Quotes About Status

There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality.

Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.

I photograph wealth.

A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.

A hair-hopper is someone who pretends they're rich, who really wasn't brought up very wealthy but now tries to brag that they're rich, and they spend too much time on their hair.

We want to exert pressure on wealthy people.

You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

It's quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place.

Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless.

The Skakel family, when they married into the Kennedys, was so wealthy, they could have purchased the Kennedy family.

People have always been fascinated by the foibles of the wealthy and privileged.

The wealthy are doing just fine in the Obama economy.

At one time, very wealthy ladies only wore real jewels. Now they want costume.

One of the striking features of the early episodes of AMC's hit television show 'Mad Men' is the similarities in the lifestyle enjoyed by the lowest paid members of Don Draper's advertising company and its wealthy partners.

While the agreement provides a level of constraint on Iran's nuclear weapons program, it confers legitimacy on their nuclear threshold status, an unprecedented shift for a country with so many entanglements.

A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.

I mean I have expensive clothing, I just don't wear it.

Cowboy boots you can't wear unless you actually are a cowboy or in a Status Quo tribute band, or over 60; there's something about a retiring gent in cowboy boots that looks sort of presidential.

When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel.

The sole purpose of a crown is to make anyone not wearing one feel like an insignificant pauper. They're obscene to the point of satire.

Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.

I'm constantly walking on eggshells because I'm wearing a $10k outfit.

So, when you see a kid with ratty jeans on, wearing sneakers that aren't clean, you know they're in a certain place economically. I was interested in that experience.