DCUM; dress me like a rich woman

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? What's the point? If you're not actually rich, you're blowing money for nothing. Your shallow-ass new friends will soon sniff out that you're not One of Them and dump your maxed-out-credit-card butt.

Do something useful with your life. Jeez.

Our nanny , who is not rich, "looks" rich. She is trim with great skin and hair. She wears basic clothes from the Gap. She has a good eye for quality so she buys shoes and bags at places like tj Max's that look expensive. She's South American. More often than not she looks like the employer and I look like the employee!

I lived in Argentina. Everyone looks great all the time, it is mandatory. The standard is so different than US in terms of what is considered presentable and ok to wear in public.

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I am post the young thin and rich Bethesda girl. Come to the swim pool and take a look at the 30's,40's and 50's really rich middle age moms - wealthy, chunkier, hair up in a pony tail and exhausted from our kids.

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There's really a BIG difference between old money and nouveau riche ... I am old money and you'd never know it. Labels don't mean anything, quality does. Sounds like you want nouveau, good luck with that.

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Anonymous wrote:Wear very simple, tailored clothes. Make sure everything fits well and is not trendy or with cheap labels. Simple gold or silver jewelry. Spend money on expensive bag (Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton) sunglasses and shoes/boots. Have a nice expensive coat and some expensive scarves (Hermes, Burberry). Keep your hair cut simple and well groomed. Short polished or buffed nails. Minimal makeup but enough to look fresh. You're better off in a pair of Levi's and a white Oxford if you're shoes are good and your bag is good. That's the trick.

Nailed it.

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Anonymous wrote:There's really a BIG difference between old money and nouveau riche ... I am old money and you'd never know it. Labels don't mean anything, quality does. Sounds like you want nouveau, good luck with that.

So name a quality product that doesn't have a label? I don't mean label as in a signature logo or other branding method that screams brand name (fend I and Tory Burch for example). But anything quality has a reputation and those in the know can spot it a mile away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's really a BIG difference between old money and nouveau riche ... I am old money and you'd never know it. Labels don't mean anything, quality does. Sounds like you want nouveau, good luck with that.

So name a quality product that doesn't have a label? I don't mean label as in a signature logo or other branding method that screams brand name (fend I and Tory Burch for example). But anything quality has a reputation and those in the know can spot it a mile away.

That's just it ... Those in the know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wear very simple, tailored clothes. Make sure everything fits well and is not trendy or with cheap labels. Simple gold or silver jewelry. Spend money on expensive bag (Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton) sunglasses and shoes/boots. Have a nice expensive coat and some expensive scarves (Hermes, Burberry). Keep your hair cut simple and well groomed. Short polished or buffed nails. Minimal makeup but enough to look fresh. You're better off in a pair of Levi's and a white Oxford if you're shoes are good and your bag is good. That's the trick.

Nailed it.

Yep, I think this is it exactly. I may print this out and tape it to my closet door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? What's the point? If you're not actually rich, you're blowing money for nothing. Your shallow-ass new friends will soon sniff out that you're not One of Them and dump your maxed-out-credit-card butt.

Do something useful with your life. Jeez.

Our nanny , who is not rich, "looks" rich. She is trim with great skin and hair. She wears basic clothes from the Gap. She has a good eye for quality so she buys shoes and bags at places like tj Max's that look expensive. She's South American. More often than not she looks like the employer and I look like the employee!

I lived in Argentina. Everyone looks great all the time, it is mandatory. The standard is so different than US in terms of what is considered presentable and ok to wear in public.

When we lived in S America, we could always tell the Americans by how schlubby and unstylish they were. Also the American women did not carry themselves well compared to the S American and European women. Lots of fleece.

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I am always amused by how shop clerks chase after the stylish women who look like they have money while ignoring the understated women who actually have money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? What's the point? If you're not actually rich, you're blowing money for nothing. Your shallow-ass new friends will soon sniff out that you're not One of Them and dump your maxed-out-credit-card butt.

