10 Status Symbols We Hope Disappear in the Recession
If the financial crisis has a silver lining it is the decline and fall of the overpriced, over-hyped status economy.
You know, the one built on bling and Hummers and Louis Vuitton for the masses. The past decade may have had its excesses, but none were as stupefying as the $300,000 watch that doesn't tell time.
So I have come up with a list of 10 symbols of conspicuous consumption that I hope will disappear in the coming Age of Thrift. Call them the Relics of Richistan.
We welcome your additional suggestions. (Inspiration thanks to my colleagues at Deal Journal).
1. Live birthday performances by Christina Aguilera.
2. Shadow Yachts
3. Homes with 26 toilets
4. Oligarchs
5. The $100 million, diamond-encrusted skull
6. Paris Hilton
7. The Hermes helicopter
8. Personal aborists
9. 'Million dollar' cocktails with edible gold leaf
10. The word 'luxury.'
What other tarnished symbols of Gilded Age 2.0 could we add to the list?
如果說眼下的這場金融危機還有什么可取之處的話，那就是那個價格離譜、過于張揚的經濟領域能就此沉寂。
你知道，我指的是建立在面向大眾市場的炫酷的飾品、悍馬(Hummers)、路易威登(Louis Vuitton)等類商品上的炫耀性消費市場。過去10年或許也有一些過分的東西，但沒有一個像那只不顯示時間的手表卻價值30萬美元一樣讓人愕然。
因此，我整理了一份代表炫耀性消費的10大關鍵詞，我希望它們在即將到來的“節(jié)儉時代”能消失不見。我把它稱為“富人國遺跡”。這份清單歡迎你提出補充。
1. 生日時請克莉絲汀阿奎萊拉(Christina Aguilera)做現(xiàn)場表演
2. 游艇拖船
3. 有26個浴室的毫宅
4. 俄羅斯靠與政府關系密切起家的富豪
5. 價值1億美元、鑲嵌著鉆石的骷髏頭
6. 帕麗斯希爾頓(Paris Hilton)
7. 愛馬仕(Hermes)設計的直升機
8. 私家園林工
9. “百萬美元”雞尾酒，內有可食用金葉
10. “奢侈”一詞
幫我想想，還有哪些正在褪色的鍍金時代2.0版的象征可以加進去？
If the financial crisis has a silver lining it is the decline and fall of the overpriced, over-hyped status economy.
You know, the one built on bling and Hummers and Louis Vuitton for the masses. The past decade may have had its excesses, but none were as stupefying as the $300,000 watch that doesn't tell time.
So I have come up with a list of 10 symbols of conspicuous consumption that I hope will disappear in the coming Age of Thrift. Call them the Relics of Richistan.
We welcome your additional suggestions. (Inspiration thanks to my colleagues at Deal Journal).
1. Live birthday performances by Christina Aguilera.
2. Shadow Yachts
3. Homes with 26 toilets
4. Oligarchs
5. The $100 million, diamond-encrusted skull
6. Paris Hilton
7. The Hermes helicopter
8. Personal aborists
9. 'Million dollar' cocktails with edible gold leaf
10. The word 'luxury.'
What other tarnished symbols of Gilded Age 2.0 could we add to the list?
如果說眼下的這場金融危機還有什么可取之處的話，那就是那個價格離譜、過于張揚的經濟領域能就此沉寂。
你知道，我指的是建立在面向大眾市場的炫酷的飾品、悍馬(Hummers)、路易威登(Louis Vuitton)等類商品上的炫耀性消費市場。過去10年或許也有一些過分的東西，但沒有一個像那只不顯示時間的手表卻價值30萬美元一樣讓人愕然。
因此，我整理了一份代表炫耀性消費的10大關鍵詞，我希望它們在即將到來的“節(jié)儉時代”能消失不見。我把它稱為“富人國遺跡”。這份清單歡迎你提出補充。
1. 生日時請克莉絲汀阿奎萊拉(Christina Aguilera)做現(xiàn)場表演
2. 游艇拖船
3. 有26個浴室的毫宅
4. 俄羅斯靠與政府關系密切起家的富豪
5. 價值1億美元、鑲嵌著鉆石的骷髏頭
6. 帕麗斯希爾頓(Paris Hilton)
7. 愛馬仕(Hermes)設計的直升機
8. 私家園林工
9. “百萬美元”雞尾酒，內有可食用金葉
10. “奢侈”一詞
幫我想想，還有哪些正在褪色的鍍金時代2.0版的象征可以加進去？