I lowkey aspire to look this high status (White Lotus Reference)

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Would NOT have been mean

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Anonymous wrote:I am not convinced Victoria is old money. She says to her kids “you’re gorgeous. You come from money.” I don’t think a truly wealthy person would be that blunt. She would say “we’re very comfortable.” Also she has already told the husband the kids are beautiful, told the kids they are gorgeous. All the bragging makes her seem insecure. If she is truly coming from generational wealthy wouldn’t she be more secure? Also she would have been mean to yoga pants lady. She would have done that fake southern nice thing that rich ladies in the south do.

I grew up in the Carolinas and Parker Posey's accent really bugs me. It's not good at all.

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You guys are all so weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I think outfits like that should not be worn in a restaurant.

People that concentrate too much on fitness and dieting are often pretty boring conversation partners. They talk about stuff related to that soo much.

It's not just "a restaurant." It's a wellness resort in Thailand, where people are expected to wear clothes like that -- they'd just had their biomarkers done by a personal trainer.

OK, that only makes it mildly more acceptable. I would be sooo bored in a Thai wellness resort. For one thing, I appear to be one of the rare people who doesn't enjoy getting massages from strangers. I'd rather be drinking a limeade, fully dressed, at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok.

Main character syndrome ^^.

No one here cares that you like limeade. Seriously.

OK, have fun being thin and getting inconspicuous "work" done. In your athleisure.

I'm sorry that you can't afford to get any "work" done. I hope you join a gym and get a cute athlesiure look going. The pools open in 88 days

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question, why do some of you see posts like this and feel the need to respond like “How gauche! Why, my old money grandmama would never allow this! I’d much rather be in the country with the dogs!”

No one cares. You don’t get an award because your version of aspirational is different from someone else’s.

Agree - the point is to have a little fun, and these people are so threatened! And like, if you have to say it….

I think the country horse/dog/old money people are being facetious? I hope? Like just playing with the DCUM trope of everyone wanting to look like they've been rich forever and feeling terrified of being caught not having generational wealth.

I had assumed they were trying to be playful and make jokes too. Why else would they read and post on the beauty forum?

The beauty forum posts show up on the general feed, so people who click on a post aren't necessarily regular readers. But some read the beauty forum regularly as a form of sociological study. I personally am interested in fashion much more then beauty. For myself., if I had the kind of money that allowed me to spend my time on self-improvement, I'd use it on activities (like hiking my estate in Scotland and horseback riding) and a personal trainer to help me maintain fitness, not on injections, treatments or surgeries. Although I would hire a stylist to help me find fantastic clothes for when I did needed to dress up. I would not parade around in spandex like these characters do, no matter how fit I was, because I don't find that comfortable. I also don't view this look as "high status." At all. It's super interesting to me that some do.

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Anonymous wrote:The two on the right look great. The one on the left is the only one that looks basic.

Out with the Birkenstock Crew.

I wear this clothing WITH by Birkenstocks! It's easier for yoga.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not convinced Victoria is old money. She says to her kids “you’re gorgeous. You come from money.” I don’t think a truly wealthy person would be that blunt. She would say “we’re very comfortable.” Also she has already told the husband the kids are beautiful, told the kids they are gorgeous. All the bragging makes her seem insecure. If she is truly coming from generational wealthy wouldn’t she be more secure? Also she would have been mean to yoga pants lady. She would have done that fake southern nice thing that rich ladies in the south do.

I grew up in the Carolinas and Parker Posey's accent really bugs me. It's not good at all.

Do you think it is similar to this lady's at all? She is a born and raised NC woman. I am ESL and I can't hear the difference and it all sounds just southern, but it might be me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6f7Yn4Oijw

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Anonymous wrote:The two on the right look great. The one on the left is the only one that looks basic.

Out with the Birkenstock Crew.

I don’t think you know what basic means. You can look good and basic at the same time. All of them look basic. 2 of them look better than the third. That’s all.

Adding, though, that Carrie Coon is my fave of the three. She’s the best actress for sure.

The Carrie Coon character not looking as attractive as the other two looks to be a plot point. It does keep coming up (remember how the other two were going on about how "You look amazing" and "no you do" and awkwardly leaving her out and she was right there?).

I personally find Carrie Coon to be the most beautiful of the 3. And, at the same time, I’m so trained to unconsciously read appearance signaling that I also found her the least “you look amazing”. My brain kept switching back and forth.

