Bags and shoes for fashion investments
Super trendy and excellent investments: here are five must-have pieces to bet on and why. It is a sort of Fashion Investment Guide 2019 that emerges by crossing information between the Stylight and Rebelle fashion portal, a platform for the purchase and sale of luxury second-hand products.
#1) Gucci Marmont Bag
among the most popular bags of the moment is the now famous Gucci Marmont in pink velvet. The original price of this model is € 1,490, and can be resold for € 1,100. Instead for the classic model in black leather, the current value is € 1,690 and can be resold at € 1,200. Although the resale value of the pink velvet model is higher, the black leather model is more suitable in terms of fashion investment, because with these features the bag is sold more easily and faster.
5 REASONS WHY Gucci Marmont is a fashion trend investment:
Stock Exchange: 1st category with high resale value
Leather: 2nd material with high resale value
Gucci: 5th brand with high resale value
Black: 1st color with high resale value
Iconic design with statement logo
# 2 DIOR SADDLE BAG
The Dior Saddle bag has become a must-have from the moment it was presented by John Galliano in 1999 during the S / S 2000 fashion show, and has officially returned to the catwalk during the A / W 2018 fashion week thanks to designer Maria Grazia Chiuri. The bag is available in different materials, sizes, colors and patterns, and can be reinterpreted with its lavish shoulder straps.
The resale value of the Dior Oblique in Canvas is € 2,100 and is very close to the original price of € 2,300, while the resale price of the 1999/2000 model has seen an increase of over 200% compared to last year with a resale value of € 1,200.
5 REASONS WHY the Dior Saddle bag is a fashion trend investment:
Stock Exchange: 1st category with high resale value
Leather: 2nd material with high resale value
Dior: legendary luxury brand, among the top 10 brands with a high resale value
Camel: 3rd color with high resale value
Iconic design and statement piece
# 3 GUCCI PRINCETOWN SLIPPER
Gucci Princetown slippers are a combination of comfort, luxury and design, and can be found in different colors and patterns. The mules model with Michele’s iconic bees and gold-threaded star embroidery is one of the most sought-after models on Stylight in recent months and has certainly earned the title of “Statement Piece”.
In the “shoes” category, Gucci Princetown slippers are among the best-selling slippers of 2018/19. Their retail price is € 650 and they come to have a resale value of over € 450.
5 REASONS WHY Gucci Princetown is a fashion trend investment:
Shoes: 5th category with high resale value
Leather: 2nd material with high resale value
Gucci: 5th brand with high resale value
Black: 1st color with high resale value
Iconic design with a gold statement karabiner
# 4 FENDI BAGUETTE BAG
The legendary 1990s bag is famous for having won Carrie Bradshaw’s heart in Sex and the City, making it one of the first it-bags in the history of fashion. 20 years later, the Fendi Baguette has once again become one of the most sought-after bags. According to data from Rebelle, the prices of second-hand models have increased considerably in recent months, and the Fendi Baguette currently has a price that varies between € 2,000 and € 3,000 depending on the model, thus obtaining a resale price that is keeps it as high.
5 REASONS WHY Fendi Baguette is a fashion trend investment:
Stock Exchange: 1st category with high resale value
Fendi: 4th brand with high resale value
Brown: 2nd color with high resale value
Iconic design of the 90s with logo statement
# 5 NIKE 10 AIR FORCE OFF-WHITE
Undoubtedly, the Balenciaga sneakers by Alexander McQueen or Triple S are among the most sought after models, but this does not mean that their value will remain unchanged in the years to come, so if you want to give the name of “collector’s item “To the beloved sneakers, the models on which to invest are those of the capsule collections or limited editions, such as the Airforce Nike x Off-White. The initial retail price of these shoes was € 170 and is currently sold for € 2,507 on Farfetch.
5 REASONS WHY limited edition sneakers are a fashion trend investment:
Shoes: 5th category with high resale value
Leather: 2nd material with high resale value
Nike x Off-white: exclusive partnership of two brands
Limited edition: limited edition items often have a higher resale value
Categories
The trend of sneakers and “fashion sporty” clothing in general in the last few years is decidedly obvious and undeniable, especially on Stylight where we have found a search increase of + 225% in this category in the last year (2017/2018 vs 2018 / 2019). But based on the data collected by Rebelle, shoes and ready-to-wear are only in 5th and 4th place when it comes to going for a “fashion investment”, where instead the bags category reigns undisputed.
The fashion world, however, does not remain indifferent to consumer demands and for this reason has created collaborations and limited editions that succeed in climbing the ranking of the re-sale, thus giving all the different categories a greater resale value, the examples of most successful are represented by Off-White, Supreme, Yeezy Adidas and Vetements.
> Brand
The top brands of the moment are there for all to see and among them appear young names like Jacquemus, Ganni and Self Portrait, who proudly manage to make space among the various fashion giants, but when it comes to resale value i brands such as Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Fendi remain among the most popular brands. Having said that, however, the real winners of the fashion investment standings are Gucci and Prada who perfectly combine the current trends and the recognizable evergreens that have always distinguished them, reporting 86% growth in the last year.
colors
When it comes to resale, the colors on which to invest are often the most basic ones like black, brown or taupe, with the exception of some brands like Hermès, who have created variations of their iconic bags like the Birkin in very rare colors like pink sakura, or sapphire blue, making it the forbidden dream of many collectors.
Colors with the highest resale value:
black
1. Black
brown
2. Brown
taupe
3. Taupe
camel
4. Camel
gray
5. Gray
Mini or Maxi
Who said that the measures don’t matter? In the last 12 months the phenomenology of the mini has been going crazy, bringing mini bag research to a growth of + 43%. The Mini Ciquito by Jacquemus is certainly one of the many representatives of this trend but also iconic brands like Dior and Fendi presented some of their “miniature” war horses. If the tendency is to have smaller bags, however, it should not be forgotten that the bag is an accessory that often accompanies women on different occasions, making the larger dimensions more common in everyday use.
