Luxury
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47854/EJON3203Keywords:
Immaterial, Rarity, Consumption, Ostentation, Property, IndividualsAbstract
Luxury reflects humans’ constant effort to emancipate from a space of need while stimulating innovation in consumption styles and lifestyles. More than simple artifacts, precious objects hold a sense of immateriality and hold a set of meanings and relations.
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