Stiletto Moody shoes are seen as a status symbol in the virtual world of Second Life.
Grey parrots have become a status symbol, because of their ability to mimic speech.
At ten grand a flat-screen becomes more of a status symbol than anything.
More recently, Silicon Valley's tech elite has taken to buying and flying their own planes as a status symbol.
Ironically in the case of horse dung, the researcher says it became a status symbol through something of a fluke.
Gold has been a status symbol ever since humans began showing off.
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The tags have become something of a status symbol among frequent fliers.
"Because it's Michael Graves, it's a status symbol, " pipes Nicole Schumann, a sales agent for the Impala, which went on sale in March.
The new mind-set could mean involvement with philanthropy and other causes that could (at least partially) replace material luxury as a status symbol.
These beloved establishments are frequented by in-the-know locals, serving as a status symbol and as a place where important occasions like birthdays or anniversaries are feted.
They are such a status symbol that Lids, the hat store chain, tells its workers not to remove them at the checkout counter.
It's not exactly a status symbol any more, at least not in the U.S., after it got left in the dust by the iPhone.
To Generation Y, a status symbol is more likely to be whether or not it has the new iPad or a certain level of freedom.
In the process, Epic has become something of a status symbol.
For most Chinese, eating shark's fin still remains a status symbol.
The casual wear (which CEO Mark Zuckerberg still embraces even when meeting with the suits in New York) has become a bit of a status symbol there.
The car is a status symbol in a society where success depends on knowledge, and the ad panders to the presumption that its viewers will have the knowledge to understand it.
Real-estate agents say that the high fees can be worth it because a home built and designed by Mr. Gallin often carries a premium, and living in one is something of a status symbol.
It is a leading brand in emerging markets, seen as a status symbol in a few countries, and as we have gotten a taste of in the press, the brand does have a few tricks up its sleeve: innovations in keyboard technology, motion sensor technology, as well as in cloud computing that will meet the growing needs of enterprise customers.
This became the darling of the Chinese wine market, the equivalent of a wine status symbol, so there might have been a bigger bubble there.
Experts believe the tower was built as a flamboyant status symbol.
You can credit Apple for making technology a trendy status symbol.
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While some have seen sales hits, industry observers say the rhetoric is unlikely to have a major impact on Apple's iPhone sales in the country as the handset remains a fashionable status symbol.
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Now the phone that gets all the press, that is hailed as revolutionary (although how revolutionary is a hotly debated point, and best kept for another time), and is still seen as a powerful status symbol, is crashing in price.
In spite of this, it became more frequently seen in the trendy parts of Shanghai and Beijing, and became popular among local Chinese, who now had more disposable income to spend than their parents, and wanted to have a flashy status symbol to show off to their friends.
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Christa Salamandra, an associate professor of anthropology at City University of New York, said that "traditionally, a luxurious mustache was a symbol of high social status, " and had figured heavily in matters of personal honor in the Arab world.
As the flower became more popular, it became a highly sought after status symbol for people.
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Apple products are a symbol of status for its Chinese fans.
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His distinctive designs, featuring folded metal exteriors in free-form shapes, are a billionaire's latest status symbol.
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