10 REASONS LUXURY INFLUENCERS ARE SELLING THEIR STUFF...IS IT A LIE? 

Loved this. I watched the reactions to Niki Sky’s video and was appalled at the amount of YouRubers bashing her, and becoming enraged simply because she decided to change her ways. Whether she sticks with it or not, it’s her life and her decision. I was shocked when Connor called her “insecure” when in my professional opinion people who are so easily triggered are usually the insecure ones. I agreed with your take on this topic

People change. Priorities change. Interests change. Finances change. Who are we to judge? Maybe they are doing it for clicks, maybe they aren't--but why does anyone care? If you don't like it, don't watch. I love your points, all spot on! 🤚

I can't imagine being angry because someone else wants to spend less money smh.

I can’t imagine paying today’s luxury prices. Never purchased a handbag with the intentions of selling it. If that was the case then you can’t afford to buy it. Agree material things should not define you. Save and invest your money. I retired at 56. Still able to travel and pay bills. Get a good financial planner , invest your money and sit back and watch it grow. Nothing wrong with carrying a contemporary bag and you are financially secure. If you can’t put $10k cash in a 10k handbag then you can’t afford it. Another great video. Thank you for sharing truth! 🙏🏾❤️

I will never cease to be amazed by how many people casually say “we were all home during the pandemic”. Really? My husband and I - nurse and cop - were pulling mandated back to back double shifts, crawling in the door to an empty refrigerator because no one had time to get to the grocery, barely seeing eachother and exhausted in ways you can’t imagine. We were definitely not sitting at home with our feet up shopping 😐 You made some good points here. I don’t believe most of these influences have “seen the light”. Theyre either up to their eyeballs in debt and panic-selling their items before the bottom falls out of the resale market (good luck, it’s already happening), or, like Anna Bey - who I’ve always thought was outrageously fake, I mean, look at how she’s made her money… selling lies to other women 🙄🙄 - now she’s rolling out a midrange clothing line, of course she has to present herself as moderate. It’s what’s “in” now and she’s going to profit off of it. Lydia Millen is another one… she’s got a different identity every week lol. For those influencers who have genuinely realized they’re chasing an imaginary dragon, great… I’m glad for them, they’ll be better off in the end and shouldn’t get hate. But I’m willing to bet that most of what we’re seeing has alterior motives!!

The biggest irony is that these bags are all over the place. Unless you're living a luxurious life one or a dozen bags does not denote luxury. If you're in rented accommodation with a regular salary it's not luxury it's delusion. China is selling more Chanel bags than Chanel!

Spot on. We have way too much stuff.

Most businesses profit from our own insecurities and fears and emptiness. The reason why we overconsume is because we're always trying to fill a void, trying to find that happiness and feeling of excitement, the feeling of worthiness. Anyway, do what makes you happy. To each their own. This is just an observation I made in society and it helped me become more mindful of my own spending habits.

Please pass the collection plate throughout the sanctuary....because this was a WORD!!! It really is a reckoning moment and season we are in right now. All of the consumption has made people go into unnecessary debt, and I am not speaking the influencers, but those of us who follow them and feel you need to keep up with the Joneses...when your name is Brown. We have designer bags but no emergency contingency fund for a last minute disaster, we have designer clothing but no retirement plan, we have the entire Sephora store in our bathrooms but are a paycheck away from financial ruin...and for what? And for who? I commend the influencers that are being in honest about the space they are in mentally, emotionally about consumerism and their complicitness in it. Speaking for myself, I have purchased items I had no business purchasing and I am making a commitment to myself, to be conscious of my spending , do I really need this and why I am buying it. This was a fantastic commentary! THANK YOU!!!

When I buy, it’s because it’s something I like and not because someone else has it. I only spend a small percentage of my gross income on “things”. I have more in savings, and definitely more in investments, than I do in luxury items. If you can afford it, go for it, but do it for the right reasons.

