3 ms·
"Poor people want to look like rich people. Rich people want to not look like poor people" - fashion in a nutshell.
by imgabe 10y ago
"Poor people want to look like rich people. Rich people want to not look like poor people" - fashion in a nutshell.
- alva 10y agoDiffers based on location. In Western Europe, the truth is that truly rich people do not care about looking like poor people. The moneyed class are far more likely to look poor to the average person. It is the moderately wealthy who do not want to look like poor people, thus strongly broadcasting they are only moderately wealthy. Very expensive restaurant / retailer / auction room staff have to be taught this. What most people associate with super high wealth (brands, flashy jewellery, watches ), are not good signals of large wealth (high multi-millions). Hell, walk around the richest parts of London. The Saudis, apart from their gold plated Bugattis, spend hundreds of thousands in Harrods in Adidas tracksuits.
- EliRivers 10y agoI see rich people walking around with expensive carefully sliced jeans, simulating being unable to afford clothes in a good state of repair. Although of course nowadays everyone knows they're rich posers. I wonder how they feel when they see someone wearing old jeans that really have been damaged accidentally. Here they are having paid a fortune for damaged jeans, and this poor person here has the same visual effect. Maybe even appearing more authentic.