Exclusivity & Luxury's Appeal
Driving by the Marine Blvd in San Francisco on a winter evening, watching the yellow shaded living spaces through the clear glass windows of the houses made me wonder how living in such a posh location must be like. The carefully tied drapes and the parts of dark wood furniture at least the parts I could see, seemed to me as an epitome of a luxurious lifestyle. This made me wonder, why does luxury seem so appealing in the first place. And i s luxury the privilege of exclusivity or price we pay for someone's time or both? Can luxury and exclusiveness be used interchangeably? So how could something exclusive be considered luxurious? Well there are two parts to it. Not everything exclusive is luxurious, but everything luxurious is exclusive or made to look that way. Why do we keep getting drawn to exclusive items? As humans we like to be perceived as different from the herd. From the shoes we wear to that neatly crafted photo of them on social media. If everyone has the same taste or...