What Succession taught me about stealth wealth and Quiet Luxury 👔 #Succession #Fashion #StreetCents

What is Stealth Wealth? This fashion style of the very rich is all about quiet luxury.

[lucymurphy]

“The rich flaunt it and the wealthy hide it”- something I saw on tiktok

[sirwolf]

Had a friend in HS who's parents were loaded. You wouldn't know that though. Dad drove an old beat up truck and mom drive an suv that didn't look "rich". Aside from the size of there house they had no visilual first glance tells of wealth. Until we graduated and I was hanging out with him and looked up his dad's outfit. And then realized his casual Saturday afternoon outfit costs more than my car.

[midnightwaterdragon]

She didnt realize it till the show but the silent wealthy have always existed

[MoviesOnline]

Natural fibers, tailoring, quality stitching, and lack of obvious branding

[o_oLISSo_o]

Decades ago. Even poor people had high quality fabrics. Clothes were made to last because people were too poor to continuously purchase new items. $300 for a T-shirt is ridiculous because all T-shirts should be good quality. Nowadays rich people are paying for quality whereas back then they paid for the name and design. The quality was a given across the board.

[honestreviewer]

I learned this when I moved to Montreal, a city where there is a very high concentration of "old" money. I was walking down the street and saw an older woman waiting for the bus, but she had a subtle Prada bag, Mephisto shoes and very nice-but-subtle clothes. Where I grew up, only "poor" people took the bus; spending time in cities like Montreal and New York, where the ultra wealthy and poor co-exist side-by-side, will challenge your assumptions about wealth.

[cobrakaiX]

I’m middle class. I don’t spend too much on clothes and don’t buy big name brands. However, the secret is spending a little more on a tailor. Tailoring the clothes i do buy makes all the difference in how they feel and look. Would highly recommended. It’s a relatively inexpensive way to upgrade your wardrobe.

[jo-eold]

The biggest tell for *extremely* and I mean *extremely* rich people (not upper middle class or just regular wealthy) is their health and bodies. Not anything they wear or buy. It’s like the money seeps out of their pores. Their hair will be impossibly thick and shiny, eyes bright and rested, skin flawless, teeth perfect. And the way they carry themselves: like they don’t have a single care in the world, because they don’t. They’re not bogged down by stress or problems. You can feel the wealth radiating off of them. I’ve only seen it a handful of times in person but you can literally just tell. Health is a direct byproduct of your environment. The wealthiest people can afford the healthiest and most stress-free environments. They glow.

[Eli-qbsw]

Best thing you can do to "look rich" or like "quiet luxury" is to get a taylor (Or take a sewing class) and get your clothes to actually fit.

[margaesperanza]

In the luxury market we even have "tiers" from high luxury to accessible luxury. The ultra wealthy wants to own things that new rich cannot: obscure things and exclusivity that only THEY own. I've seen a group of rich people where the old rich don't entertain the new rich on the brands that they get, because sharing that means giving the new rich a door into their world.

[BlackEagle]

Real wealth is you have a tailor to make custom fit clothes for you that are quality. Absolute wealth is you own the tailor and their family worked for your family for generations

[victoriaman]

New rich: Put their mansion at the front of the property
Old money: Put their estate at the back so you don't even see it

[MrColdwilliam]

Pro tip for those who want the look but not the price tag: steal it. No, im joking. Find what you like ans get it tailored to fot your body. Fashion starts with F and the F means Fit. Making sure clothes form fit right is more than 50% of it all.

[dualdogdad]

I think people dont understand. Wealthy gets their clothes CUSTOM MADE. Hence, there is no logo, and that s why it fits well. A pair of bespoke Oxford shoes can cost 3k, 4k. Suits can range from 1k to 10k easily. The branded logo stuff was to lured middle class wanting to appear wealthy, wealthy people rarely wear stuff that are not custom made to them.

[TheoMurpse]

It's so weird to see stealth wealth become a buzzword when it's been that way for decades.

[barbiehefner]

“Should we laugh?” No we should WEAP 😭😿!!!

[RCDiaz-Balart]

To be fair flaunting logos was never a thing for a certain group but it has always been a thing for the middle class and the lower upper class. For example musical artists who are the first generation to have money typically are much more flashy but if you look at the children of the artists or children of writers and directors of old Hollywood similar to Miss grenath paltrow they're much more silent and quiet about their luxury it also affords you extra privacy because you're not drawing in so much attention

[broannoying]

You can tell whos actually rich and who's not by looking at the Gucci bags, flashing money, air jordans, supercars, jewellery etc.

[OfficialNice]

Said way to much just to say minimalism is in style now.

[julierose]

I have always felt that the “new rich” were the ones to flaunt. Growing up with people that have generational wealth, at least in the US, we never wore name brand luxury because it looks tacky. Maybe celebrities but those of us who work corporate jobs have always dressed like this.