I have also encouraged my kids to be suspicious of displays of opulence, whether it's the big house, the fancy car or the designer clothes.

我还鼓励孩子们对炫富保持怀疑，不管炫耀的是豪宅，名车，还是名牌服装。

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Coco: I love to go shopping in Rome, right by the Spanish steps. They have a little kid's shop with all the designer clothes for me, that's where I love to go.

可可：我盼望去罗马购物，就在西班牙广场旁边有一家店，里面的衣服都是名师设计，很合适我这样的孩子，我很想去那里。

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Her designer clothes were from the pages of a glossy fashion magazine.

她的名师设计的服装取材于一份精美的时装杂志。

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With such associations, it's no wonder the designer's clothes are often described as rock, punk or Goth.

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Before the uprising, the Assads were photographed wearing designer clothes and hobnobbing with celebrities at fancy parties around the world.

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They are also freer from the numerous "status competitions" (the social pressure to drive a fancy car, wear designer clothes, enroll the children in private schools and take European vacations) that further drive up the cost of living in big cities and suburbs.

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