She's the least altered of the three. Leslie Bibb is the oldest and she's in great shape but she's also had a lot done to her face. Monaghan's work is more subtle but she's still had quite a bit of work done. Coon is the youngest but clearly the least "touched." I would be somewhat surprised if she doesn't at least do Botox for big events, but when she acts her face looks really natural and I really don't see evidence of anything. She takes roles that are not necessarily flattering and seems to lean into her natural looks (beautiful but aging naturally, looks more like a middle class woman than a movie star) while the others lean more heavily in their beauty and probably have more invested in maintaining it.

I wonder if they laughed about this while filming -- the fact that their characters acknowledge having work done that is probably reflective of what the actresses themselves have done. Or if it was just not acknowledged.

Anyway, even if she's the least "preserved" of the group, Coon is the one I'd most want to look like because she's pretty and fit but looks her age and looks at home in her skin. I would take that over looking more dramatically gorgeous but having to maintain a lot of procedures and feeling the pressure if that all the time. It would be nice for a minute but long term it's too much work for me.

Leslie Bibb has had too much work done. It doesn't look natural or good. She would be prettier if she had not done whatever she has had done bc like so many women who do that, she looks strange. And Moynahan is gorgeous but teetering very close to the edge. She is someone who would age so beautifully and does not need to do "work." I really don't understand why women don't think they can age and still be beautiful.

Male gaze.

Most of the men will prefer Leslie Bibb. I guarantee it.

Nooo, she is way too tall and dry looking with the short bob. Men like long hair. MM is the most attractive by far.

The point stands ... the reason women "don't think they can age and be beautiful" is because most can't. MM has had plenty of work done as well.

Most can. They just don't want to. No one is forcing anyone to be oveweight.

Faces still age

Sure, but Leslie Bibb, despite her work, is not passing as some 30yo. She looks roughly her age (and good)
A healthy body goes a long way

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I hear you, OP. I love the well maintained “basic b” athliesure look. They all look amazing and like they’ve got plenty of time and money to take care of themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I think outfits like that should not be worn in a restaurant.

People that concentrate too much on fitness and dieting are often pretty boring conversation partners. They talk about stuff related to that soo much.

It's not just "a restaurant." It's a wellness resort in Thailand, where people are expected to wear clothes like that -- they'd just had their biomarkers done by a personal trainer.

OK, that only makes it mildly more acceptable. I would be sooo bored in a Thai wellness resort. For one thing, I appear to be one of the rare people who doesn't enjoy getting massages from strangers. I'd rather be drinking a limeade, fully dressed, at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok.

Main character syndrome ^^.

No one here cares that you like limeade. Seriously.

OK, have fun being thin and getting inconspicuous "work" done. In your athleisure.

I'm sorry that you can't afford to get any "work" done. I hope you join a gym and get a cute athlesiure look going. The pools open in 88 days

I can afford it but I am happy with the way I look. And don't want to look like a more generic version of myself.

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So you guys think these three look better than Parker? I like her look and esp her style so much more! Her character feels comfortable with the reality of middle age yet still attractive.

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Carrie Coon Looks great and must have been so dim for her to have a break from her Gilded Age stuffy mom role

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie Coon Looks great and must have been so dim for her to have a break from her Gilded Age stuffy mom role

*so fun* (not dim)

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Anonymous wrote:I think outfits like that should not be worn in a restaurant.

People that concentrate too much on fitness and dieting are often pretty boring conversation partners. They talk about stuff related to that soo much.

It's not just "a restaurant." It's a wellness resort in Thailand, where people are expected to wear clothes like that -- they'd just had their biomarkers done by a personal trainer.

OK, that only makes it mildly more acceptable. I would be sooo bored in a Thai wellness resort. For one thing, I appear to be one of the rare people who doesn't enjoy getting massages from strangers. I'd rather be drinking a limeade, fully dressed, at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok.

Main character syndrome ^^.

No one here cares that you like limeade. Seriously.

OK, have fun being thin and getting inconspicuous "work" done. In your athleisure.

good for you. I am in these circles, and it's the confident women who are aging gracefully that earn the most respect. Women easily fool themselves into thinking bc they have had "good" work, no one can tell. But it's obvious to all and makes them look insecure and basic.

I'm sorry that you can't afford to get any "work" done. I hope you join a gym and get a cute athlesiure look going. The pools open in 88 days

I can afford it but I am happy with the way I look. And don't want to look like a more generic version of myself.

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I don't understand this. Those women look generic in that "suburban mom with money" boring kind of way. Why would you aspire to look like this?