Selfish individuals

Individualism is repeatedly brought to our attention in every aspect of our lives. The type of car you drive is a direct reflection of your income (hypothetically?). The type of clothes you wear is a reflection of your awareness of style, social standing and confidence (imaginative?). The genre of music is an indication of your behavior (theoretical?). Although the class revealed that the two are unrelated and are equally significant we increasingly are concerned with what happens to us. I was once told in a philosophy class that there is no such thing as an unselfish act. We are so worried about fitting in with the collective yet stressing our individualism that our lives actually lack hybridity. Even though we cannot ignore the intricate strings that are attached to us in society are we truly saying it is impossible to dodge them?
While the show Sex and the City makes several valid points and invites risqué conversations, if you watch several of the episodes from the beginning of the series and then compare them to the culminating episodes, many of the characters contradict their profound remarks on society. The women in this show are intelligent women who still fall into the traps of designer labels because what it symbolizes as status. So what is the point? The only option left is that as we individually evolve we must be attentive to the contradicting principles that society tries to inflict and decide how we want to weigh our values.