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Elizabeth Currid-Halkett Quotes

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“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.”
— Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
Tagged: Wealth, Economic Signifiers, Rich People, Conspicuous Consumption
“The tote bag is, consciously or unconsciously, a sign of cultural currency. Reading the New Yorker implies possession of rarefied knowledge, cultural awareness and refinement of taste that goes beyond simply reading about world happenings. The tote bag allows one to, even if not intentionally, broadcast one’s possession of such cultural capital.”
— Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, How a free canvas tote became a bigger status symbol than a $10,000 Hermès bag
Tagged: Cultural Capitalism, Knowledge Signaling, Entertainment and Leisure, travel, Advertising, Media, Household Products, Manufacturing
“Knowing these seemingly inexpensive social norms is itself a rite of passage into today’s aspirational class. And that rite is far from costless: The Economist subscription might set one back only $100, but the awareness to subscribe and be seen with it tucked in one’s bag is likely the iterative result of spending time in elite social milieus and expensive educational institutions that prize this publication and discuss its contents.”
— Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
Tagged: Wealth, Economic Signifiers, Conspicuous Consumption
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