Why are the well-off splashing out on security? How have health and high-end activewear become status symbols? What’s driving the expanding market for second-hand designer goods? And what do contemporary signifiers of wealth look like?

Luxury means different things to different people. For some, a product simply needs to have a prestigious brand name, but others may demand hyper-exclusivity or the use of exotic materials. Canvas8 spoke with 20 Britons to discover how they define luxury in terms of clothes and accessories.

The days of wearing clothes emblazoned with logos may be behind us for the moment, but people still want a way to show off their luxury credentials a bit more subtly. Gucci's 2018 collection included statement socks, including some adorned with gems.

Once staunchly anti-social, with working-class roots, tattoos are experiencing a renaissance. A new collaboration between Swiss watchmaker Hublot and tattooist Maxime Buchi is the latest in counter-culture luxe, demonstrating that distinctions between high and low culture have all but disappeared.