Why do some people say that social class is sometimes reflected in clothes?

The most obvious thing is to go to some physical clothing stores, where the employees are very eye-catching, and the gap is there. They seldom see the wrong person.

The first is to look at the brand of clothes, which is the simplest and most convenient. Well-known brands, big brands, popular brands and unknown brands are really beautiful!

The second is to look at the material of the clothes. Some rich people don't take the usual path, while others love some niche brands. Most people have never heard of their names, but they are still prohibitively expensive. Besides, you can't always aim at someone else's clothes labels! Good clothes are still very textured!

Third, some people may not care what clothes they wear, and clothes are not very expensive. Sharp-eyed shop assistants will see what shoes they wear, which are better than clothes!

Fourth, look at the tone. Some people are very good at camouflage. Entering the store is to crack down on price increases. The clerk who is used to big scenes has already seen through you and will pretend to be better than you! The economic situation of people who pick up clothes and try to choose clothes after keeping their eyes on the price tag is definitely different!

The economic base determines the superstructure, and the amount of money in the pocket will be reflected in food, clothing, housing and transportation. Clothes are the most obvious, you can see them at a glance!

However, when a person can bear to wear a pair of more than a dozen cloth shoes and dozens of T-shirts, all the above statements are invalid! For example, a former treasure is family!

The difference between the rich and the poor is not that you wear Dior and Chanel, but I wear 36 1. It's not that you use Givenchy every day and I use Dabao every day, but that you wear 36 1, and I still wear 36 1. At most, I'll change to Li Ning.

The biggest dress difference between the poor and the rich is the choice. More choices brought by more money give rich people more choices in wearing clothes, whether it is luxury or ordinary clothes. The poor are limited by money, so they can only narrow their choices and try to dress decently under limited economic conditions. Of course, limited economic conditions also make it impossible to have too many choices.

There is also a big difference, that is, the thickness, the thinner the living conditions, the thicker the living conditions, and the living conditions of the rich and the poor are different. Rich people have cars in and out, and the place where they are located is also out of the sun. There is not much requirement for the thickness of clothes. In really cold outdoor places, rich people often have better warm clothes and wear mink coats, especially female stars.

With the progress of society, clothes are becoming more and more casual. There were different classes and styles of clothes in ancient society. Now you can wear whatever you want. From this perspective, maybe the uncle next to you on the bus is an invisible rich man.

I can't.

As the saying goes, clothes make the horse depend on the saddle, which means that as long as a person dresses up a little, earth-shaking changes will take place.

Just because a person is well dressed doesn't mean that he has a high social class. Maybe he doesn't have a car or a house, but he likes to brag. Just because a person dresses simply doesn't mean that he is a lower class. He may be a celebrity, but his life is simple.

Tell me the examples of my two bosses.

Let's start with the little boss. He is directly in charge of us and belongs to a big boss in a certain field. But it's really simple and convenient for him to wear. In winter, he is a simple coat and jacket, the colors are very different, and the gray is not slippery. That's how you dress even when you go out to talk business with people. In his current social class, he certainly has the conditions to dress better and more decently, but people just don't care. How can it be simple and comfortable?

Besides, our big boss, the head of the company. Our company is also very good in the industry. The boss is often invited to participate in activities, but even if he participates in activities, the boss only wears a suit of Uniqlo and a pair of jeans, which is very simple. Although people in the company often ridicule him for wearing ordinary clothes, the big boss still goes his own way.

Here are some examples of people we all know.

First of all, is mark zuckerberg, the founder of facebook, high in social status? But people dress like this.

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Or something like that.

Yes, people only wear gray T-shirts, jeans and sneakers all year round. According to Zuckerberg, this dress is to save time spent on clothes.

Let's talk about Apple's Steve Jobs. His daily standard is a black pullover, jeans and sneakers, which has been like one day for many years.

In fact, a person's dress is the most difficult to reflect a person's social identity, because clothes can be bought with money, but temperament cannot be bought.

