BAkit?

Ano't mayroon ba akong hindi nababalitaan?
I went to Metrowalk last Friday to check out clothes thinking the bargain spot up there near the pirated DVDs area would fit what i expect... but low and behold... a polo blouse is worth PhP1,800!!!!! and that shit isn't even branded! Next surprise is a plaid short dress, not much of a biggy actually, it's just a bit kinda' cute at a whopping PhP1,600!!!! Again, i'm talking no namers...not even Kamiseta or Bayo.. and a bag, which is if my eyes are to deceive my logical reasoning i might have purchased since it matched my abstract kimono blouse perfectly, at a whopping PhP3,600!!!!! The vendor said, it's from Japan...but how on earth would i know right? It's not like someone i know like Shu Uemura or Shiseido...  Was there anything that i missed? I mean, i've been around yes..and i am sure that me working in Antipolo has nothing to do with this surprising news, or is it? Was there some sort of clothes shortage i haven't heard of? What gives these so-so boutiques the right to sell at that cost? Is rent in Metrowalk that high?

Gosh, im bothered... enlighten me