Sentences with phrase «become status symbols»

Things like clothes, automobiles, and houses become status symbols.

Much like BMW and Mercedes - Benz have become status symbols among car owners in certain circles, a German pipe company has become the benchmark for cool in the cannabis paraphernalia industry.

My critism is not at people working 9 to 5 jobs but at the whole system of 9 to 5 jobs.Having a 9 to 5 job also becomes a status symbol in South Africa cause a job means money, money immediately means a better standard of material living.Its very frustrating actually.There are many creative options as a way of earning a living.Again, to reitterate, its the system that gets me mad, institutionilisation of peoples lives for money...

As such, babywearing also became a status symbol, but not in the same way.

The stroller became a status symbol as only the upper - class population could afford such luxury.

By owning such birds, members of high society appeared to be above the law, and the birds became a status symbol.

In part, that's because Senate confirmation has also become a status symbol among some Washington bureaucrats: Those holding such positions are more likely to be called to testify before Congress, as well as granted access to internal discussions that are off - limits to lower - ranking colleagues.

Because it was more expensive than brown flour, it also became a status symbol.

Once the coachman's heavy overcoat it became a status symbol in the power dressing eighties.

Alfa Romeo realized that its cars were becoming status symbols, and the company began to consider mass production.

This model became a status symbol in Korea, which many politicians and wealthy business executives have used.

After wearing out two UV, I was surprised that SUV had become a status symbol.

It has become a status symbol for the upwardly mobile middle - management set, just as the original GTI came to represent the cash - rich «yuppie» over 30 years ago, and continues to thrive in spite of the charge of cars such as the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series.

Dogs have become a status symbol for affluent Chinese, especially in Canton, a booming southern city of more than 5 million.

They became a status symbol and were much sought after.

Modern medicine is considered more «progressive» and becomes a status symbol.

Perhaps the struggle began from the moment artists became status symbols, when Leonardo chose early retirement in France.

This is the lesson that can be gleaned from the meteoric rise of the young Buffalo - born artist Jacob Kassay, who beginning in 2010 saw his shiny monochrome canvases — made with a chemical process that gives them a dirty - mirror - like sheen — become the status symbol for emerging - art collections, leapfrogging past one auction estimate after another by wild multiples.

In that crowd, green has become a status symbol, and when you combine the quest for status, lots of money, and creative young people... things happen quickly.

Apple hopes that a high - priced phone will become a status symbol, much like luxury cars do.

Secondly, the iPhone became a status symbol worth much more than its price tag, and so the Symbian - running Vertu brand lost value.

Laundry rooms are becoming a status symbol these days.

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The market: Perhaps because Genghis Khan owned one, the breed has become a premier status symbol among China's growing wealthy.

If it turns out that Kate really did purchase a Bugaboo, CRR says the manufacturer will be in luck, as whatever model she bought will become a «must - have status symbol.»

The headphones have become a bit of status symbol worn by celebrities as well as audiophiles.

Starbucks has had great success in China as consumers view drinking lattes as a status symbol — it's also a trip that may become less frequent due to the economic slowdown.

I think that this premium might end up becoming further enticing to a new or unintended target of Chinese consumers that enjoys making large ticket purchases at the aim of being a status symbol or «showing off» their wealth.

The dynamic of footballer transfers has become polarised by the emergence of billionaires who see owning a football club as a status symbol, and at the other end of the scale, by the growing debt of clubs at all levels.

For better or worse, it has become the ultimate status symbol, a timeless confirmation of a scientist's impact on the world.

None of that stopped it from becoming an instant status symbol.

It is precisely that cost differential in food that has opened the door for food to become a symbol of social status.»

The film «E.T.», which the family sees together, becomes a dynamic symbol both for the family's acceptance of Frankie's «return home» to heaven, but also for their own status as aliens in America.

And crossovers have become something of a status symbol, as some have luxury trim levels that feature all the same amenities found in big, expensive sedans.

But the kitchen will not come into its own again until it ceases to be a status symbol and becomes again a workshop.

Nowadays, pets have become a symbol of financial success and status.

They look tough (especially with cropped ears) and similar to Staffies in this country they have been exploited and this loyal, affectionate working dog has become a weapon or status symbol for unscrupulous types leading to a bad reputation with many countries banning the breed.

Once considered a status symbol by the wealthy in Turkey, Golden Retrievers have become more common and less valued.

Instead of sentient creatures, these animals have become novelties or a symbol of wealth and status.

When pet stores in Turkey began importing lots of puppies, more and more people purchased them and, becoming «common,» they lost their standing as a status symbol and were no longer valued.

The cards» branding became important, as they became a sort of status symbol among business people.

Then it became kind of a status symbol to NOT have ads on your home page.

«The character is not without controversy for her early status as a sex symbol, but she's evolved with the franchise to become the epitome of a strong female hero.»

The turning point came in 1964, when Rauschenberg became the first American artist to win the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale — an achievement that stunned the international art community and helped make American art an international status symbol and object of desire.

Visually striking and playfully rigorous» the films occupy wildly different stylistic positions as a means of re-animating the ways in which form can become the unquestioned carrier of meaning — by the way in which meaning is implied through metaphor or example, inscribed by case studies, fictionalized in props or interpreted in art criticism, status symbols and as the evidence of crime...

Confiscated, manipulated and reconfigured, sport objects stop being part of identifiable structures to become symbols that question the dynamics of power and challenge notions such as competition, success and failure, virility, social status, and national pride.

As the middle class grows, which we all welcome and support, in many nations items like ivory or rhinoceros horn become symbols of wealth and social status.

I am not completely discounting this being a possible necessary govt role because what happens if a sizeable proportion of people are rich enough and want to retain use of gas guzzling muscle ICE cars as status symbols despite high carbon taxes while it also becomes clear we need to get to zero net emissions?

However, ivory isn't a traditional Japanese material for hanko name seals but became popular in the 1960s as a luxury status symbol.

One of the biggest reasons that rooftop solar panels have become much more than green status symbols for wealthy customers is net metering, a policy which allows solar panel - owning homeowners to see their electric meters spin backwards — and their utility bills shrink — as they generate their own electricity.

It's almost as if chickens have become a locavore status symbol to be aspired to and coveted.