The look for...more? Comme des Garcons magically makes Dr. Martens three times as expensive

Normally I can get behind anything that Comme des Garcons and its visionary creative director Rei Kawakubo might want to do, but I here I sit in front of the Comme des Garcons Dr. Martens Mary Janes, nothing if not confused.

Normally, a pair of Dr. Martens mary janes cost between $90-$110 depending on the specific style, according to the brand’s website. And these shoes here actually bare the branding of the British bootmakers, and yet their price is three times that of any similar shoe I can find on its site. So how exactly did Comme make these shoes worth three times their normal price?

Normally, I’d have an explanation at this point in the post, but…I got nothin’. Zilch. I can’t figure this one out. The buckle on this shoe appears to be a bit different than the one that Docs traditionally have, but other than that, they’re the same shoes with the same overriding aesthetic that we all know very well. As much as I love Comme and Dr. Martens separately, I won’t be participating in this overpriced collaboration. Buy through Saks for $330.

ninjaninja

Comme des Garcons makes lovely leather goods, so I don’t understand this dreadful Mary Jane and Doc Marten hybrid.
- Joey
  
  These are very a Whole Foods-shopping, organic granola-eating, long skirt-wearing type of woman’s shoe. I know this is not PC, but they’re very dowdy, lesbian-looking shoes.
  
  http://redomyshoe.blogspot.com/
Laura

UGLY! simply ugly and overpriced!!!
19yearslater

I like Docs mary-janes, I have a pair, but I wouldn’t pay this much for them. I’m fairly sure that this leather color is actually used on a pair of normally-priced mjs, so there is no reason for this shoe.
mochababe73

I was a teen when Dr. Martens were the height of fashion. I didn’t like them then, and I don’t like them now. They are a little too bohemian for my taste.
Stylista

Ugh! What is this?? Am I still on TalkShoes, or have I magically been transported over to SoleComfort?

http://red-soledfashionista.blogspot.com/
ika

They have premium leather linings, a padded collar, are made in England a better spec upper, are more comfortable and will last longer than the standard docs.