What Is the Prada-ness?

high style isn’t necessarily the same thing as high quality. It can’t seem to remember that luxury is not defined by price. Luxury is defined by scarcity. Plenty of consumers are plenty happy just to be treated well and offered a good value. The experience may not be memorable for anything other than the elegance of its utility. These days that kin

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You already know what the language of authenticity sounds like: “artisanship,” “craft,” “small-batch,” “single-lot,” and so on. Visually, authenticity signals are best demonstrated by New York City’s successful local chain The Meatball Shop, where antique meat grinders hang inside a faux-aged facade painted with mock-aged 1900s hand-lettered type.