I’ve been fascinated by luxury since I was a child. Not by the money — by the fantasy. The craftsmanship, the mythology, the sense that certain objects and experiences open a door.

This is where I take that seriously. Anthropology of Luxury is about what human beings are actually trying to feel through beautiful, expensive things. To be awed. To disappear. To misbehave.

The object is always the evidence. The feeling is always the way in. And the question underneath is always the same one — what does this tell us about being human?

I'm not here to moralize about it. Quite the opposite — I want to know why some things light us up, and others are just expensive.

The practical part

A piece every couple of weeks. Properly researched, personally written, and never a review.

Nothing here is sorted by category. It’s sorted by feeling — you can come in through whichever door you like: Ways in

Free for the foreseeable.

Field notes, objects, and things I’ve noticed in between: @anthropologyofluxury