Let's call it a day!

What a pity that society has classes!

In fact, the most important core product of the so-called clothing characteristics embodied by class is a psychological expression.

In a word, it is a word: to be hidden or to be obvious!

I once saw a fancy party.

It was at Wimbledon in the south of London, England. British upper class, an important part of summer social activities: Wimbledon Tennis Open.

Wimbledon, which originated from 1887, is one of the four major tennis events in the world. Known as the "king of hard land." June and July are the social seasons in Britain every year. In prosperous times, all the aristocratic families in the Commonwealth countries will be invited. Watching Wimbledon is a sign that your family is still active in the aristocratic circle. Some families watch the history of Wimbledon for generations.

On the last day of Wimbledon, members of the royal family must attend and present awards. The Queen of England is old now and hasn't seen several games. However, the Prince of Wales or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will also attend on their behalf. Everyone should stand up when their families come in.

Wimbledon's dress code for spectators and athletes reflects the life views of the upper class.

First, athletes must wear white clothes. In the audience, men can't wear T-shirts, they must have collars. Ladies can't wear shorts, they must wear skirts and sleeves.

In terms of color matching, it has outstanding characteristics.

Low-key unsaturated color is a symbol of high society. High saturation glare of red and green. Exposed short dresses, gender enhancement: for example, men are shirtless, women are low-cut and backless, miniskirts and black stockings are not in line with etiquette!

I remember I was wearing a monochrome, muddy white linen fabric with a knee-length skirt. Paired with a pearl grey silk cardigan. Same color as my boyfriend's casual linen suit. Shoes are all open loafers. This handbag is light brown. Ask your partner to dress consistently and echo each other!

Evening dress is one of the most vivid social activities in the west. But the low-cut skirt with suspenders is still a test. Custom dress, chest position is very important. Never be too low! Otherwise, it is an accident. And miniskirts ... most people don't try anyway. It is also a rule that the upper part is short and the lower part is long.

"Compared with sexy seduction, upper-class women are more willing to show their personality and charm. Because they get married not by beauty and sex appeal, but by surnames and wealth. " A talkative friend of mine explained to me why this happened.

Similarly, there is no LOGO on them. Because they have their own status. They think their position is enough to make themselves the focus of attention. If you can't condescend to lower your price, then lower it and become a brand.

Once I made a fool of myself!

In a diplomatic activity, Zheng Da Group invited a Thai princess. No, it should be called: the queen saved it.

The princess is wearing a coat with a tattoo. I thought it was a clothing brand! Later, I learned that it was the royal family emblem. It turns out that members of the royal family will not use items with brand logos.

The thinking mode of the upper class is: I am a famous brand. I am a symbol of strength! I don't need to show self-reinforcement. I prefer to keep a low profile and be close to the people. Show your cultured elegance. Set an example for the public.

In the lower class, aesthetics is just the opposite!

Strong colors. Including makeup, nail polish, clothing, shoes and hats, cars ...

Also keen on all kinds of brand-name signs. The exposed signs will make people have many associations. For example: the brand is me!

On the other hand, they like to show their strengths. Like a man's strength. Rich. The combination is: a big gold chain, a big gold watch and a tattoo with sunglasses. Women will show their charm more directly.

For example: bright colors. Exposed clothes. Local enhanced signal. Big breasts, beautiful hips, long legs and red lips. High heels, tight skirts, strong perfume, and heavy makeup regardless of occasion.

Never lower your chest.

Never have big red lips.

Never have red nails.

Never wear black stockings. (except in the case of fur in winter).

Never make the logo too obvious.

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This is the content of a etiquette training course in Britain. There are many rules.

But I'm still willing to break the rules.

When I was young, I often wore a low-cut suspender vest with pants. Because my chest is as flat as the highway. Body like a pencil, thin and straight. Dressed like this and wearing a flat-topped straw hat, I will be interested in "being able to tell whether I am a man or a woman" ...

"handsome!" A Cantonese always calls me that.

