Sometimes prestige depends on acquiring wealth
Prestige can come to people who accumulate wealth and control other people’s access to it. This first happened in places where people carried out intense production of material goods, leading to a surplus of resources.

Persons of prestige announce their lofty status by wearing treasures others can’t obtain, afford or take the time to make: a grand crown, an elaborate hairstyle, an expensive necklace, a Rolex watch.