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Yves Saint Laurent selling Nirvana “vintage” t-shirts for thousands of pounds
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 21 July 2023
Yves Saint Laurent’s Rive Droit brand has come under fire for selling a range of Nirvana t-shirts with prices stretching into thousands of pounds.
The reason for the high prices is that these t-shirts are all “vintage”, rather than being brand new creations. And some are seemingly rare, particularly one featuring the artwork from Nirvana’s ‘Incesticide’ compilation, which is selling for over £3000.
Still, while old band t-shirts can fetch high prices, some have suggested that these ones have seen their price tags inflated considerably above their market value, simply for the privilege of buying them from a YSL store.
Oh sure, you could buy a brand new t-shirt with the same design on it for fifteen quid, but does it have that lived in look and feel? No. And who’s to say that isn’t worth three grand, if you also get to carry it home in a bag that suggests you actually bought something nicer?
As this is just a shop selling some second hand clothes, Nirvana themselves have no affiliation with any of this and therefore won’t see any of the profits, should any wealthy idiots actually want to buy any of these t-shirts at the hiked up prices.
As well as Nirvana shirts, there are also others featuring Elvis Presley, The Cranberries and more on offer.
