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Virginia Postrel

Virginia Postrel is author of The Power of Glamour, The Substance of Style, and The Future and its Enemies.

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Response: Postrel Response to Lure of Luxury

In April 2013 a nineteen-year-old engineering student named Trayon Christian bought a $350 Ferragamo belt at Barney’s, using his debit card and money from his work-study job. Shortly after leaving the store,...
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