Open house attire/conspicuous consumption

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Anonymous wrote:I wear my Cartier love bracelet with Amazon leggings some days and other days I wear Chanel flats. YOLO.

You hear that everyone? YOLO. So you need to make sure you wear those cheap leggings with a basic-signaling bracelet now! And the next day wear some Chanel flats. I mean -- YOLO!!

Haha ok.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t be able to pick any of those things out, so the fact that you can says a lot about you, op. It tells me that you are very label-conscious and are hyper aware of what people are wearing/have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be able to pick any of those things out, so the fact that you can says a lot about you, op. It tells me that you are very label-conscious and are hyper aware of what people are wearing/have.

I had the same thought reading OP. Neither VCA jewelry nor Cartier Love bracelets have logos written on them. You have to know what to look for... and then, apparently, get upset about finding it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you know how popular those love bracelets are? I'd find it weird if you didn't see a lot of them at a private school open house. Same with regard to the other things you mentioned.

Lol, no but I had to Google this.

This reminds me of high school when I felt like a rich kid bc I had a car. And then I went to college and realized that in actual rich circles, it was the *kind* of car you had that mattered. SMH
Who knew!

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Anonymous wrote:Ballet flats aren't really in anymore. Chunky Gucci loafers are where it's at these days.

literally, Chanel flats are back in and trending.

How would you know what brand they are?

- private school Mom who doesn't recognize half of what PP posted

They have the Chanel logo on the toe.

Many wealthy people are anti logo.

Prof sports players and SOs love logos tho. Go to private school in Miami and check it out!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ballet flats aren't really in anymore. Chunky Gucci loafers are where it's at these days.

literally, Chanel flats are back in and trending.

How would you know what brand they are?

- private school Mom who doesn't recognize half of what PP posted

They have the Chanel logo on the toe.

Many wealthy people are anti logo.

Prof sports players and SOs love logos tho. Go to private school in Miami and check it out!

The Chanel logo one the ballet flats is pretty inconspicuous. You would have to be looking for it. It is embossed on the toe, so it doesn’t really stand out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our Big 3, some of the wealthiest parents are the most understated. After all, “New money screams, old money whispers”

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We left the Bentley at home when we did these visits and just took the Porsche.

Actually, the most common vehicle among the wealthy is an F-150, often with a small DU sticker, often either king cab or double cab, but usually it is not one with the entry-level trim. Fancy cars usually are a sign of new money. Old money has a nice reliable vehicle, but likely it is far from being new, because they realize that cars are an expense not an investment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We left the Bentley at home when we did these visits and just took the Porsche.

Actually, the most common vehicle among the wealthy is an F-150, often with a small DU sticker, often either king cab or double cab, but usually it is not one with the entry-level trim. Fancy cars usually are a sign of new money. Old money has a nice reliable vehicle, but likely it is far from being new, because they realize that cars are an expense not an investment.

F150 is rather unsophisticated

[Anonymous]

I remember when TOPH was published. I was startled by the whole phenomenon because to me, that was just “clothes people wear”. And the whole duck thing it triggered was equally confusing to me, as everyone I knew (wealthy or not) went duck hunting, so of course decoys were strewn about the yard when not in use. Fortunately, after a few years, all that went away and ceased to be a distraction. And the usual vehicles in the parking lot were Ford Bronco, Toyota Land Cruiser, or an IH SUV — all useful for hunting season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ballet flats are super in this fall. Chunky loafers are out. They were last winter.

Even I know this--49 year old mom who follows a dozen or so influencers on Instagram.

Fashion is so dumb. It’s just meant to suck money from our pockets.

[Anonymous]

Omg I have no idea what any of these wealth signifiers mean! Literally would never be able to spot them. I guess that figures since I’m just an UMC striver who doesn’t belong. Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ballet flats are super in this fall. Chunky loafers are out. They were last winter.

Even I know this--49 year old mom who follows a dozen or so influencers on Instagram.

Fashion is so dumb. It’s just meant to suck money from our pockets.

Some people like it. And there's a difference between having style and being trendy, although I honestly don't begrudge people who like to be trendy either. I like to live in a world of variety, where there's room for those who like this stuff and those who don't. I wouldn't want to be part of a community that imposed a silent "virtue signaling" down-dress (and yes, they exist) or that imposed a stepford-uniform dress. Or that imposed anything on how I choose my outfits, honestly. OP, just do you and stop judging so much. Enjoy the mild spice of life

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At our Big 3, some of the wealthiest parents are the most understated. After all, “New money screams, old money whispers”

Yep.

“Some of” being a key descriptor here.

DCUM desperately wants this to be universally true but it simply isn’t. Lots of very wealthy people, including old money people, wear things that make their wealth recognizable.

[Anonymous]

Also half of it is probably fake. Bought just for this purpose. There are some incredibly close dupes out there that take a very close look at to figure out what’s real.