Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wvGhhd3yGEJhak11myA5N Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-brow/id1677209917 for extra content every Wednesday 😈 SUPPORT Newsletter: https://gremletter.substack.com/ Donate: https://ko-fi.com/minale SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX business email: MinaLeTeam@WMEAgency.com PRODUCTION written by Mina Le & Ella Gray Edited by Charlee Reiff SOURCES Changing patterns of conspicuous consumption: Media representations of luxury in second homes by Trudie Walters and Neil Carr for the Journal of Consumer Culture https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318392658_Changing_patterns_of_conspicuous_consumption_Media_representations_of_luxury_in_second_homes African American Dress by Helen Bradley Foster https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/27/18156431/recession-fashion-design-minimalism https://insights.masterworks.com/finance/beyond-the-hemline-index/ https://www.businessinsider.com/great-recession-pandemic-influences-fast-fashion-shopping-2022-4 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-recession/fashion-trends-in-an-uncertain-economy-idUSN2721944120080427 https://fashionmagazine.com/style/trends/recession-core/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/recession-core-fashion-tiktok https://www.vogue.com/article/quiet-luxury-trend https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/apr/30/eva-wiseman-why-do-we-buy-into-stealth-wealth-and-the-class-who-wear-it https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230405-how-stealth-luxe-took-over-fashion https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2023/05/11382578/quiet-luxury-fashion-trend-succession-tiktok https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/stealth-wealth-fashion-trend-succession-tiktok/674065/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jun/22/art.fashion https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-productivity-hack-reduce-decision-fatigue-psychologists-2021-11 0:00 - intro 2:30 - the 2008 recession 7:21 - explaining quiet luxury 20:38 - it's all a myth