conspicuous consumer

During his time on the stand, Gates stressed that he was not the conspicuous consumer of House of Bijan attire and silk rugs that Manafort was.

Only Christina Pumariega has just one part, that of Adriana, Antipholus of Ephesus’ wife, here portrayed as a conspicuous consumer of wine, jewelry and hair extensions.

Does the conspicuous consumer - knowing guests will check out that medicine cabinet - opt for name-brand drugs while the less socially conscious will not care if that omnipresent meddler - we all do it!! - rolls his or her eyes at the sight of generics?

"Everybody was saying, 'the age of the conspicuous consumer is dead,'" says Nunes, so one might expect logos to shrink and brand identities to be more subtle.

In Aksyonov's fancy, Crimea is the hog heaven of the conspicuous consumer.