It is often said that you can always tell a millionaire by her shoes. she may dress like a slob in every other respect, but someone from the upper class is bound to have expensive, custom-made footwear. whether this is true or not, it demonstrate the way that wea. are constrained by structural elements of society and directed into a preordained class status. b. try to "better ourselves" by increasing the amount of cultural capital that we possess. c. allow relative levels of prestige to determine our class status. d. make split-second judgments about who people are and what social status they occupy based on their appearances. e. surrender to the impersonal forces of the market.