Overdressed and status symbols

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

+1

You want to p%ss off someone from DC? Mention NYC.

I love New York! Why would it piss me off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When our DD was at a private she became friends with parents we discovered were low key billionaires. (They took her on vacation.). Heirs to an extremely large fortune but lived in an attached small row home. Really cool people who flew far under the radar of the folks in development. Was quite amusing actually. In a million years you would’ve never guessed.

I think there are quite a few people like that. I look at some of the donation lists at my kid's private and some of the parents who give the most live in the regular, average houses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

Just say flashy vs conservative. The whole "old money" vs "new money" is outdated and may be offensive to groups whose families historically couldn't obtain wealth due to societal blocks.

New money does not have to be tacky, showy, flashy, tasteless, or head-to-toe-label-whore-street-walker, is the point.

To add, any kind of money, new or old - should also know how to present themselves and behave in public. Act like you have parents.

Ye, sure, but just drop the offensive terms...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t call a great Cartier love Bengal multi stack coupled with a Bottega Jodie or even an Hermes bag, overdressed. It’s just a beautiful look. Status symbols? Maybe. But let’s be honest, if you like fashion, then you’re happy to see them. If you don’t care about fashion, you don’t notice them.

What I love about a multiple Cartier stack and a Louis Vuitton purse for example, is it you can parent with casual sweats and still look great and not shabby.

Seems more like signatures of wealth than “fashion”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When our DD was at a private she became friends with parents we discovered were low key billionaires. (They took her on vacation.). Heirs to an extremely large fortune but lived in an attached small row home. Really cool people who flew far under the radar of the folks in development. Was quite amusing actually. In a million years you would’ve never guessed.

I think there are quite a few people like that. I look at some of the donation lists at my kid's private and some of the parents who give the most live in the regular, average houses.

We donate a lot both anonymously and also with our name shown and I can’t tell you how many people recently have made comments about our home and saying they are surprised. Mind you out home is worth more than 1.5 million but not 10 million like I guess they would assume. We own other properties and assets so our home is not our main asset. But yes people in DC judge you by your home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When our DD was at a private she became friends with parents we discovered were low key billionaires. (They took her on vacation.). Heirs to an extremely large fortune but lived in an attached small row home. Really cool people who flew far under the radar of the folks in development. Was quite amusing actually. In a million years you would’ve never guessed.

I think there are quite a few people like that. I look at some of the donation lists at my kid's private and some of the parents who give the most live in the regular, average houses.

We donate a lot both anonymously and also with our name shown and I can’t tell you how many people recently have made comments about our home and saying they are surprised. Mind you out home is worth more than 1.5 million but not 10 million like I guess they would assume. We own other properties and assets so our home is not our main asset. But yes people in DC judge you by your home.

It’s not anonymous to the schools and organizations but I mean we choose to not attach our name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would feel like an idiot wearing a 10k bracelet.

Why do you care so much about what others think? If you want it where it. I have some confidence for goodness sake.

It has nothing to do with what others think or confidence. It has to do with what I think. I would feel dumb every time I looked at it because I would think about where else that money could go aside from my wrist. And yes I have the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

Omg who carrrrreeeessss

You do.

Chill. DC has its own vibe. Just saying it’s not fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

Omg who carrrrreeeessss

You do.

Chill. DC has its own vibe. Just saying it’s not fashion.

I am happy for people to have fashion vibes or not however suits them. It’s just not my thing and I don’t really notice. The main thing most people notice about other people is if they are friendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When our DD was at a private she became friends with parents we discovered were low key billionaires. (They took her on vacation.). Heirs to an extremely large fortune but lived in an attached small row home. Really cool people who flew far under the radar of the folks in development. Was quite amusing actually. In a million years you would’ve never guessed.

I think there are quite a few people like that. I look at some of the donation lists at my kid's private and some of the parents who give the most live in the regular, average houses.

My family foundation has way, way more money than I do personally so “our” giving and our actual finances aren’t really aligned. Hooray for the tax code or whatever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

Omg who carrrrreeeessss

You do.

Chill. DC has its own vibe. Just saying it’s not fashion.

I am happy for people to have fashion vibes or not however suits them. It’s just not my thing and I don’t really notice. The main thing most people notice about other people is if they are friendly.

I’d love to believe what you’re saying is true but you seem a bit out of touch with reality. People judge other people on appearances worldwide, even in completely different cultures. The idea that DC is exempt from this is kind of absurd.

[Anonymous]

I don't have any Alhambra but have seen lots of knock-offs <$100 in the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not about old money vs new money. It’s about style. A lot of moms wear very expensive items but can’t pull it off. It’s hard to explain but easy to spot. DC moms are just not known to be stylish. You can wear head to toe Gucci and buy all the things from net a porter but pulling it off without looking like an imposter is hard.

Sit at a cafe in Tribeca. Observe the moms. There’s a confidence style vibe and the cathedral close ain’t it.

Omg who carrrrreeeessss

You do.

Chill. DC has its own vibe. Just saying it’s not fashion.

I am happy for people to have fashion vibes or not however suits them. It’s just not my thing and I don’t really notice. The main thing most people notice about other people is if they are friendly.

I’d love to believe what you’re saying is true but you seem a bit out of touch with reality. People judge other people on appearances worldwide, even in completely different cultures. The idea that DC is exempt from this is kind of absurd.

The whole city doesn’t have to be “exempt” for reasonable people to not do it. If I know my friends are into fashion and have chosen something to express themselves, of course I’ll appreciate it and participate in celebrating that with them. But if they don’t, I don’t care. It’s just another personal interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When our DD was at a private she became friends with parents we discovered were low key billionaires. (They took her on vacation.). Heirs to an extremely large fortune but lived in an attached small row home. Really cool people who flew far under the radar of the folks in development. Was quite amusing actually. In a million years you would’ve never guessed.

I think there are quite a few people like that. I look at some of the donation lists at my kid's private and some of the parents who give the most live in the regular, average houses.

We donate a lot both anonymously and also with our name shown and I can’t tell you how many people recently have made comments about our home and saying they are surprised. Mind you out home is worth more than 1.5 million but not 10 million like I guess they would assume. We own other properties and assets so our home is not our main asset. But yes people in DC judge you by your home.

I find it to be SUCH a great filtering mechanism.

[Anonymous]

^And to clarify, I enjoy that judgy people stay away because we live in a row house.