[Marco911]

Originally Posted by nipples

you might be right, but i would not consider any underwear or socks etc to ever fall into the realm of luxury items. i mean, i take off my shoes and enter a restaurant and i can basically make my own appetizer from the bits n pieces on the bottom of my socks from other diners. They're basically disposable good.
Same for a wallet. I almost never use a wallet and so I could never justify spending even $10 on one.

That is absolutely not true. Anything that is worn close to the skin can benefit from luxury. Feel the difference in a soft cashmere vs. crappy heavy knit wools that itch. http://www.customshirt1.com/ is a whole site dedicated to quality underwear and socks. I swear by the Zimmerli Royal Classic line. Once you wear it, you can't go back to regular underwear!

As for having a great wallet, it's one of the few accessories that men can legitimately carry and you can almost get a high from the fine leather scent just like you would smelling a the scent of leather in a new Ferrari or Porsche!

I disagree. You make it sound like any singular purchase of an item that so much as borders luxury - whether by material, origin of manufacture, or brand (lacoste) - would necessitate similar purchases in every domain; and failure to do so results a lowering of score on some arbitrary scoreboard.

All purchase decisions are a result of economic tradeoffs. The mere fact of being able to afford luxuries in every domain of one's lifestyle suggests that you have more money than you know what to do with which requires a certain level of wealth/income. Consuming is good for the economy; saving money is good for the economy. Therefore, since wealthy people contribute more to the economy, they should be afforded some leeway in their assholish behavior and possibly even looked up to.

Buying a montblanc starwalker simply because of i think the floating star is pretty cool does not mean that I will go out and buy silk or kevlar overalls for when i crawl under my car.

That's what mechanics at service centers are for.

I mean, is your value and worth, everything that is you, summed up in the msrp and brand and place of manufacture of your swiss underwear + your wardrobe?

Well nobody gets to enjoy my underwear except me, so I'd say I do it for myself and not for others.

Some guy in the states probably paid more for his freshman year of university than my entire undergrad here in canada. does that make him smarter than me too? even if we studied the same major? Is he better than me because he paid more?

If he went to an Ivy League, yes, he is regarded as having a better education than you. Just because you didn't pay as much doesn't mean that society didn't pay to put your ass through school in Canada. So get out there, make a lot of money, do with it what you may - save or spend, it doesn't matter, and contribute to society!