@chloeikennedy my roman empire is how & why people signal status: 1. Patricians high wealth, low need for status ex: Loro Piana 2. Parvenus high wealth, high need ex: Birkin lawsuit 3. Poseurs low wealth, high need ex: dupes, Stanleys 4. Proletarians low wealth, low need ex: Carhartt https://t.co/aefs7FrjCk
@chloeikennedy my roman empire is how & why people signal status: 1. Patricians high wealth, low need for status ex: Loro Piana 2. Parvenus high wealth, high need ex: Birkin lawsuit 3. Poseurs low wealth, high need ex: dupes, Stanleys 4. Proletarians low wealth, low need ex: Carhartt https://t.co/aefs7FrjCk
Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position.
bbc • The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