This is the right of young people: break the rules!

I still want to emphasize one point. In fact, aesthetics is related to class.

However, quality has nothing to do with class!

Clothes are actually very material, and fashion and fashion are inseparable from material consumption. Although the fashion industry relies on designers and fashion design for artistic creation every day, it can never get rid of the commercial part. People with high social classes have financial resources and need clothes with a sense of design and expensive clothes more often. Therefore, I think that "judging people by their clothes" is not a bad habit in the fashion circle, but a manifestation of professionalism.

What details about social class can usually be seen from "dressing"? In the article "How a Company Differentiates Leaders from Ordinary Employees by Dress" I answered a few days ago, I introduced some observation methods in the workplace, but the topic should refer to social ecology in general, not just in the workplace. Because of many hidden celebrities, there is no workplace in other people's world. Wearing the best clothes is an innate way of life, not to make you think who he is.

For example, in fact, the face value of these people is not high. There seems to be nothing special about these clothes, whether in style or collocation. You can also buy it in China. You can wear it like this, but it's different. They are two golden couples in the British royal family and the two most famous princes in the world. However, Princess Kate's plaid coat is of good quality at first glance, and plaid is the material that most easily exposes the poor quality of clothing. Princess Kate's plaid is very neat, and the plaid of the skirt, including the buttons at the intersection of the plaid, is correct. Others, by observing the length, color, style and tightness of their coats, can see that the aesthetics and lifestyle of this class are better than that of the general class. And the most important thing is aesthetics. Many people have money but wear ugly clothes. The aesthetic ability gained from education is not enough. Aesthetic ability determines what clothes you will wear and buy.

The two black children sleeping back to back in the picture above, if they are not dressed like this and filmed in this family environment, you can easily think of African refugees, who are two African orphans adopted by Madonna. They fell asleep on the spacious sofa in printed clothes and warm UGG boots with a strong sense of national family. The relationship between social class, lifestyle and dress style is self-evident.

This is another Cate Blanchett I like very much. As one of the best actresses in the world, it is not unusual to see the clothes she is wearing. My colleagues in your ABC office may all dress like this, but the brand they wear is giorgio armani. In fact, giorgio armani's clothes are hard for most people to accept, because when you go to the store, you find that the clothes look ordinary, the colors are serious, the styles are not fancy, but they are expensive.

But why can't your office colleague ABC dress so expensively? Temperament is the first, aesthetic experience temperament, temperament can be expressed through clothing, and seemingly ordinary and simple clothing, the most need to design and produce the most elegant lines, Cate Blanchett's confidence and calmness in life are expressed from clothing, and usually many people are kidnapped by clothing after buying expensive clothing, and they lose themselves, which is not really a class worthy of respect and envy.

There was news a few days ago that US President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They actually "bumped into ties" and all chose English twill ties with diagonal stripes to the right. Navy blue ties are the same in color and stripe thickness. In fact, this news also conveyed a message that there are certain principles and norms in the clothes of all classes. The bondage of this norm caused the two of them to hit a bond. Fortunately, I didn't hit my shirt but my tie, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

If you want to know more about the class code hidden in this dress, let's ask paul fussell, a famous American cultural critic, to tell us how to judge their social class according to their clothes. Again, the book style is about America. Please don't sit in the right position, or you will hurt innocent people.

We all know that judging people by their appearances is a derogatory term. The original intention is to judge people according to external standards such as appearance, words and deeds. However, in style, it has given a new responsibility of "judging people by their appearances" and has become a basis for judging American social class. Let's refer to the contents of the book and see how keen observers can judge a person's social status at a glance.

First, look at the matching of clothes. The more clothes a person has, the higher his social status. The color of the clothes is also very particular. Navy blue is the color of the upper middle class. The softer and darker the color, the more classy it is. Purple belongs to the poor. The texture of clothes is equally important. The higher the biological composition, the better the grade. In other words, luxury clothes usually use wool, silk, cotton, hemp and other fabrics, which are light, soft and comfortable. Synthetic fiber fabrics are usually used by the poor because they are cheap and uniform.

