Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) - Sunglasses and Frames…
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Local pawnshop had a pair of JMM’s in a glass case with a bunch of Michael Kors, Ray Ban, Coach and such. I about lost it when I saw 49.99 on the tag.
Had them take it out for me to see, and it was actually $449.99. No box or case, just the glasses. Womp. Not 100% sure on the model, but looked like the Sandro.
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Look at that, sunglasses with my name!
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There's a JMM sale going on at one of the Australian dealers. Circa 30% off a number of styles, including the Jeff in Zebra for @Anesthetist.
https://www.onepointsevenfour.com/collections/jacques-marie-mage-sale/
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@Graeme thanks for the heads up!
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@Daniel-San amazingly cool glasses. Love Yellowstone. Maybe one day I will get some JMM glasses myself
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grabbed a Earl in Pacific
great offers at eye-oo at the moment!!!
-25% on lots of JMM -
next two arrived
Earl in Pacific and Donohu in burgundy
both exceptional awesome
last picture is one of my older cases compared to the new one I got today, great evolution
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@JerkStore that’s so fucking sad. My dad lives right outside of Pasadena. Sounds like shits in complete and total carnage.
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So very tragic
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2018 Malibu fire was bad. This is beyond insane and I’ve never seen it this bad. I’m coming back from Europe today and praying my house will be there when I land.
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I was in Melbourne today, so I dropped by the local Jacques Marie Mage pusher. There were a few styles I was interested in looking at, one of which was the @JDelage signature model. I liked the frames, but not on me. The shape didn't sit well with the shape of my eyebrows, although they aren't bad in the photo.
I also checked out a pair of the Hisao in white, which doesn't show up on the JMM website. They actually came up a bit small on my face, the wider angle of the forward camera on my phone makes them more flattering than they were.
I also tried on a pair of the Dasan, but I didn't get a photo. They weren't great on me either.
I ordered a pair of the Diana in black with the mirrored lenses in a sale about a week ago, and they're probably the style that suits me the best. I'm going to push out the lenses and replace them with mirrored transitions lenses, so they'll be clear indoors and retain the same look outside.
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The JMM pricing dynamics have been interesting. They seemed to never go on sale and be tightly controlled and they rose in price. I read about capacity constraints at the ateliers, which makes sense given not many operate at those levels or make the investment to cure huge slabs of acetate.
Now I'm seeing significant sales and discounts all of a sudden as they open their boutique in Milan.
I just find these kinds of things interesting and am curious what goes on behind the scenes.
Think it, be it.
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@mclaincausey I wonder if they have priced themselves out of their core market and are trying to recapture some of those clients. There are a few brands out there that their prices have risen significantly over the last 4-5 years and I think it may be a correction of sorts especially with the global economies softening the way they have.
"I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)
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@mclaincausey there seems to be less money floating around than there was during the pandemic, when zero percent interest rates and government intervention were the order of the day. Perhaps people aren't willing to spend so much on a discretionary purchase, as @goosehd speculated.
(As an aside, a couple of software subscriptions have seen 50% increases this year, which largely seem to be justified by investments in AI technology that I'm probably not going to use.)
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@goosehd said in Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) - Sunglasses and Frames…:
There are a few brands out there that their prices have raised significantly over the last 4-5 years
I work in luxury fashion and this is definitely through. especially between 2020-2023. lots of luxury fashion brands are starting to feel the backlash of the aggressive price increases.
