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Fool’s Errand's avatar

Enjoying some comfort writing after the big spicy one yesterday?

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Cartoons Hate Her's avatar

No time for comfort! New article as a followup to the big spicy one dropping tomorrow morning.

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Kelly Garrison's avatar

I went to a fancy law school that was full of old and new money alike and have to say I never observed a consistent “look”, except that a lot of them didn’t show up to class.

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MichaeL Roe's avatar

As a British person … the photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are, indeed, what the style looks like.

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MichaeL Roe's avatar

William in the one on the left especially.

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Matt H.'s avatar

As a recovering prep school kid these do/don’t comparisons are just like “Doctor’s first wife vs. doctor’s second wife” somewhere circa Santa Barbara or Rye. It seems like they’re using old money to mean “got rich at least 30 years ago” rather than anything to do with what country club your great grandfather was a member of.

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Human Being's avatar

The one real *old money* person I’ve met - think titled member of a European royal family who grew up in a chateau - basically dressed like Dwight Schrute. Make of that what you will, tiktok teens.

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Andrew M. Shaw's avatar

The short answer is that of you're thinking at all about what other people are thinking of you, you ain't it. If it's got a "label" or an "influencer", or a "look", you're not it. The whole exercise is "not done".

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Andrew M. Shaw's avatar

Not comme if faut, as one says.

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Bryan Ng's avatar

Eh these days the junior nobility have socials so you can see what they wear. Same for the younger members of the 19th century business founders family set

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cj's avatar

all of these clothes are similarly boring

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