Manolo Blahnik Quotes

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.

Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff.

We live in a world that tells us not to care, to consume everything in sight. It tells us that being cool and being an individual actually means buying what everyone else is buying and doing what everyone else is doing.

I know it's not enjoying my success to do this, but when I see too many Polo shirts, I say to myself, 'That's the end of that.'

I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.

I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I'm told to. But I'm not trapped by it.

'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.

I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.

At some point, extra incomes don't go to sate desires but to attempt to buy status through 'positional goods' - like the hottest car on the block. The problem is that there can only be one hottest car on the block.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.

An object should elicit desire, and often it happens not because people need it but because they love it.

If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time.

When you're young, luxury often means being able to buy something you really want - a high end bag or a specific car.

There are a lot of people on Instagram desperately trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

It's all very well setting up your own brand of face cream or exercise wear - but Christ, it's so shallow.

It's no secret that in our society, and many before, people are trend followers. For some reason, they feel better about themselves if they are dressed in the latest fashion or have the newest tech gadget.

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.