Chatterbox #209 – Luxury products
Have you ever wished you were rich and could buy anything you ever wanted? In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Morag discuss different types of luxury goods and why people buy them.
Fun facts
The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse is made of 18 karat gold and encrusted with 4,500 diamonds. It sold for $3.8 million in 2010, making it the most expensive handbag in the world. Now that’s a luxury good!
Expressions included in the study guide
- Life changer
- Top of the line
- Flashy
- Old money/new money
- What strikes me as [something]
- Conspicuous consumption
Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free
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Chatterbox #209 – Luxury products
Have you ever wished you were rich and could buy anything you ever wanted? In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Morag discuss different types of luxury goods and why people buy them.
Fun facts
The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse is made of 18 karat gold and encrusted with 4,500 diamonds. It sold for $3.8 million in 2010, making it the most expensive handbag in the world. Now that’s a luxury good!Expressions included in the study guide
- Life changer
- Top of the line
- Flashy
- Old money/new money
- What strikes me as [something]
- Conspicuous consumption
Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Morag St. Clair
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Kassy White
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Image: Jonathan Francisca (Unsplash.com)
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