"Everyone's wearing that style," they said. That did it. As soon
as I heard that I didn't want the thing. So when Mrs. Mamalujian
said, "Is there anything you want?" I thought,
Yes, what no one else
has, what no one else wants or can even imagine. People with money
bought things to be like everyone else. If I had money, I thought,
I would try to be as different as possible.
-- Paul Theroux. My Secret History. (115)