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Unfortunately, when the very thing you're trying to do is status signaling, it's not how "sophisticated" your outfit looks nearly so much as it is the brands in
by rosser 13y ago
Unfortunately, when the very thing you're trying to do is status signaling, it's not how "sophisticated" your outfit looks nearly so much as it is the brands in your outfit. High-end brands signal status by their very high-end-ness. An off-brand, but sophisticated outfit signals far less status than a perhaps less sophisticated, but visibly branded outfit, assuming the "right" brand.
- itchyouch 13y agoIt probably depends on the circles one is attempting to break into, but my selection bias of reading/interacting with the fairly affluent really don't put much stock into brands. In general, the brand-ists I come by, typically are those yet to have "made it" that have nothing better to base their judgements on.