Morphea

I am not a genius when it comes to understand the market laws of economics, but from what I read it seems that in the US there is an economic crisis going on and for sure the dollar has lost a lot of value. So I just wonder ... how comes that bags prices increase? Shouldn't the producers try to keep them down to attract the customers? I mean if the situation gets really tough, the first things one will do without are luxury goods (paying the rent or buying a designer bag? Maybe a difficult choice but if you don't want to sleep under a bridge you have only one way to go).
OK, maybe this post is just plain silly, but I just don't understand how it works...