Could Telfar’s policy of accessibility spell doom for its popular bags?

theguardian.com:

It was a “beautiful chaos” according to Vogue. Customers waited in line for hours at the Rainbow fast fashion outlet on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn to get their hands on a “Telfeezy,” or a Telfar shopping bag earlier this month. The scene with Haus of Telfar dancers voguing and doing death drops played out across social media platforms making Telfar a trending topic for days.

The collaboration with Rainbow, a clothing store found in predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods, garnered harsh criticism of the Black-owned fashion company in some quarters.

Twitter users called the bags cheap and scoffed at the thought of attending an event at the low-end fashion outlet. “​​I wanted one when they were hard to get. The fact they are bout to be at rainbow really makes me look at them different now,” wrote one Twitter user.

Under the trending topic “ugly Telfar”, another posted “Unpopular opinion: Telfar bags are ugly and the material ain’t worth the price.” and another user wrote “idk telfar bags are ugly to me