The obscenely rich engaging in conspicuous consumption or conspicuously idiotic behavior is the only excess that hasn't lost its power to amuse, titillate and shock.
He's pitched the service to the principals at venture firms and the associates at investment banks — the men and women who can afford to engage in conspicuous consumption, just not too conspicuously and not too much consumption all the time.
In my submission I called it an exercise in conspicuous emptiness".
Reyes Villa lived in conspicuous splendor, and when I visited, soldiers were guarding his estate.
Some wood hoopoes forage in conspicuous, noisy bands of 5 to 10 individuals.
HIS relative lack of interest in conspicuous consumption seems to be shared by his family.
Conspicuous consumption Of the four only John Towers, the former MG Rover chairman, has been captured participating in conspicuous consumption.
It seems to function on a similar cultural basis, grounded in conspicuous consumption and the pursuit of celebrity.
Maybe not, but they do exhale frequently, in conspicuous sprays that have long beckoned whalers and scientists alike.
In Conspicuous Consumption, a book published in 1899 when inequalities in wealth and income matched those of today, economist Thorstein Veblen captured this social dynamic well.
He dressed in conspicuous striped polo shirts and wore soft brown shoes, and carried an enormous bright-blue backpack, an additional blight.
