"Both--I love them and for the first time in my life--to show off. But now I live in LA. It is a practical matter because here people know luxury goods and evaluate you based on superficial stuff. "
I've been living in L.A. County for nearly 50 years and yes, people know luxury goods as there is a lot of money in this city and people spend it on what they like/want. Plus, people have been buying luxury goods in this city, since the beginning of time, so to speak. So, it's really nothing new or such a big deal to a lot of folks.
But, as far as people evaluating one on "superficial stuff", yes, that is likely to happen in "some" groups, as it's just human nature. But overall, people that I know and have dealt with are not evaluating one on such items. I have friends and acquaintances who live all over L.A. County, and from a very wide financial background; from low income to very wealthy.
As far as "some" evaluating one on such items, it's not only an "L.A." thing as we can see from the many comments in the various threads on this forum. And people on this forum come from all over the world.
When I read the various comments, I feel that there are a lot of places that are far more judgemental and self-evaluating than here in L.A. And that there are a lot of people who are new to this whole designer handbag ownership and thus possibly see things in a different light than those who have owned such items forever.
I've been living in L.A. County for nearly 50 years and yes, people know luxury goods as there is a lot of money in this city and people spend it on what they like/want. Plus, people have been buying luxury goods in this city, since the beginning of time, so to speak. So, it's really nothing new or such a big deal to a lot of folks.
But, as far as people evaluating one on "superficial stuff", yes, that is likely to happen in "some" groups, as it's just human nature. But overall, people that I know and have dealt with are not evaluating one on such items. I have friends and acquaintances who live all over L.A. County, and from a very wide financial background; from low income to very wealthy.
As far as "some" evaluating one on such items, it's not only an "L.A." thing as we can see from the many comments in the various threads on this forum. And people on this forum come from all over the world.
When I read the various comments, I feel that there are a lot of places that are far more judgemental and self-evaluating than here in L.A. And that there are a lot of people who are new to this whole designer handbag ownership and thus possibly see things in a different light than those who have owned such items forever.
