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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nails. Nouveau Riche have exotic shapes, polishes, weird "French" manicures with colors that are not shades of white/cream and pink/beige (depending onnrace). In any case nails should be filed oval/almond depending how they grow and fairly short. Buffed is excellent. Quite practical, too.

Makeup. Nouveau trophy women have elaborate contouring, several shades of blush/highlighter/shadow.  DRAMATIC lipstick and eyes.

Controversial comparison but look at Lauren Sanchez and [b]Princess of Wales pre-2023[/b]. Hard to think of equivalent US old money dressed up. [/quote]

She's definitely not old money. Her mother was a flight attendant, her father a dispatcher.  They made money running a party business.[/quote]

The Royal family is also considered decidedly middle class (British sense) in comparison to the aristocracy who are the real old money in the UK. [/quote]

This is actually the complete and utter opposite of the system in the UK. The Royals are at the top of the chain - they were the ones who [i]made[/i] the nobility. All of the aristocrats are losing their money and have to spend exorbitant amounts to keep up their estates. But they are considered upper class because in Britain, it will never matter how much money you actually have, it matters what type of family you come from. The richest people in the country could be considered "middle class" because they're [i]not[/i] aristocrats. And you can be house poor upper class aristocrats. The Royal Family have their money tied up in estates and jewels and duchies... it is the opposite of what's considered "middle class" there.

(This is not an agreement of the system, just an explanation.)[/quote]

What's funny is if you are of Euro descent, you're pretty much guaranteed you are an aristocrat. You're just an aristocrat whose ancestors had the bad fortune of being son #3, dd #6...Enough bad downmarrying through generations and next thing you know you are on some small farm somewhere cleaning a pig pen.[/quote]

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