Overdressed and status symbols

[Anonymous]

Wait, this a schools forum, not beauty and fashion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not at our school at all (and I've never heard of Van Cleef Alhambra). Very laid back vibe.

Really?

It's these:

Starting at $3500 for a full-size pendant. It's what all the sheeple are wearing. Now the teenagers are starting.

I've never seen that. But I also don't have girls.

Moms wear these? I would NEVER. This is what the 16 year olds wear at our local private. I think of it as a younger woman/teen trend.

For $3800 a pop?

[Anonymous]

The fact you notice these things tells a lot about you. Are you trying to fit in and feeling insecure? I wouldn’t recognize a Tiffany bracelet if I saw one. I’m new at a private and I’ve found my people….. no idea what brand of jewelry they wear.

[Anonymous]

If you notice things, at a minimum it means you’re observant and know a range of things.

And if you don’t notice things it might mean you’re unobservant, too busy or self centered, or just don’t know about things.

Whatever.!

[Anonymous]

No, I don't see that, but I feel like our school is pretty like "crunchy?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At DC’s school, many moms are totally overdressed for whatever the occasion is, and wear multiple, yet identical to each other, status symbols. Ie, the whole set of Van Cleef Alhambra jewelry, several Cartier or Tiffany bracelets (like 5 or so on each wrist). It’s all so OTT, and I don’t get it at all. I may wear one nice watch, or so, but even though I think I am well put together, these women make me feel like some sort of Cinderella covered in ashes. What is this style and do moms wear these items at your private?

I have noticed this at our Big 3 with some parents admitted in the past 2-4 years. Tons of makeup, big hair, very flashy clothing, a completely different look than the norm. It’s just a few but it is bizarre to wear nightclub clothing to a parent gathering.

Are they from Texas? That's the only place where I've lived where people wear tons of makeup/jewelry/big hair to school events, especially sports.

[Anonymous]

Have kids at a cathedral school. We see a bit everything. I'm a middle of the road dresser but appreciate those who make an effort, even the more outlandishly clad. I don't judge. Who cares what anyone else wears? I personally am not into Van Cleef but am into other expensive brands that others may not appreciate or understand. It would be soooo boring if we all dressed the same.

[Anonymous]

The popular trend I've seen are gorgeous stacks of Cartier love bangles (2 or three)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our school at all (and I've never heard of Van Cleef Alhambra). Very laid back vibe.

Really?

It's these:

Starting at $3500 for a full-size pendant. It's what all the sheeple are wearing. Now the teenagers are starting.

I've never seen that. But I also don't have girls.

Moms wear these? I would NEVER. This is what the 16 year olds wear at our local private. I think of it as a younger woman/teen trend.

For $3800 a pop?

Are the $15 knockoffs all over publics and privates yet?

[Anonymous]

Pretty rare in the DC area. People here think it’s sophisticated and “old money” to dress in the most boring clothes and jewelry imaginable. Anything trendy is dismissed as “new money” or trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New money. Poor things.

Not at all. These people are just rich. Some may be newly rich in that last decade but most were well to do growing up and are just rich. It is how they dress no different than if you were in some small town in Texas where every guy had on jeans and boots and either a ball cap or cowboy hat. It is not new money it is their uniform so that they can communicate to other similar people. I agree I hate the sameness but they are who they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DC’s school, many moms are totally overdressed for whatever the occasion is, and wear multiple, yet identical to each other, status symbols. Ie, the whole set of Van Cleef Alhambra jewelry, several Cartier or Tiffany bracelets (like 5 or so on each wrist). It’s all so OTT, and I don’t get it at all. I may wear one nice watch, or so, but even though I think I am well put together, these women make me feel like some sort of Cinderella covered in ashes. What is this style and do moms wear these items at your private?

I have noticed this at our Big 3 with some parents admitted in the past 2-4 years. Tons of makeup, big hair, very flashy clothing, a completely different look than the norm. It’s just a few but it is bizarre to wear nightclub clothing to a parent gathering.

Are they from Texas? That's the only place where I've lived where people wear tons of makeup/jewelry/big hair to school events, especially sports.

And by Texas do you mean Dallas? Dallas is soo flashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DC’s school, many moms are totally overdressed for whatever the occasion is, and wear multiple, yet identical to each other, status symbols. Ie, the whole set of Van Cleef Alhambra jewelry, several Cartier or Tiffany bracelets (like 5 or so on each wrist). It’s all so OTT, and I don’t get it at all. I may wear one nice watch, or so, but even though I think I am well put together, these women make me feel like some sort of Cinderella covered in ashes. What is this style and do moms wear these items at your private?

I have noticed this at our Big 3 with some parents admitted in the past 2-4 years. Tons of makeup, big hair, very flashy clothing, a completely different look than the norm. It’s just a few but it is bizarre to wear nightclub clothing to a parent gathering.

Are they from Texas? That's the only place where I've lived where people wear tons of makeup/jewelry/big hair to school events, especially sports.

You have not been in DC long? That is also the NY/NJ private school scene. Cali as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our school at all (and I've never heard of Van Cleef Alhambra). Very laid back vibe.

Really?

It's these:

Starting at $3500 for a full-size pendant. It's what all the sheeple are wearing. Now the teenagers are starting.

I've never seen that. But I also don't have girls.

Moms wear these? I would NEVER. This is what the 16 year olds wear at our local private. I think of it as a younger woman/teen trend.

For $3800 a pop?

Are the $15 knockoffs all over publics and privates yet?

DCUM is incredibly credulous of anything that appears to be designer, so I’m sure they have no idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty rare in the DC area. People here think it’s sophisticated and “old money” to dress in the most boring clothes and jewelry imaginable. Anything trendy is dismissed as “new money” or trashy.

old money means wasp. White Anglo saxon protestants. No as a rule they are not flashy. They also do not really exist anymore outside of some areas of New England.