Money, Fashion, and the Aesthetics of Class Politics

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Money with Katie

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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When I met Véronique Hyland, author of the bestselling book Dress Code and ELLE’s fashion features director, about how fashion intersects with politics, gender, and class (and the person who coined the term ‘millennial pink’!), I wanted to talk to her about: 👊🏼 The role of aesthetics in labor movement-building and persuasion campaigns, from tradwife influencers to union leaders 🎽 Why one-size-fits-all flammable crop top brand Brandy Melville also sells literature about libertarian economic policy 💰 What current income and consumption trends—like that almost 50% of all consumption is driven by the top 10% of earners—might portend for fashion trends like “underconsumption” 🥂 And finally, how the time-honored fascination with mimicking “upper class” dress reveals the underlying assumption that the only way to have (or look like you have) a nice life, is to be rich Transcripts, show notes, production credits, and more can be found at: https://moneywithkatie.com/fashion. Money with Katie’s mission is to be the intersection where the economic, cultural, and political meet the tactical, practical, personal finance education everyone needs. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Alpha is an AI research tool powered by GPT-4. Output from Alpha is not investment advice and should be verified for accuracy. APY as of 3/13/25, subject to change. *Terms and Conditions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	Terms and conditions apply. We have on the one hand this underconsumption and people using what they have and more people sort of joining that movement every day, coupled with people who are really flaunting it.
0:47.3	We could end up being in a landscape that not only feels very stratified, but looks like it as well.
1:01.3	Almost a year ago now, we did an episode about the stealth wealth fashion trend and the black market for super fake counterfeit handbags that seemed to accompany it.
1:08.2	More recently, we covered conspicuous consumption and the inherent unsustainability
1:13.6	of constantly acquiring new things with Aja Barber. And that episode was particularly popular.
1:19.6	I have a theory about why that is. In a world where temptation is endless and the downsides of indulging seem minimal if you're a consumer
1:28.6	in a high-income country. Sometimes it kind of feels good to have someone else twist the knife a little
1:33.8	bit if you're trying to change your behavior. I often compare looking at images of Ghanian
1:38.8	beaches covered and discarded shit to that documentary that revealed the pink sludge that they used to make chicken
1:46.5	nuggets. And I was like, yeah, nothing is going to zap your appetite for fast fashion or fast
1:51.5	food quite like the disgust response. And when it comes to fast fashion, there is a lot to be
1:57.6	disgusted by. But I wanted to revisit the topic today
2:01.3	because of a recent personal slump
2:04.9	that left me looking askance at my sweatpants.
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