Do something useful with your life. Jeez.

Because she is the OP of the threads in the relationship forum asking how she can marry well like the Middleton sisters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's really a BIG difference between old money and nouveau riche ... I am old money and you'd never know it. Labels don't mean anything, quality does. Sounds like you want nouveau, good luck with that.

New PP, I'll take any riche I can!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.theory.com/alettah/G0104208.html?dwvar_G0104208_color=CX1&cgid=#start=8

http://www.bodenusa.com/en-us/womens-tops-t-shirts/long-sleeved-tops/wo093/womens-make-a-statement-breton

http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/tory-burch-miller-flip-flop-women/2963432?origin=category-personalizedsort&fashioncolor=MAKEUP

http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/tory-burch-perry-leather-hobo/4410173?origin=category-personalizedsort&fashioncolor=BARK%2F%20LIGHT%20GOLD

Then go get expensive highlights. Make sure you're very thin, though, or it won't work.

All fine except for the Boden top. Doesn't make the cut.

Actually it totally does.

Original PP here. I'm actually not keen on that Boden top. I like this one better in blue or green: http://www.bodenusa.com/en-us/womens-tops-t-shirts/long-sleeved-tops/wo050/womens-ruched-top

If I was actually wearing this myself, I'd get the pants in black, the shirt in blue, and these shoes: http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Lanvin-Suede-Cap-Toe-Ballerina-Flat-Black-Gold-Shoes/prod188430008_cat35050748__/p.prod?icid=&searchType=EndecaDrivenCat&rte=%252Fcategory.jsp%253FitemId%253Dcat35050748%2526pageSize%253D30%2526No%253D0%2526refinements%253D&eItemId=prod188430008&cmCat=product

But I'm not a rich woman, don't have highlights, and could use 20 pounds and still not be "very thin."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? What's the point? If you're not actually rich, you're blowing money for nothing. Your shallow-ass new friends will soon sniff out that you're not One of Them and dump your maxed-out-credit-card butt.

Do something useful with your life. Jeez.

Our nanny , who is not rich, "looks" rich. She is trim with great skin and hair. She wears basic clothes from the Gap. She has a good eye for quality so she buys shoes and bags at places like tj Max's that look expensive. She's South American. More often than not she looks like the employer and I look like the employee!

I lived in Argentina. Everyone looks great all the time, it is mandatory. The standard is so different than US in terms of what is considered presentable and ok to wear in public.

When we lived in S America, we could always tell the Americans by how schlubby and unstylish they were. Also the American women did not carry themselves well compared to the S American and European women. Lots of fleece.

Its a trade off, many women in Latin America also hate the machismo culture that still pervades and we can't pretend that women dress a certain way totally independently from the culture in which they were raised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are exhausting. What happens when we create you, help you snag a man, and then you are constantly on here posting about how to have an Executive house? No, my nerves cannot take it. We are cutting you off now.

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OP, you don't necessarily mean "rich woman", you know. You really want to look like a certain kind of fashion savvy woman.

The three wealthiest women I know do not look like what you imagine. One spends all her time with her horses, and she has a sensible graying bob and perpetual sunburn, plus dirty boots ALL THE TIME; she doesn't care what anyone thinks about her appearance. The second is an "old money" academic who is a little overweight, and who dresses in an "old" New England well-scrubbed way, with dark colors and a giant battered diaper bag that she's used as a purse for the past decade. The third is a writer who really does scrub up well when she is forced into human contact, though on her own terms: she dresses like a really elegant Victorian boy; the rest of the time, she hangs out alone in a pair of giant gray sweatpants that she's had since college. All three of these women are so wealthy that they can afford to do whatever they want all day, every day, and never worry about money. I think when you have the kind of wealth they do, you don't even need to strive to "look rich" anymore.

That whole uniform look you mention is not really "rich", just really wealthy in a suburban kind of way.