status-symbol

The auction market gained momentum throughout 2010, as art buyers began shrugging off their recession fears and wealthy newcomers from Asia joined the global competition for status-symbol art.

Bets Are In For 2011's Art Sales: Pop, Calder, Contemporary Chinese Art wsj.com 2011

A younger woman in line, who was buying a status-symbol purse as big as herself (she was small) cast us a very disapproving look when I said I was just going to go back to the Victorian era.

Victoria Magazine Winter, 1988 2009

At the same time, China is proving a boon to Coach's sales, as residents that have become more affluent buy the retailer's status-symbol bags.

Coach to Move Production From China Karen Talley 2011

Known for yogurt and bottled water, his former employer, Groupe Danone SA, has a dressed-down style, where executives rarely wear ties, in contrast to the sleekness found at Louis Vuitton, an empire built on status-symbol handbags.

With Leap To Vuitton, A Change In Culture Max Colchester 2011

What's out, based on the firms' concepts, are towering status-symbol executive desks and trophy-laden "ego walls."

Designs to Make You Work Harder Sue Shellenbarger 2011

The auction market gained momentum throughout 2010, as art buyers began shrugging off their recession fears and wealthy newcomers from Asia joined the global competition for status-symbol art.

Bets Are In For 2011's Art Sales: Pop, Calder, Contemporary Chinese Art wsj.com 2011

Top 25 Selling Artists at Auction in 2010 The auction market gained momentum throughout 2010, as art buyers began shrugging off their recession fears and wealthy newcomers from Asia joined the global competition for status-symbol art.

Bets in '11: Pop, Calder, Chinese Coins Kelly Crow 2011

There are thousands and thousands of late-model vehicles on the roads here, every sort from the tiniest Ford Ka to the status-symbol big Hummer.

NYTimes Article re Mexico 2008

And a status-symbol watch is often exactly what they're looking for.

Cool High-Tech Watches Hannah Elliott 2010

With US First Lady Michelle Obama ploughing the White House lawn to plant organic vegetables, with climate change making lawn maintenance more problematic in Britain, with the fashion for the natural and with a global economic downturn, it may be that what was once a status-symbol is now a little bit naff.

Archive 2009-06-23 2009