Clothes, accessories, jewelry and other objects can tell a lot about a person, their personality, status in the society or wealthiness. In the Elizabethan era, Queen Elizabeth loved to show that she is royal, powerful and wealthy through here portraits, she had a lot of golden jewelry and symbols that showed her personality and status, she loved to show off the pearls for everyone to know that she is pure 'Virgin Queen'. I done my research to find out if people still have status symbols in portraits these days, and I could not find any that would show those things maybe because these days are technology developed and people are more likely to take photographs rather than portraits of themselves. I have found plenty of photographs of people showing their status through certain objects.
Celebrities, models, business men and women, lawyers, doctors, regular people who may not have jobs the list can go on and on about who tends to show their status in their pictures, nearly everyone! Lets start with celebrities, they have extra pressure to look good at all times especially in public, they are captured by regular people, paparazzi everyday and shown on the covers of magazines, their style is constantly discussed, their position in the celebrity world is discussed on numerous TV shows and that is mostly through pictures. Pictures can show a lot about a person, what mood they are in, their personality, wealthiness and so on. Whenever you see a celebrity on the magazine either posing or accidentally walking past a paparazzi you can see every single detail that they wanted to show off to public, their clothes usually made by designers that instantly suggests that it was very expensive, that applies to designer bags that you see them carry, jewelry that is shinning from the distance instantly suggests that this person is wealthy in this society this way identifying their status immediately. Same theory applies to models who are constantly posing on the magazines or run way shows, they have clothes that are made for them, expensive shoes and designer bags suggests that they are wealthy and not 'regular' people. When talking about not celebrities but people who are still wealthy but no famous that can involve business people, lawyer, doctors and so on people who have a good paid job will show off the most. I saw a lot of photographs of people who take pictures in front of their brand new expensive car, or in front of their huge house, all this factors suggests that this person is wealthy.
This is Rihanna caught by paparazzi, she is wearing all pink with fur detail. In Elizabethan era fur was a sign of wealthiness and power only the richest could afford such luxury, now these days fur is also a sign of elegance, wealthiness even these days not everyone can afford a good quality big fur just throw on their shoulders,
This person is not a celebrity, however he is most likely very wealthy because he is sitting in 'Ferrari' brand car taking a picture of himself to show society that he can afford this car.
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