part V.

there were many bad things about the elite in the other parts of this series. so let's talk about the few good exceptions. the ones with beautiful minds.

yes, there are also good rich people. i don't want to sound like i'm putting everyone down who was born into the upper class. it's not like that, but i've said that before. first of all you can't choose who your parents are. second, it is totally okay, if you are part of a rich society, because it only depends on your personality how you handle it and how you get along with it. sadly, there are too many show-offs: only interested in the largest private tables at clubs and bars, the fastest cars and hugest mansions with biggest pools. but not everyone has to be like that. 

what i've noticed is, that rich kids whose parents are more settled in the creative business are more likely not to be show-offs. it's like two kind of people: rive droite or rive gauche, brooklyn or manhattan, p1 or glockenbach-nightlife and so on.

i'm happy to know a few, who have really special attitudes and beautiful minds despite all their money. isn't it a much stronger statement, when you leave your expensive bag at home instead of taking it with you every single day. isn't it a much stronger statement, when you're not dressing like the other rich kiddies in your city (or even the not so rich kiddies, which dress also like they have all the money in the world)? isn't it a much stronger statement, when you focus rather on inner values than on the superficial ones?

but why do people have the need to show all the expensive clothes and other stuffs to friends and strangers? well, i guess they really crave to be part of a group. at one point, they want to appear as very individual and autonomous and at the other, they define themselves as part of a bigger group through the same clothes and attitudes. you can see that phenomena in other societies as well: punk, gothic, emo, etc. 

it's a fight between individuality and social affiliation.

but it mostly depends on the environment (city, neighborhood), which you are faced with. let's take munich as an example: there are many rich people - it's just like that. the others want to adapt themselves to the life and style of the majority, so they start acting like them, wearing the same clothes and so on. take a closer look at odeonsplatz during wintertime: so many fur jackets. almost everyone has one. and most of them are even from the same label (woolrich). the funny thing is, that you can't separate anymore the upper class from the middle (or lower) classes. they've already adapted themselves so perfectly.

i will get back to this point in another part. for now, i wish you all a good night.

yours truly,

gossipgirl