Why are men's clothing more expensive than women's?
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Personal style has always been the leading choice of people to make a statement whenever they go to events, trips, be in trend or just to have a nice OOTD for your Instagram, personal blog or just basically being cool. Looking good and sustaining it requires a ton of effort, resources and investments not only with the garments but also by going to the gym, diet, etc.
Men shop. A LOT! Whether it for car parts, perfumes, sneakers, watches or anything we can consume that reflects our interest and personal aesthetic. Don't lie. 'tis true! It's a guilty pleasure for EVERYONE as we do our own respective retail therapies one way or another-no matter what products we buy.
However, the price discrepancy is something most of us overlook. Why the hell does men's clothing more expensive than women's? Has it ever occurred to you as to why where in fact, women has bigger range of choices of designs, clothes and brands than men and most of the garments we buy at our own local department stores, boutiques or through online, women has more material than men and yet, still-men's wear is more expensive than women. ALL THE TIME! Not only there's big difference on the prices but there's also a discrepancy when it comes to the type and brand of clothes that are available.
As a guy standing 5'6" tall (Yes. I'm short. I know. Don't push it), sizes are always big for me. Even if tits already a size small. Length of pants are always long for me which makes it more materials being put into waste and it's something that we as men (or consumers in general) have to do extra efforts to have things altered to our own desired fit and sizes (unlike in the US, there are options for lengths AND waist sizes).
As a consumer, we would always be in a look out for sale so we can buy stuff cheaper than the original price. You just gotta have to look out on those clothes with color-coded tags that shows the discounted amount of your desired garment. But a normal person like me, wouldn't think other wise in buying stuff that are needed especially if the functions we attend to have specific attires. Us, men (or people in general), are always being perceived either 2 things when it comes to fashion: DAPPER and STREET.
If you look into it, when it comes to fashion for men, it's always limited and tend to be more expensive which is making it difficult for us to not only satisfy our budget but also satisfy our personal choice, aesthetic and preference.
For the women out there reading this. Y'all probably be going to comment and argue about the simplicity of men's outfits, being basic and us not being demanded to wear heels, skirts or such. That argument should be reserved on a separate topic on comparing men's and women's fashion. Why can't we have a wider array as women's choices have? Why is this happening? Why is it that for men, there's always a point of double standardization when it comes to shopping?!
I'd leave it to you to answer that.
Since I'd be making you scratch your head reading this and asking yourself what the hell am I talking about? What piece of garbage is this guy trying to point out? It's simple. Men in majority tend to question each other's taste and preference but opts not to go beyond the norm of either being a dapper or a street because of the scare of being called a metrosexual, gay, androgenous or getting bullied as his "bros" might make fun of him forever if he doesn't have the same taste with the pact-or worse, disbanded.
Why tho? Shouldn't be the economical pricing and demand should be much more to women than men? Or shouldn't it be around the same price range when it comes to the type of clothes? Metrics of pricing of a certain product or design is something these brands do know and would only keep it to themselves because it's in the contract that there is a formula to derive the right pricing for the target sales would be achieved or they get fired.
To sum this up, we can't tell why and we can't really give a more cohesive explanation as to why is it like that? it may have been a social norm we just have to accept. In the "woke" generation right now, people would tend to double standard a lot of things. Especially against men.
Ask yourself the questions I am trying to answer in here and I want to know the spectrum of thoughts with regards of this idea and argument.
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