"Most people just use these as a status symbol, to show they have money," said a Haagen-Dazs employee who gave only her last name, Li.
In fact, it's a status symbol among bachelors to have a great lounge/TV area.
Chocolate was originally invented as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol for the Aztecs and the Maya.
Across the room, a striking Lorenzo Lotto portrait shows a middle-class family proudly displaying an Anatolian carpet, an expensive status symbol.
In Brazil whisky is a status symbol for the growing middle class (in the North-East of the country it is often drunk with coconut water over ice).
Prada is considered to be among the most coveted brands in the world and is undoubtedly a celebrated status symbol.
The Maybach has been adopted as the ultimate status symbol by Russia's super-rich.
They want to reduce their attachments to status symbol, 11 fast-track careers and great expectations of Having It All.
Links are static code, while the link for the status symbol (the red X and the green checkmark) and item subject must be rendered on-the-fly.
After all, if you spend all that money on a status symbol, you want to make sure that other folks recognize your good taste, even at a distance.
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