I bought a nice jacket, what went wrong?

If you love it. that all that really matters. Not everyone has the same taste in jackets so those "bad wows" are probably either their own tastes or jelously. Or maybe they just came off "bad" because expensives jackets aren't exactly the school wear norm.
In any case, just take care of your jacket and love it for yourself, no matter what other think!

I had this issue in school. I worked my butt off at a crap job so I could buy myself nice clothes and have a car, and I wore very expensive jeans. It wasn't because they were a certain brand, but because they were long enough for me (try finding a 37" inseam for a girl because you need a little extra for heels) and they fit me right, as I have a little more in the butt and a small waist. People said some things for a while then got over it.

A lot of it is jealousy, some of it is just people thinking you are shallow and trying to impress others. It will die down eventually, when someone does something and there's new gossip to be had.

I think they were jealous. Even if you don't say how much you paid, most people can tell expensive, good quality clothes when they see it. If it looked cheap or regular they wouldn't have asked the price.

What's a bad "wow?"

Everyone has different tastes, just where what you like to wear.
It might be that you've never worn something like that before so people don't think it fits your "image" but that changes after the while and people start to identify you with that.

Like for me I used to just wear t-shirts and sports shorts up until freshman year when I started wearing Half-Zipped colorful jackets and long jeans which was a lot different than the grungy look I used to have. People gawked for about a month but after that, it transformed into my new image.

Everyone has different priorities so when you tell them the price, they're gonna relate that to how that fits into their budget (usually, some other people don't really care, you know) and with the economy being the way it is, you get the responses you're getting because other people didn't make a new leather jacket top on their list of things to get. That's just what you wanted. People at school or work could be saving up for something else, say a car(for example), and then they could tell you the price they payed for a car, and you say "wow." Because your price range that you're willing to spend may be different. And then the price range on things that are not their concern are generally lower in price range. Because they're not concerned with spending top dollar for what they want yet. Then they compare and try to economize.

People are just jealous.and if you love the jacket-----who cares about what bad comments you got? And as far as people asking the price.u can simply say---i wish I knew! it was a gift from uncle bob!