ive heard people say “rich people have no taste” before or point out the sort of endless feedback loop of style/trend/-cores that people with a lot of money to spare seem to fall into and very rarely be the creators of, but never WHY that phenomena occurs other some vague idea of being “disingenuous” or not “real” enough
i think i can best explain it using dish soap. when someone has a lot of money there is less of a fear of not liking something. you can always just discard it and buy a replacement. with dish soap, if you dont like the smell or feel of it, or it doesnt clean your dishes, you can just buy a new one.
this means that those who have money can often carelessly explore new avenues without much risk. to them, a new dish soap or a brand new style that doesnt stick is easily discarded. but this means that it often is taken on without much consideration of the thing at hand - whether it makes sense, whether it actually suits your needs, whether you actually LIKE it.
when resources are limited, selecting something as simple as dish soap will mean people without money to spare consider things someone more affluent wouldnt default to - did a friend recommend this to them? do they like the smell of it? is it within their price range to buy not just this time, but next time as well? do they like it enough to use it the whole month? does it even work properly?
i think this is what results in the “rich people have no style” thing - not that someone having money means they are incapable of something like style, but when someone has to deeply consider the things they include in their life and the functional, accessible ways in which they can be included - that innovates, that creates something. it creates an intentionality, which is style.
and thoughtless consumption and shedding of dead skin is not… a style.
chaos-otter