Prada

Remember back in the day when it was fun to flamboyantly flaunt your status by waving around a Gucci wallet and/or Rolex watch? It was an unspoken way to tell the world that you were a Wall Street hotshot.

Now with the economic downturn, the NY financial crew who still happens to be raking in the cash are experiencing something not unlike, survivor’s guilt. Those still making bank, are becoming closet spenders; keeping their high-rolling hush-hush not to offend cohorts who are losing their jobs and homes.