Just in case you were in any doubt about the scale of the luxury market, try these on for size. Is anyone really fooled by the accent acute, these days? Besides, "luxé" isn't French anyway - it's "luxe". And as for "e-luxury" and "luxury portal" - talk about trying to max out on symbolic capitals.
21 November 2007
Pimping luxury
Posted by iNeedle at 8:24 PM
Labels: conspicuous consumption, elite status, global capitalism, luxury goods, symbolic capital
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