Do rich people only wear designer clothes? Like, every piece?

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Do some rich people only wear designer clothes? Like, is everything they have in their wardrobe designer, even down to their socks and underwear?

It’s a question I’ve always had.

To clarify, I mean both old money and new money, from high-level millionaires to billionaires. And when I say designer, I mean across the entire spectrum. Not every designer brand is loud and famous like Gucci. What I mean is, do these wealthy people ever buy clothes, underwear, socks, etc., from stores like Walmart, Target, and other regular retailers, or is everything in their wardrobe designer?

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AskewLord@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
rich people aren’t all the same. some do, some don’t.

what’s weirder is the poor people who do this, and go into debt to do so, so they can feel/look rich.

my sister has a net worth of something like 50 million, and shops at Target and doesn’t have designer anything. but she grew up poor and isn’t into fashion or luxury goods. but she would not consider herself rich at all. to her rich is people who have yachts or charter flights.

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- Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ummm $50M is yacht and charter flight levels of rich. I guess she just doesn’t know it somehow.
  
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Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
People have different tastes. Some wear brands, while others have clothing made for them and schedule measurement/fitting events.

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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Depends where you draw the line on something being designer a bit, but if we’re including luxury brands in general, then essentially yes in most cases.

If someone cares about their appearance and they have enough wealth to not need to worry about economising, they will be wearing something close to the best versions of a given item of clothing that they (or their stylist) can get their hands on.

It doesn’t have to be flashy (and increasingly the goal is to not be flashy), you can spend hundreds, even thousands on a plain black t-shirt. If someone wealthy wants a black tee, it’s almost certainly gonna be one of those and not one from a supermarket.

Is the difference in value equivalent to the difference in quality? No of course not, the prerequisite is not needing to worry about the cost. There’s no value to them in shopping around for a deal and/or compromising due to cost, they just want the best available, and that’s it.

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ruuster13@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Do some rich people only

yes.

do these wealthy people ever

yes.

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PorchGoose@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The quiet luxury is pretty darn close. They’re are now brands that are known as “quiet luxury” brands, but that another attempt of less wealthy people to feel wealthy by now buying these quiet brands. Searching quiet luxury and reading up on it will probably give you the most information.

But they wear brands without logos, without obvious tags. They buy high quality, classic neutrals that never go out of style. They have their own tailors so nothing is “off the rack”. Either extremely quiet brands, speciality boutiques that no one can just walk in uninvited, or bespoke from a tailor. They probably order socks and underwear from those ultra quiet brands too. Even the $30-45 per pair high end underwear from places like Nordstrom are brands they would probably never touch.

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huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t wear designer clothes. Not only are they impractical, but they really go against my cash flow constraints.

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snooggums@piefed.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
King Oscar two layer in olive oil by chance?

They stopped carrying those at the local stores and I’m currently on a 3 week delivery delay despite getting the kippers right away.

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TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
from what I’ve heard there’s a style of sorts called “quiet luxury”. Basically no huge branding, look simple, but more of a timeless look. Look up Celine or “the row”. typical clothes that look simple, have a major reputation among old money people, and yeah looking at thousands for basic clothes that… well quite simply don’t stand out.

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