Quiet Luxury is TikTok’s Latest Nonsensical Fashion Trend

On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined again by Nadira Goffe for a
sequel to their August 2022 episode “What is A Clean
Girl?” The two dive deep into TikTok’s latest favorite fashion
trend: quiet luxury, or stealth wealth. The aesthetic’s adherents
posits that rich people don’t dress in ostentatious labels, but
instead communicate their wealth through brands like Brunello
Cucinell, Loro Piana and The Row. Quiet luxurists point to figures
like the Roy family from HBO’s Succession and Gwyneth
Paltrow at her recent trial as examples of stealth wealth. But the
trend, like it’s “old money” predecessor, is built on a fundamental
misunderstanding of fashion, classism and racism. This podcast is
produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Rachelle Hampton and Daisy
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