Whar’s so fashionable about flip-flops? Why do they cost a lot?

I honestly can’t see the reason for the exorbitant prices attached to flip-flops. They are comfortable, yes. But fashionable? Heck, no! But some people (a lot!) think they are so much so that they are willing to shell out hundreds, even a thousand bucks, for flip-flops. Oh well, to each his own…

Yet… I actually tried to buy a “tsinelas” - that’s what they are. LOL. - to have a feel of what the majority feels when they go around town - malls, restos, cinemas - wearing one. I ended up confident that tsinelas - flip-flops or whatever you call them - aren’t for me.