After taste- the power and predjudice of product appearance.

<p>When it comes to the promotion abd marketing of these goods notions of social elitism and exclusivity are, some what paradoxically, interwoven with popular preferences and tastess in order to encourage consumerism. Thus even though mass produced products tend to be rather uniform and bland, and have to be affordable to many, their marketing often suggests privileged lifestyles and exclusivity. - The implication being that ones expression of good taste, through the purchase if the product, somehow aligns the purchaser with such llifestyles.