A once inexpensive marketing tool could now be a lavish artistic statement (more often, harmless pretension), as well as a desirable platform for film-makers, established or aspirant.
His zest for life was especially on display during shopping trips, with Devack remembering him as "the ultimate consumer". She recalls hitting the racks for her prom dress with him in tow, for example, and laughing while dodging his suggestions for lavish pieces of statement jewelry to accompany her dress.
In a statement of lavish praise for the president, Bannon says he did not mean to call Trump's son 'treasonous' – just Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign chair at the time of the Trump Tower meeting.
It was hugely expensive, extravagant, lavish and a clear statement of what's possible when great vision is united with the means to make the unprecedented real.
I think particularly for chefs, one of these lavish books is a statement and part of his resume, just as a bricks or mortar restaurant is.
Her collection is also rife with animal imagery, such as a pink gold anaconda statement ring lavished with graduated pink sapphires, and a panther head pendant of yellow sapphires set atop a pair of golden crossbones.
A brief fling with minimalism and "stealth wealth" (the art of not looking like you've spent quite as much as you have) turned into a vogue for "investment pieces" (that is, lavishing cash on outré, statement clothing that would eventually become part of an archive).
Colbert has spent much of the past year on a crusade to accept unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and individuals in order to make political statements and lavish himself with luxuries.
Smith soon tired of Sloan's off-track antics, which included lavish parties and often arrogant statements that questioned Smith's judgment on the track.
