Post-Luxury status symbols #5: Creating Community
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Why the 'Host' has become the ultimate aspirational identity
There is a certain mysticism - or morbid fascination - in re-watching old Friends or Sex and the City episodes, where, somehow, we come to see as almost idyllic the act of gathering around an object, be it a Cosmo, or just a languid coffee and chat with our friends. Has creating memorable moments become one of the last luxuries most craved by our society? If so, those who create, curate, and moderate these spaces emerge as the true holders of status. We live in a world where socialisation seems to be hanging by a thread - observe the fucking dire statistic that Only 4.1 percent of Americans…
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