"Readability" clothing is also a sign of judging the poor class. What is "readability" of clothes? It is that clothes are printed with all kinds of text or image information, which is simple and easy to be recognized. For example, a slogan or a beer trademark. So why do poor people like to wear clothes that are readable? The poor know that their status is not high, and their hearts are lost. This psychological gap is properly amplified and utilized by the advertising media. Therefore, it is argued that the trademark on clothes is totem-like magic, which can bring honor to the wearer. This advertising effect urges the poor to spend in exchange for "status" and "respect".

But the author forssell thinks that the readability of clothes will lower people's status. The higher the social level, the lower the readability of clothes, and the characters will gradually disappear, replaced by some trademark emblems, and disappear at the highest level. Top management never cares about anyone, and they don't need to show their position through clothing labels. The principle of "readability" also applies to ties, so stripes or dots are usually chosen for the upper layer; The lower-level tie model begins to express obvious and exact literal meaning; The lower the rank, the more words there are on the tie.

The poor like to wear clothes with big business signs. The higher the social level, the lower the profile you wear, and you can't see any signs and advertising words.

The poor like to put the TV in a conspicuous position and put plastic flowers on it; The middle and upper classes rarely watch TV, and even if they do, they will not be placed in the most conspicuous position.

When middle-and lower-class men wear suits, the most likely place to make mistakes is the neck, and the collar of the suit jacket is not so close to the shirt.

The poor like to stick things under cars, the middle class likes brands such as BMW and Audi, and the upper class likes classic cars with a long history.

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The external manifestations of the above social classes are the class judgment skills mentioned by Professor paul fussell of the University of Pennsylvania in "The Best-selling Style in the World". In his book, he divides social stratum into nine levels and lists its characteristics from nine aspects.

Nine types of explicit features I. Appearance features

There used to be a statistic in the United States that the number of obese people in the middle and lower classes was four times that of the upper and middle classes. They think that a person who can't even manage his body well can't manage his family property well.

Second, the characteristics of dressing

The upper class wears many layers, such as shirts, vests, suits, scarves and coats, which are more advanced than sweaters and down jackets. The poor like to wear hooded T-shirts with advertisements printed on them.

Three. Housing characteristics

Middle and upper class people like to buy textured furniture, especially for decorating bookshelves and living rooms; And the poor like to buy all kinds of home appliances.

Fourth, driving characteristics

The higher the social class, the less I like driving fast and the less I can honk my horn.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) dietary characteristics

The higher the social class, the less I like sweet drinks. Generally speaking, the upper class likes liquor and soda, while the lower class likes beer, Coca-Cola and juice.

The higher the social class, the lighter the diet, and the poor like spicy things. (The author also said that Chinese food also belongs to the civilian diet, and I don't accept it. )

Sixth, the characteristics of vacation

The civilian class values weekends most, because they are all employees and should use weekends to do their own things; The upper and middle classes don't care much about weekends, because they can make decisions for their own time.

Seven, sports characteristics

There is a rule that the upper class plays small balls, such as tennis and golf, while the lower class plays big balls, such as football and basketball.

Eight, the characteristics of education

Ivy League University and Cambridge are the bases of elite education for the upper and middle classes. The label of a good university is lifelong, and ordinary people go to grassroots universities.

Nine, reading characteristics

People in the upper class like to read management books, fascinating myths and detective stories, as well as world-famous magazines such as Time Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune and Forbes.

The middle class likes to keep famous books at home to show their taste. Ordinary people like reading idle books and magazines to kill time.

Seeing this, you may feel reasonable or a little angry. Once this book was published, it was used by many people to examine their own tastes, and it was also dubbed "the book of taste".

Classes exist, but the boundaries begin to blur. Professor paul fussell thinks that the characteristics of social classes are becoming less and less obvious, and they begin to become poor.

