Upper Class Beauty

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Not all the elites look super polished. I know the wife of a former congressman whose family is very well off. She drives a used ford focus but lives in a $10 million dollar house. She wears an antique Tiffany diamond ring but buys clothing from Target. She does her own hair and nails too. You get the picture.

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Anonymous wrote:Botox

Only subtle botox. We actually make fun of duck lips behind their back.

Duck lips come from filler, not botox.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Botox

Only subtle botox. We actually make fun of duck lips behind their back.

We all do, hon

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Anonymous wrote:Cashmere sweaters, neutral colors, great skin, classics coat, subtle jewelry, great hair, effortless look. Not like you’re trying too hard.

The Queen mostly wore vivid colors. Kate also wears lots of bright colors.

Depends on if you’re going for WASP or chic.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you wealthy? The upkeep is time and $$

DP
I'm wealthy and have the look. The secret is to:
1. BE THIN
2. Pair very expensive things with cheap things - i.e. my $400 shoes with a well fitted dress from Target I got for sale $15 and tailored.
3. Subtle REAL jewelry, e.g., diamond studs- never cz
4. Always dress for your figure. Never wear 'sweat pants'. Aviator Nation make folks look like they're wearing a giant diaper, so I don't get why people would pay money to look that way

But mostly be thin and fit!

This is dumb advice. Absolutely no one can tell if your earrings are CZ. I have CZ set in real gold (sensitive skin) and they are cheap and look great. For a ring you can argue for diamonds for durability but for earrings no one can tell.

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Anonymous wrote:My former MIL is wealthy beyond my comprehension. She buys her cosmetics and hair products at Safeway or CVS. Gets a cheap perm from the old guy that does all the little old ladies' hair in her neighborhood. For her, the 'elite' look is that weird subtle money thing. Never a brand or logo in site. But you just know it is something you could never in a million years afford. Or that she bought it at Walmart. Total crap shoot with that woman.

I remember an interview with one of the Walton heiresses about her jewelry and it was a total mishmash of prices. And none of it was the big luxury brands like Cartier or van cleef

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cashmere sweaters, neutral colors, great skin, classics coat, subtle jewelry, great hair, effortless look. Not like you’re trying too hard.

The Queen mostly wore vivid colors. Kate also wears lots of bright colors.

The Queen wore vivid colors to be seen and stand out in a crowd when doing public engagements. When you see pics of her in a relaxed setting, she was wearing much more neutral, soft colors.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all the elites look super polished. I know the wife of a former congressman whose family is very well off. She drives a used ford focus but lives in a $10 million dollar house. She wears an antique Tiffany diamond ring but buys clothing from Target. She does her own hair and nails too. You get the picture.

Those are two different things: looking rich as in you grew up with enough wealth that now you truly don't give two cr**s, or looking rich like you're the kind of woman a rich man would marry because you're proper and his dad would approve. OP is aiming at the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not all the elites look super polished. I know the wife of a former congressman whose family is very well off. She drives a used ford focus but lives in a $10 million dollar house. She wears an antique Tiffany diamond ring but buys clothing from Target. She does her own hair and nails too. You get the picture.

Those are two different things: looking rich as in you grew up with enough wealth that now you truly don't give two cr**s, or looking rich like you're the kind of woman a rich man would marry because you're proper and his dad would approve. OP is aiming at the latter.

It’s more strategic to be the last wife, which can require a different aesthetic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not all the elites look super polished. I know the wife of a former congressman whose family is very well off. She drives a used ford focus but lives in a $10 million dollar house. She wears an antique Tiffany diamond ring but buys clothing from Target. She does her own hair and nails too. You get the picture.

Those are two different things: looking rich as in you grew up with enough wealth that now you truly don't give two cr**s, or looking rich like you're the kind of woman a rich man would marry because you're proper and his dad would approve. OP is aiming at the latter.

It’s more strategic to be the last wife, which can require a different aesthetic.

Sure but that's not where OP is now - now she's already married, but expecting her husband to start earning a lot more, and it sounds like she wants to dress as if she's the woman that a guy with that kind of money would marry the first time.

Maybe I'm reading her wrong, but that's my take.

Or maybe she is totally secure in her relationship but wants to dress like the rich wives she expects to be hanging around - she's dressing for rich women instead of rich men. I think that might be a different strategy?

[Anonymous]

Thin

Good clear, radiant skin with very minimal makeup.

Groomed - subtly shaped brows, well kept hair, clean shiny nails, etc.

Well fitting, fresh clothes, no piling and no tired looking material.


So far I have 1 and am working on the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:Thin

Good clear, radiant skin with very minimal makeup.

Groomed - subtly shaped brows, well kept hair, clean shiny nails, etc.

Well fitting, fresh clothes, no piling and no tired looking material.


So far I have 1 and am working on the rest.

I also think the more weight you look like you have, the more groomed and fitted and no sloppy you need to look. Overweight women always need to look groomed and polished and “done” to look well off. Thin women can pull off jeans and a baggy sweatshirt and still look well off.

This doesn’t apply to men.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I had this question today. If my DH (or me together with him) increased our salary, and our net worth to something crazy like 12-15m… i would need some different beauty standards.

Money helps. But I’m thinking on a future scale, anything I should be doing now.

My first thoughts are
*fitness. I don’t have to wait to work on that
*skin skin skin

The other stuff is maintenance that is easy to amplify. Just get a great hair stylist or makeup artist.

Already I have made huge improvements on a cute capsule style way of dressing. Even though it would be amplified later, I have connective outfits down. I have a vision for what looks best on me, color and shape.

This post is very confusingly written.

[Anonymous]

Wealthy people’s secret is sleep. All are well rested.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cashmere sweaters, neutral colors, great skin, classics coat, subtle jewelry, great hair, effortless look. Not like you’re trying too hard.

The Queen mostly wore vivid colors. Kate also wears lots of bright colors.

Exactly. Colors can be so powerful and elegant, it really isn't about neutrals vs colors. It's about shapes and textures.