Loved this video, think they are all in debt and are selling to 💰 pay, they are older and seeing it, buyers remorse after years

Hi Michelle, what you’re saying is very true. I’ve never followed the crowd or trends.

👏👏👏say it louder girl! We can't afford groceries! Let alone luxury for clout

They are tired of spending the money. That’s it and that’s all

My dear , great statement, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS 😊

💯 before the pandemic, I was going to buy a lady Dior bag, by the time stores opened up again, they went and doubled the price. I couldn’t bring myself to purchase it. I felt ripped off! Perhaps you can find me a beautiful one in the pre-loved store on one of your live events? 😊 Anyhow, I do love your chats! You’re so down to earth and realistic, it’s refreshing watching your channel! 💕

Thank you ❤. So sad the hate these RU-vidrs have been getting for selling their handbags. You are one of the good ones. Thank for your video

I’ve always said when the “newness” of that bag wears off, you are still left feeling empty that a bag can’t fulfill.

I came here for reassurance. In my case, I was in a pit of depression when I started my "designer" handbag collection. Thankfully I never went into debt... 1000% now I felt like I have too much stuff. The "super fake" market is a whole other story... and thanks for sharing. :)

I just love hearing you speak! You are so sensible! I have slowed down with the handbag shopping…in fact, I have 16luxury handbags and I feel like it’s too much stuff. While I can very comfortably afford these bags, I find myself wanting to let go of some. I’m pretty sure I will at some point. Just not today. Nobody should judge anyone especially for buying less stuff. It’s absurd!

This is the best reaction video I have seen on this topic! Awesome job, well done! You gained a new subscriber 🙂 can't wait to watch more of your videos.

Excellent content and message in this video!! ❤

So so so so love how you speak exactly what you feel, you simply couldn’t care what other thought and I LOVE that

Loved this video!! I too was a former luxury addict but during the pandemic I went the opposite and decided I didn’t need those things anymore. Considering we couldn’t travel or go in office my lifestyle changed drastically. I never recovered the lifestyle that aligned with luxury so I sold most of my stuff and only kept hard to find classics! Also the quality for the price point for ALL these luxury brands sucks so its literally not worth the money anymore !!! XoXo Nikki💋

Great video! Makes one reflect that we have too much stuff ❤

Hi Michelle! TY for being tactful and truthful! I agree with everything u just said. At the end of the day, we’re all gonna die and can’t take these “things” with us. I care now about financial security and generational wealth. And yes cali is NOT cheap, I live in SF and rent here is up to $5K/monthly 😂 I can only afford to buy LV once a year not like once a month lol. I wish. Not going into luxury debt anymore. Now paying it all off. Lesson learned. ❤ I’ve gravitated back towards Coach again, (Telfar, and target to name a few) and I feel better versus feeling broke. And personally I feel like I’m a shopping addict because I have low self esteem. Calling myself out here. Working on saving now-and less spending. Thanks for posting!

Well said. ❤

Came across your video, love how you are down to earth and wise❤️ All the best to you❤️

Agree with all the points you made and well sone for being objective and brave to raise them! Do what we want and need but just be conscious of why. That's it!

Minding your business helps you live longer and look younger

This is so refreshing to watch and in line with my personal views. I still love luxury but it’s never worth putting it above - education, investments, etc and it’s NEVER a good reason to be mean to other people, especially strangers. Enjoy if you can - and if you can’t that’s totally ok too - it’s just STUFF. Like you - I worked retail and luxury retail (prior to becoming a nurse) and I do believe that my jobs have had a monumental impact on my perspective. But honestly, thank you for such a good video.

I love a this video and the points you made 💐👏🏾 though I wasn’t really in the market for luxury goods I always wanted to buy pre loved before new mainly for the points you made. I would rather buy a bag from someone who genuinely “needs the money” on a quality vintage piece than a penny pinching “luxury” conglomerate where the quality is going down.

