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Re:Writing for Snobs by onion2k on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:44PM (#24486492)
Only very rich people in the UK wear red trousers.

I am not joking.

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Re:Writing for Snobs by jodrellblank on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:44PM (#24487070)
Should you desperately want to go down this rabbit hole:

"Look at my fucking red trousers" blog -> http://lookatmyfuckingredtrousers.blogspot.com/

followed by a piece in The Guardian "in defense of red trousers" which cites a YouGov poll saying that almost half of Britains hate them -> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/01/in-def...

followed by a piece in The Telegraph about how that blog ruined the ultimate upper-class fashion statement -> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/style/look-at-my-fing-red-tr...

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Re:Writing for Snobs by privong on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:29PM (#24486914)
In the US, I've seen that referred to as "go to hell pants": https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/go-to-hell-pants/
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Re:Writing for Snobs by mdiesel on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:50PM (#24487126)
It's a sure sign of a public school boy, which I associate more with being posh than being very rich.

I wouldn't expect someone from "new" money to wear red chinos.

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Re:Writing for Snobs by arethuza on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:39PM (#24487025)
I tend to associate strikingly coloured trousers on older gentlemen with a military background in one of the posher regiments.
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