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buy an expensive watch dine on champagne and caviar many equate wealth with luxury but what is luxury it's not such a clear concept and it doesn't mean the same things to all people luxury goods and luxury don't have to go hand in hand showing off in a fancy car is not the same as reveling in something exquisite that some argue is what luxury is all about. snazzy cars fancy leather goods heaps of silver on the dining table that's not necessarily what luxury is really about. for me luxury means slowing down. looks like you're using enjoying the moment and not thinking about anything else looking luxury has to do with quality of life that's an issue this is luxury holiday sunshine the heat. at this campsite everybody appears to be having
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a good time. but i want to quiz a philosophy professor who's written a book about the elusive concept lumbered of easing is this luxury for example. in everyday speech one might well apply the terms comfort or luxury to the experience of camping it's relaxing it feels good to be out in nature it might be a kind of luxury but i think that involves a blurring of concepts a loss of specificity that's not a crime we understand what's meant. pleasure or enjoyment is not the same as luxury . and luxury doesn't have to involve luxury goods which are extremely big business . the industry was growing rapidly at least until the pandemic hit. last year global revenues are estimated to have been 20800000000000 euros. l.v.n. nature is the world's biggest luxury goods group by far with revenues of more than
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53000000000 euros in 2019 there are a lot of rich people out that able and often willing to spend a fortune there are more than 2600 billionaires most of the world's super rich are from europe the united states and asia. and some like to flaunt their wealth. doesn't. that's what we. all showing all of you drive your flashy car in order to demonstrate your social standing you cruise around to let others see you cruising around it's a way of presenting yourself to the world which is what. is it just about showing off or is there more to it what is a luxury to respond curated an exhibition devoted to the history of luxury in post-war germany. from the stuff on to the bronze i watched an oscar luxury something very personal and individual everybody sees it differently. but it does
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have to do with excess and exorbitant and in that regard it also has a lot to do with society because every society defines and redefines the boundaries of what counts as excessive all the time i don't know why also and that involves historical and social conditions. because a shaft of. this coat is made of zillions of swan down feathers marlena dietrich 1st worked in 1957 it took an incredible amount of work to make that says he is what luxury is about. even the luxuries when there's been an exorbitant effort undertaken in the knowledge that it is indeed exorbitant but it's a distinct phenomenon knowingly wanting to beyond reasonable price $106.00. a gifted experience bond mixes a drink. and a cocktail is a very good example. you can enjoy it simply because it tastes good but you can
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also drink it precisely because it took a lot of effort because of the subtlety of the composition. and that involves knowledge judgment appreciation and lovers of luxury are often connoisseurs. whether or not the contented people are chilling at the campsite or connoisseurs who knows for some at least. this is the lap of luxury. for a committed artist creating is not a luxury but a necessity centuries ago artists were heavily dependent on wealthy patrons nowadays most artists or for themselves i can your photographer would to imitate the restrictions of movement imposed on nairobi left him with 2 choices stop working or adapt it chose the latter and has created gripping new pictures without even leaving the house. when working from home
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it's important to not get distracted by the background noise. photographer and father of 2 to america has perfected this and it's not the only thing he's had to adapt to since the could be endemic i used to be able to go out shoot get the motives that they needed think up ideas good just to do or have a and just then we got home and they realize now what right do i'm just home i didn't do anything for 3 weeks because i didn't want to then i found that i think it's about time that i just started shooting myself. in the place that i am but being a one man team and working in a limited space is not easy. yet this forced seclusion is what has inspired me because latest series creating isolation.
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you can be somewhere big but to the limited imagination you still. do walk but he's takes like 2 meters squared or you can be in a trial just got books but your imagination makes it feel like you're creating from everywhere in the world for 7 days of creating i limited myself to treat him in the bathroom for me and this was also a challenge legacy what can i do in the bathroom and it just keeps creative for the bathroom in a minute i was able to make 7 pieces. kenya has enforced strict measures to ensure 1st case of covert 1000 was detected in the country young creatives and business owners have been the worst affected economically and while the government has channelled money to creatives it simply hasn't been enough. which one has been lucky his digital series on social media has opened up new avenues of work for him . the president make this period what's different today for different people
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different people are only expected to be and what was or. is not of but it's been i want better and i'm really grateful for just the people to which ever did i don't think i did this so that you become a new income running stream but somehow it still ended up being a new direction and i knew we want to make money. before the pandemic were to a made all his work from his studio this is the 1st time he's back since february. oh. come back. here for very good for. you so if you. want to see our region. you can. give. back. to the 1st. in whatever you want to how.
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might you walk where. it's like our country. because. i was still just in this solution to the war but i'm still tired i don't think i mean i wonder if it. was work before called it was primarily focused on capturing african cities. but for now he must contend with working from this corner of his house where he continues to make thought provoking work work which captures the duality and certainty and spirit of our time. well talking about not leaving home a position not down to get used to wearing track pants or not even getting out of my pajamas. but don't tell. you know use very own style guru insists it's vital to maintain a sense of decorum at all times. when thinking about legs
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recently slaves and having. the sun's out here and it's getting warmer and more and more men seem to be partial to shorts let me show you what i mean a word of warning though sensitive viewers might find the following pictures upsetting. even in my own department d w business. shorts can be very comfy and airy and look quite sporty when you're on holiday. but in professional circumstances in the office on the job not allowed for boarding and no not even for you guys in the i t. department i'm sorry let me show you why. corporate assets to the c.e.o.
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of $60000000000.00 euros a month since the start of that program in october 24th it's been more than $1.00 trillion euros money have you actually listened to what i was saying are you taking me seriously see what i mean there are exceptions. but that is chris a he's from the sports department completely different set of rules than. and be he's creds he can pull it off. but you and i are most definitely not creds no. so if you want to avoid clothes that make you sweat in something go for some light wool all linen for example would rather stay cool and still show you mean business so the long and short of it go short on shorts. if. that's if it goes long long johns in the winter and see you again very soon.
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