Class signaling via Apple products

[firecat]

"A Macbook Pro is just as much of a status marker as a Louis Vuitton purse or a BMW."

I recoil at the notion because I think Vuitton purses and BMWs signal a different class than ones I identify with. (At least I tend to have prejudices about people who have those things—I'll assume "not like me" unless I get evidence to the contrary.) But I do think that, in California at least, there's a class I might call "hi-tech professionals" and having Mac products can signal identification with it.

FWIW, I think I'm kind of clueless about class.

Anyway, it's interesting to contemplate. What do you think?

Comments

[elainegrey]

I think it's the (b) part that i think of as a class signifier. How do well tailored clothes save time in the long run?

I will have to remind myself when i'm feeling intimidated by someone's well coifed presentation that perhaps they aren't judging me dismissively as hoi polloi but they might be considering me a sales target.

[firecat]

For a while, my mom had her clothes tailored. It can be a timesaver because once the tailor has your measurements and your preferred styles of clothing, all you need to do is pick the fabric. You don't have to go out shopping for what happens to be on the rack this season and try on one thing after another to see if they fit. If you are a non-standard size and want to dress in form-fitting clothes, it's even more of a timesaver.

I was a bodyshy child and despised being surrounded by people with measuring tapes, so I got away from all that as fast as I could.

I try hard to act as if people I interact with are not being judgemental of me, because if I start thinking about all the ways they might disapprove of me, I'd never be able to open my mouth.