Sentences with phrase «bought as a fashion statement»

Avoid generic trainers at discount department stores, unless buying them as a fashion statement rather than as a fitness aid.

Not exact matches

Another idea is to buy the statement sweater vintage or second hand as the fashion history, especially the 80s, are full of crazy statement sweaters.

No one buys a Subaru as a fashion statement, but this Impreza's new longer, wider and slightly lower body comes across as edgier and more interesting.

And in the fullness of time, as we have now come to realize, Toyota stock has gone up a lot from that standpoint, and investors, which properly explains the kind of results we've managed to have in our mutual funds that Consuela referenced, is because a patient investor with the contrarian value mindset I've talked about, as long as you're buying the stocks on sale and not those that are offered on clearance, i.e., which nobody else wants ever — so we don't believe in distressed investing or deep value investing, we're talking about quality companies that are available on sale — you can make what I'm going to call performance statements in your portfolios, as opposed to what I'm going to describe what a lot of investors try to make, which is fashion statements.

Buying a watch has always been a fashion statement and technology companies despite their repeated efforts didn't manage to sell as many smart watches as they proposed.