> I find it astonishing that the ruling class also forms its identity through advertising.
I'm confused. Are you saying that Muffie's a member? She's a marketing manger for Arpels, and her husband's a plastic surgeon.
Can't find the quote right now, but there's that story of Mrs. Rockefeller (I think )turning down Harry Winston's invitation to lunch, because he was, after all, a salesman.