It raises the question: what should the upper classs relationship to utilitarian clothing look like?

This is also not to suggest that rich people have not experienced suffering.

But wealth cushions any physical and emotional hardships that could otherwise be coupled with financial distress.

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Class appropriation lies in much murkier territory thancultural appropriation.

Whats cool about this era of fashion is that everything kind of belongs to everyone, saysGQfashion writerSamuel Hine.

At the end of the day, there doesnt appear to be a hard and fast answer.

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Prada spring 2024

In dictating who can wear certain items of clothing, we inadvertently make the class divide more stark.

But its up to each individual to interrogate their own relationship to class and clothing.

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Louis Vuitton spring 2024 menswear

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