I don’t see the issue with selling your stuff, and I don’t know why content creators are giving people stick for selling their stuff. If you’re not getting any use out of it anymore, why let it collect clutter in your home? Sell it or donate it. 🤷‍♀️

Finally some wisdom spoken!

Loved your video!!🤗

I just watched the documentary on Brandi Melville this morning and wow was that eye opening. It’s obviously not luxury focused, but consumerism/consumption specific. Everyone should “do you”, but it was eye opening for me.

Hey Michelle! I love this video. I can't relate (not that I have enough bags to sell anything).

Thank you for this video! Eye opener!

Too much stuff! And I’ve only had a few luxury bags but the thrill does pass. And the bill is a lot larger, so the stress of paying so much remains even if it wasn’t on credit. It’s just so much for a thing that carries things. I feel uncomfortable wearing them. Makes me feel like I’m a target sometimes and I feel douchey rolling into my kids public school with a $6k purse even though I didn’t go into debt and thought about it for years. I’ll probably sell my bags.

You are so down to earth.

Great video. 🤚 I have too much stuff 😂 We all evolve overtime and are allowed to change our minds on our lifestyle.

My dear, I have only 4 bags : Cartier cabochon ( mi ex husband gave me 23 years ago) brand new , speedy 25 b Damier ebene brand new LOVE IT, POCHETTE METIS I don’t love it brand new , and PRELOVED CHANEL CLASSIC CAVIAR DOUBLE FLAP MEDIUM BLACK, I will use all of them until they are garbage

Excellent points Thsnk you

The amount of money I spent online in 2020 and 2021 makes me cringe. Much of it ended up on resale sites in 2023. The silver lining is I’ve become more aware and intentional about spending now.

I’m guilty - I like shopping/buying things, not necessarily luxury items though. Who knows if they’re really getting rid of their bags or looking for more attention, I have too many problems of my own to worry about. 😅

Eggs are $12 in Chicago (if you want quality), it’s crazy

Yes! Therapy > a new handbag! Much better way to spend money. I've not bought a new bag since 2022 and I'm very at peace with my collection and love and use all my bags in a nice rotation

I lived life generally as normal during the Plandemic, I worked, went out etc.

Guilty here, I bought Clothes last year to realize recently some pieces still have Price tags on It loll. (Incl Designer pieces),

The only time I was happy was purchase movement. Afterwards it is not so much. Enjoyed shopping, until those designer shops treats the client judge-mentally, and their quality have going down and price keeps going up. It just doesn’t make sense. 😂 whoever saying it is investment of buying a bag, they should take an investment course somewhere. Women should inspire other women to use our money wisely. 😊

Well said!

Luxyry can be a money pit, no matter your budget, there’s always something else to get. If you are not smart with money, you can easily get yourself in trouble. That being said, I will never understand why some get mad because one wants to buy less, but the opposite is true too. Why would I get mad at someone that has more than me? I don’t feel the need to analyze that person trying to find out if she or he can afford it. It’s none of my business, I cannot care less. I’m buying luxury if I can and that’s the end of it for me!

Great video!❤

Yeah the whole idea of the bags being an “investment” just didn’t sit well with me. Yes you can definitely sell your items down the road and some people actually make a profit but to be honest most of us that have sold items know that you usually take a cut just to get rid of said items.

Love this video. I hope peoplewill understand the true meaning of luxury. For example, a minimum wage salary women like me, to be able get a day off when I'm tired and able to eat to my favorite restaurants is luxury. Who cares about luxury bags they said. T

I mostly watch luxury RU-vid for product reviews.

Guilty of the stuff thing

I think this RU-vid bubble also contributed to this whole thing. It started where we came on here to watch a few people who actually owned Hermes bags before RU-vid who are showing us their collections. Then RU-vid became monetized where people made more money on RU-vid than their regular jobs, this meant that young people suddenly began having disposable income to spend on luxury. But the RU-vid platform is now saturated and unboxing is not a thing anymore. Now the competition is stiff and people don't make money on RU-vid like they used to so it makes no sense anymore to keep buying $10k bags. If it wasn't for RU-vid, most of the influencers would not be able to actually afford luxury bags. Influencers have also realized that they can sell their bags and still make money on this platform. But the bottom line is that we all want to look like we are wealthier than we really are and this has contributed to the social media FLEX CULTURE! "THE FLEX IS BULLSHIT".....Bam!

