fashion, especially when downmarket brands start producing high-street knockoffs. My flatmate's LV bag looks like a chessboard exploded all over it - which might look trendy now, but next year? I'm not convinced.

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