Forget quiet luxury, ditching your phone case is the latest symbol of wealth
The message here is obvious: no case, no problem, because I can afford to replace it. But the expense of a smartphone is nothing to sneeze at. The latest iPhone model, the iPhone 14, starts at $829 and goes up to $1,200; according to, prices for the iPhone have risen 15% in the last 6 years, the steepest increase since Apple launched the device.
Yet some deem the risk of damage worth the aesthetic reward. Thomaï Serdari, the director of New York University’s Fashion & Luxury MBA program, says that not using a phone case can be a telling communicator of both class and values.
Melissa Cepeda, a 31-year-old accountant in Los Angeles, has cracked many a screen, but she still elects to go caseless. “It’s the overall sleekness of it,” she says. “Bags are getting smaller, so my phone is naturally out more—I just bought a purse that can barely fit my ID, my keys, and a credit card.” Cepeda is willing to risk a naked phone because, as she puts it, “a chunky case is just going to clash with my aesthetic.
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