In this chapter, Ashley Mears explores the construction of status in VIP nightclubs, focusing on the role of wealthy men and beautiful women. The chapter discusses the author's personal experience as a fashion model and their research on the labor economics of the modeling industry. It also examines the motivation for studying fashion and beauty as marginalized topics in sociology and the increasing concentration of wealth and conspicuous consumption.

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