Shoppers are left baffled by a bizarre Maison Margiela earring designed to look like a tag holding gold hoops – and brand its £220 price tag ‘insulting’
- Deceiving Maison Margiela earring is made from calfskin and gold-tone brass
- The single accessory has been created to look like a normal pack of gold hoops
- The ‘tag’ earring is now on sale for £84 after originally being priced at £220
Shoppers have been left baffled by a deceiving Maison Margiela earring designed to look like a tag holding a pair of gold hoops – and branded its £220 price tag ‘insulting’.
The luxury French fashion house’s ‘Tag’ earring is marketed as a single piece, with the ‘cardboard’ made from white calfskin.
The gold pieces – made from brass – are detachable and can be worn as regular hoops.
The earring is now on sale through Ssense, reduced to £84 – but even at its lower price, shoppers weren’t convinced.
Confused fashionistas took to Twitter to share their comments, with one asking whether they had been wearing earrings incorrectly their entire life.
Shoppers were left baffled by a deceiving £220 Maison Margiela earring – which is designed to look like a normal pair of gold hoops
The brand’s ‘Tag’ earring is designed to look like a packet of regular earrings – however it’s actually a piece in itself
Others were puzzled by the original high price of the accessory.
Twitter user @doragzplora penned the original tweet which sparked the online outrage, writing: ‘*Online shopping* Oo this would be a nice basic set of earrings *swipes through photos* wait what.’
Her tweet went viral, racking up over 119,600 retweets and 528,300 likes – and other baffled users agreed, with one branding it: ‘Horrific.’
‘Have I been wearing them wrong this whole time? And also why are they so expensive?’ asked another bewildered shopper.
Another Twitter user commented: ‘Imagine hanging a tag with earrings on from your ear,’ while one branded it ‘shoplifter chic’.
Twitter user @doragzplora penned the original tweet which sparked the online outrage, writing: ‘*Online shopping* Oo this would be a nice basic set of earrings *swipes through photos* wait what’
The earring is on sale through Ssense for £84, after originally being priced at £220, and the ‘cardboard’ element is actually white calfskin
Luckily, those who buy the earring are able to remove the gold pieces and wear them as regular hoops – however they are marketed as one single piece
Many Twitter users suggested that the price tag for the earring was much too high – with one arguing that high fashion brands alienate regular shoppers
‘”Tag earring” is the most insulting thing I’ve seen,’ fumed another.
Many suggested that the price tag for the earring was much too high – with one arguing that high fashion brands alienate regular shoppers.
The Twitter user fumed: ‘Why can’t high fashion be creative and accessible? I don’t want to pay $300 or $400 for earring just because it’s made by something. Rich or not (sic).’
Another raged: ‘And they were initially charging over £200 for this monstrosity,’ writing in capital letters for added impact.
And a third wrote: ‘These designer brands clearly lost their creativity (sic).’
However some did seem to like the piece, with one person tweeting: ‘Is it weird that I actually like it?’ to which another replied: ‘I like it too? We’re in this together.’
Other confused users took to Twitter to share their comments – with one dubbing the piece a ‘monstrosity’