
Who Gets to Decide What’s Luxury?

This is the very bland and very basic and college-freshman level thing I’ve been thinking about: what is luxury?
Laurel Pantin • Luxury and Pleasure vs The Spiral
As engineering has improved and knock-offs have increased, though, the two-hundred-year tradition of physical luxury goods is fading away.
Seth Godin • Speculation is the new luxury good
I think there’s a lot of depth to be found in the pursuit of beauty, I just think we tend to underestimate the extent to which our taste can be meaningful, rooted in something true about us, rather than reactive and trend-driven. Lately, when I find myself wanting something new, I’ve been considering whether the lack I’m feeling is more fundamental
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