Deluxe: Blog 1, Post A

Well I am on Chapter 1 of my wonderful new book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. So far, I have learned a lot about the early days of fashion.   

Vocab

1) bourgeoisie-the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. (pg 25)

2) akimbo-with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards. (pg 3o)

Figurative Language

Still working on it....will edit tomorrow

Quote  

"More than two hundred thousand women worldwide wore couture in the 1950s. it was an expected part of a bourgeois woman's everyday life. Today, in comparison, a mere two hundred women worldwide buy haute couture" (pg 29). This quote is significant because it shows that luxury has now become more accessible to those who maybe couldn't afford it when it was so expensive. The people who used to buy haute couture don't want to but it anymore because it isn't as special.

Theme

One emerging theme I see is that luxury isn't "luxury" anymore, it is more McDonald's luxury.