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trinityofone ([personal profile] trinityofone) wrote2006-03-04 11:44 pm
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The write stuff.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love [livejournal.com profile] slodwick? Not only did she make this hilarious icon based on my brother's reaction to European exit signs, she made me a gorgeous cover for my Urban Legend Challenge story, Silence Implying Sound.

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I love John in this. I...love John, basically.

(And Rodney too! Don't ever let him doubt!)

Thank you to everyone who's been distracting me with drabble prompts. You can still request one; I'm getting sleepy, though, so there's a good chance I might not get to it until tomorrow. It really does help my bleh mood. I like to write.

Speaking of, could you maybe help me out with a few questions for a fic? I have no concept of what anything costs, so do you think you could maybe tell me how much the following would be:

a) Really fancy, designer drapes?
b) A full-price, top of the line Armani men's suit?
c) Again, a really fancy, designer men's shirt?

It's amazing how hard it is to find this stuff out online; when something is really top-of-the-line, it apparently becomes uncouth to list its price. But hey, let's be vulgar! Help me out!
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[identity profile] of-evangeline.livejournal.com 2006-03-05 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
A really fancy dress shirt could go from $500 to $1000, but hey, that's Canadian dollars. XD

[identity profile] sinensiss.livejournal.com 2006-03-05 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
info on men's suit prices, including bespoke Savile Row tailoring (http://www.englishcut.com/archives/000016.html). Some of them are listed in pounds, but I figure you can probably do that conversion. *g*

as for designer drapes, it would depend on the fabric; expensive fabric can be a hundred bucks a yard or more (imported silk, linen, satin, etc., especially if it has hand-made elements like embroidery or special dyes.) Add a designer's costs on top of it, and you could spend hundreds or thousands, depending on how many windows you were draping. In other words, pick a number--you can justify it narratively.

[identity profile] lillyjk.livejournal.com 2006-03-05 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
have no clue on the drapes...but a really nice, hand-tailored shirt - easily $750-$1000. and an Armani suit, at least $3000

[identity profile] corinna-5.livejournal.com 2006-03-05 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Figure at least 2K on the suit, and a high-quality shirt could go around $200-300. You can get bespoke shirts in New York for the higher sum.

Drapes, fancy wouldn't be designer, they'd be interior design. You'd have them custom-made, and it would depend on the fabric and who you worked with.

[identity profile] emidala.livejournal.com 2006-03-05 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
when I was in rome with my latinists in 1997, one of them (the only guy!) bought a prada shirt for something like 9,000 SEK. the only reason I remember this is because people argued about it for the entire trip (sixteen girls thought it was too much money, one was his girlfriend and forced him to buy it, and I could not care less but thought it was absolutely hysterical that a guy whose idol in life was michael jordan had just spent four months' rent on a shirt). this was in 1997, when a dollar was worth about 7 SEK, so you do the math. I bet prices have gone up-up-up since then, too.

Designer drapes

[identity profile] roaringmice.livejournal.com 2006-03-06 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, designer drapes would be done by an interior designer, who may be working with a seamstress/tailor. The cost would depend on the designer, the complexity of the design, the fabrics used, how much fabric, etc. I'd estimate one set, for one window, perhaps US$500 at the low end, up to thousands.

And in the US, we call these "custom window treatments", rather than "designer drapes".
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