"High-Class"/"Elite" items: Mac, Moleskine, Starbucks - What else?

BMWFan said:
BMW is elite, and you do get what you pay for.
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Bwahahahaha, sorry, but NO! You're paying a serious premium for that little blue & white badge. They're not even elite anymore, as mentioned, they're more of a reps car in the UK and accross Europe now. "Mondeo man" has become "3 series man"
 
Well, here's a few of the items that I'm willing to pay a premium for:

All-Clad and LeCruset cookware
Incra and Starrett measurement, miter gauges, and fences
Powermatic stationary tools
Forrest saw blades
Top shelf tequilla and scotch - multiple brands
Spyderco knives (and yes, there are many more premium brands of custom knives, but I can't justify buying them)
Browning (and Weatherby if I could afford them) rifles and Leupold scopes
Nikon cameras and lenses
Mountain Hardware and Arc'teryx clothing
 
I drive an IS F and before that MB AMG. Diamonds from Tiffany's, pearls from Mikimoto, and watches from Rolex. Clothes from RL Purple Label and suits from Hugo Boss. Pens from Mont Blanc and Waterford. Bags and wallet from Coach. Macbook Air, ipod touches, iphones, and a Mac Pro. Man, I sound like a guppie snob. :p
 
BenEndeem said:
Marks & Spencer, specifically the food department maybe? I've noticed a vague similarity between M&S and Apple in that they have a 'pretty much everyone has one' market (clothes/iPods) and a more niche 'we only sell premium quality products' section (food/Mac).

Apple and BMW I would definitely agree with.
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Depends what part of M&S really, i only think their food is any better than going to another supermarket tbh. There clothes arent all that and neither is their home stuff.

It's a shame people are "knocking" starbucks as well. They are not really high class but there arent a lot of places to get more expensive coffee...
 
Aren't "high class/elite" and popular within mainstream pop culture by definition mutually exclusive?

LOL @ bose, macs, starbucks and that sort. They're perfect matches, though :p
 
Elite Brands:

I would NOT put apple in there as everyone has iPods and iPhones have become way too popular, so there are so far detached from Elite.

Elite PC brand is Voodoo.

Elite Brands:
B&O, B&W, Cyrus, Naim, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Rolex, Tag, Aston Martin, Lamborghini

Some Elite Shops: Harrods!

I'm sorry but anything by Harman Kardon or Bose are pants and anyone with a ounce of brain matter knows it.
 
Starbucks is the lowest denominator brand as everyone has said,

On that list I would take off Bose and B&O and add (elite brands must have integrity not just style over substance)

QUAD
Tannoy
Mission
Whafdale
KEF
Aston Martin
Harvey Niks
Boden
Barbour
 
If BMW is not 'high class' then how the **** is Apple?!?

Woop dee doo you spent a couple hundred dollars more on a computer.
YOU ARE NOT ELITE!
 
barr08 said:
Relatively speaking (as in comparing the cost of a car to that of a computer), I believe that's the definition of elite.
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You're right, if you think that a MacBook for example, is, as a cost in terms of a percentage, considerably higher than a similarly spec'd PC
 
Haute couture/bespoke suits
Bentley/Rolls Royce (hand built luxury cars)
Tiffany's/Cartier
American Express black card
Yacht
Rimowa/Louis Vuitton
Owning a private island
 
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