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The article includes a picture of Prince Charles wearing a mended jacket. If it’s acceptable for royalty to appear in public in mended clothing I imagine it’s o

• arkano 8y ago
  It's usually the opposite; people of status / power are allowed to ignore norms that plague the more common folk.
  • taneq 8y ago
    And then six weeks later it's fashionable to have a small patch somewhere prominently placed on your jacket.
  • walshemj 8y ago
    This is the Vimes Boots theory of socio-economic unfairness ;-)
• bsder 8y ago
  Prince Charles doesn't have to care because he is Prince Charles. It's like casual friday. The CEO can wear shorts and the junior engineer can probably wear shorts. However, you probably won't see the upwardly mobile managers ever wearing shorts without a direct order. Social signalling matters and clothes are part of social signalling.
• eeZah7Ux 8y ago
  Not really. Countless behaviors are seen as "chic" when done by millionaires and thrashy when done by lower class: owning 2nd hand of flashy clothing, drinking alcohol early, owning a strip of land or a horse, keeping a food garden, doing home repairs...
• zokier 8y ago
  Prince Charles doesn't need to look sharp to prop up his status, which is solidified in the most formal manner. Neither is the Prince best known for his stylishness.
  • mtts 8y ago
    > Neither is the Prince best known for his stylishness. You'd be surprised. https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/royals/prince-charles-gq-best-dressed-list-2019-style-icon-39963 https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/royals/prince-charles-...
• NeedMoreTea 8y ago
  He has, at times, been derided for it in the media, especially at the lower end. At least he's followed his eco beliefs fairly consistently for decades. It would be much easier for him to not bother whilst he's being sent around the globe on official duties.
• barry-cotter 8y ago
  This model is way too simple. People don’t distinguish themselves between those they don’t deal with. No one’s going to confuse a social worker with the genuinely wealthy, but they could pass for a professional like a doctor or lawyer. Equally they could be mistaken for someone of the class of their clients if they dress like them. The social worker will try to dress like the successful professional. The professional is not going to be mistaken for a poor person. If it happens they’d laugh unconcerned and move on. But they are probably socially exposed to genuinely wealthy people or the extremely professionally successful, businessmen, parliamentarians or congresspeople, executives. They could move into these circles themselves or marry into them. People define themselves by those they could plausibly be mistaken for, not the full range of possible social roles. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ > Everyone wants to look like they are a member of a higher class than they actually are. But everyone also wants to avoid getting mistaken for a member of a poorer class. So for example, the middle-class wants to look upper-class, but also wants to make sure no one accidentally mistakes them for lower-class. > But there is a limit both to people’s ambition and to their fear. No one has any hopes of getting mistaken for a class two levels higher than their own: a lower-class person may hope to appear middle-class, but their mannerisms, accent, appearance, peer group, and whatever make it permanently impossible for them to appear upper-class. Likewise, a member of the upper-class may worry about being mistaken for middle-class, but there is no way they will ever get mistaken for lower-class, let alone underclass.