Originally Posted by
Annalisa12
Regular clothes shopping or shoe brands are often cheaper in the USA. However, in my experience the designer labels, Vuitton, Dior etc are similar when taking in to account he exchange rate of the countries.
If you take into account the exchange rate, when the dollar was strong designer clothes in the US and Europe was much cheaper as the exchange rate for AUD was imported at approximately 80c. The strange thing is that low-mid range stuff like GAP, Zara and H&M has a hefty mark up in Australia whilst something like Brooks Brothers is the same price. The main issue for shopping designer wear in Asia is that it is often a season to half a season ahead.