Fashion gets weirder, pair of bathroom slippers selling for Rs 1 lakh ($1196) in Saudi Arabia

A pair of blue slippers, simply known as hawai chappals in India, is selling for over Rs 1 lakh in Saudi Arabia. A video shared by an X user, Rishi Bagree, shows the slippers kept in a glass case in a shoe store. In the video, the salesman wearing gloves can be seen pulling out the slippers from the case and putting them up. The price tag kept next to it says 4590 Riyals, which converts to over Rs 1 lakh.

The salesman goes on to show the features of the slippers, running his hand over the bands and squeezing the slipper to show its cushiony comfort.

The video was captioned "We Indians use these sandals as a toilet footwear". The text inside the video reads, “Saudi Arabia: Trendy Sandals For 4,500 Riyals." It has garnered over a million views and almost 13,000 likes.

The video has received hilarious reactions ever since it was posted.

A user wrote, “Indians should take this opportunity to buy chappals here for 100 INR and sell them there for 4500 Riyal (1 lac INR), ROI is 1000x.”

Another user recalled the time when his uncle was rejected by a girl because he was wearing a similar slipper in his proposal picture.

Weird fashion items sold by luxury brands

There have been several occasions when in the name of luxury, companies have pushed weird and ordinary products onto the customer. Luxury brand Louis Vuitton releaseda Sandwich Bag made of cowhide leather, with a staggering price tag of Rs 280,000 ($3,130).The large clutch emulates the colour of the brand's iconic paper shopping bags and has the Louis Vuitton logo and "Maison Fondée En 1854" lettering.

The companyalso released brush-style boots in May this year, with fringes all around the main shoe. They looked pretty tacky and straight out of some wizard movie.

In March this year,Balenciaga went all bizarre when it releaseda braceletthat looks like scotch tape.The bracelet looked exactly like a rollof tape with a Balenciaga logo on it and the word 'adhesive' written on it. The accessory was pricedat a whopping $4,400 (Rs 3,66,834 approximately).