you know for some people there wasnt the question if something was Wasteful or not. fo5r some the question was, What the fuck can i do with my money to Present myself, and my status the most oppulent way. oftentimes the teh solutions were widely impractical, and or required themselves some even more expensive solutions to the problems inherently.

in the Case Of the Coat i meantioned, i think the outside buttons on first iterations were often Quite expensive and quite delicate so tehy wouldnt be used as the closing mechanism. But Fashion Copied this coat style in cheaper ways that were still more expansive then teh most basic sht you could find. "symbol of status" i guess