Stiletto Moody shoes are seen as a status symbol in the virtual world of Second Life.
More recently, Silicon Valley's tech elite has taken to buying and flying their own planes as a status symbol.
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.
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.
Experts believe the tower was built as a flamboyant status symbol.
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.
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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As the flower became more popular, it became a highly sought after status symbol for people.
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Although whisky producers claim to detect the first signs of a revival, selling Scotch as the liquor to drink while playing pool or cruising the dance floor poses a risk to the drink's long-term status as an international symbol of success.
At the same time, China is proving a boon to Coach's sales, as residents that have become more affluent buy the retailer's status-symbol bags.
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