Makes perfect sense. I like bags but I have too many bags so I just use what I have and don't buy anything unnecessary. Although I did get a tory burch bag on sale in March but it was less than 500 for my birthday gift

Wow! Preach ❤❤❤..

Hi Michelle, You did a video of how luxury influencers are affording luxury video a while ago. I watched that. My understanding was that you kind of implied that they maybe buying super fakes? Is my understanding correct? Do you think the content creators that you mentioned in this video are also doing that? These people or like, Jessie Style, or Classic with a Quirk, like I don't think they are buying fakes. I think they are buying legitimate items. (maybe 2nd hand sometime.) But how do you think they afford that? I would like to hear your thoughts on that. My guess is that they have a main job that has good income and they do you tube as a hobby to show what they bought.

Too much of anything is not a good thing. 🤮. IMO

For me, it was her sneering tone that the rest of us are just shallow and can never reach the enlightened spiritual plane she levitated to by the sheer force of her superiority. In England it's called being funny or being shirty and it's a VERY distinctive tone. If she admitted she needed the money, I would have respected that way more.

I like to buy stuff...I have too much stuff. Bad habits.

😊good messaging❤

I have too much stuff 😭

All true!

Trends change, RU-vid algorithms change. They are doing this to probably keep the interest of viewers I am sure. It’s all about the YT money.

It’s just creating content 😌

they are fine but they are like mean girls saying we just poor if buy bags we just need mind own lives thank you is

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Oop!😅

Buying a bag is not just buying a bag when they cost thousands. Be real. It’s to flex. I doubt the majority of people buy because of “craftsmanship” or “quality” or love of heritage.

I think they’re selling because they’re broke. Some appear to have gone homeless and are shooting videos in their car/home. It’s so sad.

As someone who has recently grown to love luxury things, I do feel frustrated with the hypocrisy. I’ve never seen an influencer belittle folks who don’t buy outrageously expensive things; however, people like you are being judge mental about how others spend their money. This video is pretty sad

I get that you are trying give people perspective but yikes, this was harsh. I bought my first LV 2 years ago when I got a bonus. It's beautiful and I still love it. I wear it a few times a week and always get compliments. It's okay to splurge occasionally if you can afford it. I bought a 2nd and don't wear it much. It's not very practical. After that I stopped. I really want to enjoy my purchases. I'm not rich but after raising 2 kids by myself, I wanted to splurge. Don't hate!

Interesting take on the reactions to influencers selling their stuff. But why put that out there if youre not trying to influence someone or everybody. And with that being said my reaction was that they are now selling because buying and influcing people to buy by posting is no longer as lucrative as it was when people were stuck in the house. Everybody has a right to change for what ever their reasons are, and everybody has their right to their take on why. Self Righteous Indignation is not influential.

I dont think it is a very constructive idea to relate wanting beautiful nice things with how people living in slums are living. First it gives a moral acceptance of that living in slums could give more contentment than living in a nice environment. Women in slums are killing their infants by strangling when the poverty and suffering gets to them. Poverty, struggling and suffering is nothing to applaud and have as a moral baseline for how meaningless aspire to a good life with luxury might be. Luxury which often include beautiful crafted pieces made by skilled workers, luxury having time and health and freedom is something i think makes human a better version of them selvs. Not allowing ourselves appreciate beauty, art is deprivation of the soul and could lead to crippling depression which again could lead to poverty, suffering, struggle and death. Dont misunderstand be, many women have died for luxury handbags doing sugarbabe/ sex work/ prostitution. It is a about finding a balance, but dire poverty is nothing to applaud or romanticise as it hurts women and children the most.

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