The most obvious feature is that people are more and more fond of easy-to-read bestsellers, but no longer read Freud's classic works such as Civilization and its Dissatisfaction.

Therefore, the most critical cultural factor of class differentiation is the trend of poverty, and pictures, content to please the public and advertisements begin to occupy the mainstream cultural channels of all classes.

Excellent, unique and classic culture is gradually replaced by entertaining and fragmented information, and people gradually think that the important standard of class division is "money" rather than "culture".

I am Zhang. I have worked in a luxury company for 15 years and have rich experience in the fashion field.

Why is social class often reflected in clothes?

Clothes are actually a person's soft power language. Dressing is an inherent aesthetic and taste of a person, and it is also a symbol of a person's identity.

Clothing language is actually a label, from keeping warm to judging people by their appearance.

Clothing can be divided into four types.

1, uniform (doctor, nurse, policeman ..., uniform is a symbol of occupation).

2? Formal dress (people with professional expertise, such as financiers, lawyers, accountants, etc.). ).

3? Fashion (this type of dress style is rich and varied, and the taste is particularly exquisite ... fashion field, golden white collar)

4? Casual wear (suitable for a wide range of people, basically no strong requirements)

Mainly because of economic conditions, it is decided to reflect the life needs and scenes of social classes from clothing. To take an extreme example, the poor hardly wear formal clothes, and the rich are unlikely to wear rough black cotton-padded jackets.

For poor families struggling at the bottom, the most important function of clothes is to hide their shame and keep warm. Practicality and durability are the first pursuit. In the embarrassing economic conditions, regardless of style, thin and fashionable.

A cheap low-grade thick cotton-padded jacket may need to help the poor survive many winters. Because there are no convenient cleaning conditions, it is impossible to clean the cotton-padded jacket often. Dirty black must be the first choice.

People who are relatively well-off financially, in addition to being practical and warm, will also begin to pursue beauty. If possible, they will buy more sets of clothes to replace them. Clothing fabrics tend to be light and thin, and the style selection fits and highlights the figure.

The richer class, apart from their daily life, began to have different social activities, travel and vacation. Modern costumes have developed corresponding costumes for different scenes, such as formal dresses for formal occasions, dresses with different specifications for banquets, and professional costumes for different sports. The richness of life scenes has increased the demand of the wealthy class for diversified clothing.

The fabrics used in luxury clothing, such as silk, cashmere and high count cotton, are light, soft and comfortable, but almost all of them are not suitable for manual labor.

It is easy to see in winter that people who ride bicycles and electric cars wrap themselves up very thick, while those who drive and enter air-conditioned rooms wear much lighter clothes.

In the book Style, the author said: "Sometimes, taste is the full display of a person's past lives. What kind of smell you are, what kind of smell you have, you can't escape. "

Different social classes have different preferences. A person's clothes also reflect his living habits and aesthetic tendencies. So we can judge his social status and living environment by looking at his clothes.

And all this is telling people his real social class.

Usually, what is the appearance sign of high society?

Usually thin, I like to wear clothes that fit perfectly and simply, and use expensive but low-key shoes and bags.

Recently, Megan, who has a high topic, has become a princess-to-be, and her dress style has become simple, classic and conservative.

In terms of color, they all prefer low-key colors, such as navy blue and various soft and restrained dark colors.

For example, the royal family's favorite sapphire.

Then there are camel and milky white, which are the favorite of rich aunts (dirty is difficult to wash).

In the choice of materials, the higher the biological composition, the higher the grade, so wool, silk, cotton and various animal skins are their first choice.

They don't like clothes with too obvious logo, because they have enough sense of existence and don't need so-called brand blessing.

Ladies like to wear little jewelry, especially pearls; Men don't wear jewelry at all (except wedding rings), wear watches and have moderate hair length.

In a sense, we have been living in our own clothes.

Clothing, on the other hand, is a kind of personality expression that we didn't say but was deeply understood by people.

Aesthetics is not improved day by day, but accumulated day by day.