Something seemingly frivolous but which can be really important for optics or confidence (asked by someone I mentor):
The Little Black Dress.
Sometimes we're still "ramen stage" (i.e. broke) & have to socialise with people of means w/o looking out of place.
There are ways!
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For women: Wear black. The simplest trick in the book. The moment you wear any colour (the fabric, the pattern) you're a walking price tag. Go: black. Black tights, skirt, dress, jeans, ballerina flats all work great at obfuscating how much your outfit cost. But bear in mind
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this is not true for sweaters (wool, cotton - if bad quality, in black it will be even more obvious) and many types of coats (Tweed or anything that fades or becomes fluffy). Hair: Short hair seems more practical and haircuts are cheaper but I think on yearly average you spend
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less on long hair: good short hair needs far more frequent cutting. In sum, as put by a smart journalist at the New York Fashion Week, a long haired woman in black is a financial mystery
A great method for appearing more well-off when you need to.
For men:
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men have it easier but the truth is, because of how dull male fashion is in our era, men are way more attuned to picking up subtle signs about each other's net worth from clothing. Here it's about "invisible" signs. If you're low budget, safest way is jeans + shirt/t-shirt, BUT!
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Replying to @TheAnnaGat
At our rationalist meetup you'll see two guys sitting next to each other in identical Levis and math joke t-shirt. One is a grad student and one is a hedge fund quant, the ratio of their incomes is exactly 100x. You couldn't tell who's who.
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @TheAnnaGat
Sorry, I should have included a trigger warning :) I'm closer to the grad student on a log scale because when I was 20 and doing a math undergrad I didn't think that learning to program was worth my while.
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