zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Buying
/
Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket
Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:09:39

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

This past Sunday, with no one to see and nowhere to be, I decided to head to the Upper East Side in Manhattan to check out Barneys New York’s going-out-of-business sale. I’d never been to this department store before—it was far too expensive to be interesting—but now that it’s currently in its death throes, I thought what the hell!!!!!!!

Barneys, to me, was always one of those old-school Manhattan institutions. A high-fashion, high-price and high-class department store for girls like to flounce through when there was nothing better to do. As such, I never set foot inside it because I could never afford anything in there anyway. And, for the most part, I think terribly expensive clothes are superfluous and stupid.

This year, . Resulting are ongoing. They hilariously started as (I don’t know who needs to hear this, but five percent off a bag that costs $2,400 is not a sale!), but now the discounts extend to basically everything else and up to 60 percent off certain items.

And they can be very, very ugly items!

I went browsing for some laughs, and I did find something to laugh about.

The photo is blurry because I was laughing so hard. But you get the idea.

This heavily sequined jacket/shirt thing (maybe it’s a smock?) caught my eye from across the room. I went over for a closer look. It was a Valentino and it was very heavy—the design, no doubt, painstakingly assembled unnecessarily by hand. I checked the price tag and had to fight down a laugh.

It was $10,500. This ugly jacket costs more than my car!

I’m being unfair, of course. It was on sale! Thirty percent off, I think, which meant you’d only pay $7,350 for it. Additionally, there was the extra 20 percent off they’d take at the register for your entire purchase, so the final price would come out to something like $5,880. Now, that’s what I call a bargain.

But before Barneys start liquidating everything, it was hoping to sell that jacket at full price. Nearly $11,000 for a sequined piece of clothing nobody can quite place. The nerve!

Instead, I present to you some cars you could buy instead. Wear the car to the garden party. You’d look better in it than the Valentino, I promise.

1. Honda Beat — $9,999

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

2. Infiniti G37 — $7,900

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

3. BMW Z3 — $3,900

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

4. Nissan Laurel Sedan — $6,999

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

5. Porsche Boxster — $

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

6. BMW M3 — $10,500

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

7. Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG — $5,600

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

8. Range Rover — $2,950

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

9. Chevrolet Corvette — $9,000

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

10. Volvo C30 — $2,500

Image for article titled Here's A List Of Cars You Could Buy Instead Of This Ugly Jacket

Any one of these cars would be a better use of your money than that Valentino. Especially the Volvo. I hear it is very boring to drive but its looks have aged well. Unlike the jacket.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Buying
Barney Stinson, Err, Neil Patrick Harris Needs Help Buying A Minivan
Barney Stinson, Err, Neil Patrick Harris Needs Help Buying A Minivan
How I Met Your Mother has been on for so long that it's sort of easy to forget Neil Patrick Harris isn't the different-girl-every-night, theory-for-every-situation guy in real life. Probably. Or the drug-addicted, sociopath of a former child actor from the Harold and Kumar movies. Probably. No, NPH is just...
May 3, 2026
For $39,900, Get A Signed Snake
For $39,900, Get A Signed Snake
In the movie Signs, crop circles portend the arrival of evil. The circles you could make with today’s Viper are potentially parking lot donuts, but does the fact that it’s signed by Carroll Shelby make its price a sign of the times? Prior to his passing, Carroll Shelby was as...
May 3, 2026
For $1,450, Twin Stick It To The Man
For $1,450, Twin Stick It To The Man
During filming of the 1931 classic, The Champ, they used to tell child actor Jackie Cooper that his dog had been run over in order to get him to cry. Today’s Champ needs no such manipulation, although its twin stick gearbox might take some getting used to, as might its...
May 3, 2026
Should You Try Little Caesars' 'Detroit-Style' Pizza?
Should You Try Little Caesars' 'Detroit-Style' Pizza?
Apparently Detroit-style pizza is a thing. I live in Detroit and had no idea this existed until a few preceded the national rollout of this week. In the same way that, I don't know, a dog would call sex "regular-style," there's a certain way of preparing Detroit-style pizza. On the...
May 3, 2026
For $9,800, This CRX Lets It Ride
For $9,800, This CRX Lets It Ride
As is a common occurrence for many gamblers, Honda has been having a run of bad luck rollin' the bones on its recent model introductions. Today’s ’90 CRX comes from an era when the company seemingly was endowed with hot dice and was on a roll. But, will this Si's...
May 3, 2026
For $3,500, Be The Spider That Comes Along
For $3,500, Be The Spider That Comes Along
Summer’s coming up, and what better way to spend it than by spending some dough on a sweet droptop? That summer fun could start with today’s Alfa Spider. That is of course if you don’t find its price to be a top-downer. Yesterday’s Carroll Shelby vandalized could also flip its...
May 3, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved