Under the risk of sounding hypocritical, I will admit that lately I have been admiring people who splurge on classic luxury items such as expensive pens, watches, jewelery, etc. Why? – Because this world seems to be starving more and more for the type of classic beauty that has been rapidly disappearing. We have been consistently downgrading the notional of beauty and style.
We have gone from this
down to this
from this
down to this:
from this:
down to this:
from this
to this –
and from this
to this:
If someone contributes today to keeping the industry of luxury items, which also happened to be beautiful, alive, I admire them without hesitation.
Of course, by luxury beauty I do not refer to brand items that are as ugly and undeserving of fame as they are cliche: