re: Dress shirts with white collar/cuffs

Sometimes it's a try-hard douche look. I don't care for it. I think I'd get mocked for wearing that in my profession and I'm not too far removed from banking.

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90's attire

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One is upper middle class, probably bringing in half a million or so.

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only on the OT is 500k/yr considered upper middle class. You people are fricking delusional

Look up the definition of upper middle class. Might surprise you that what was posted is categorically correct.

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only on the OT is 500k/yr considered upper middle class. You people are fricking delusional

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You don't live in a big city.

ETA: you have to understand that $500,000 in Houston is not as much as it is Shreveport. You have to understand the cost of real estate in New York and Chicago, the cost of private schools in L.A. because the public schools are overrun with ne'er-do-wells, and the amount of taxes paid by high salary earners (as opposed to high capital gains earners). My wife and I combined are in the top 3% I think, but as high salary earners instead of high investment earners, we don't get tax breaks. We get taxed in full. And the cost of childcare is insane. Even for a family like mine. Particularly if you don't have family help.

So... I am not rich. Not even close.

And you know, the funny thing about money is that there's always someone with more of it than you.

It's like sunglasses indoors, Hollywood wannabe.

Household income distribution

Bottom 10% $0 to $10,500
Bottom 20% $0 to $18,500
Bottom 25% $0 to $22,500
Middle 33% $30,000 to $62,500
Middle 20% $35,000 to $55,000
Top 25% $77,500 and up
Top 20% $92,000 and up
Top 5% $167,000 and up
Top 1.5% $250,000 and up
Top 1% $350,000 and up

Source: US Census Bureau, 2006; income statistics for the year 2005

William Thompson & Joseph Hickey, 2005
Class Typical characteristics
Upper class (1%) Top-level executives, celebrities, heirs; income of $500,000+ common. Ivy league education common.
Upper middle class[1](15%) Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees) professionals & managers with household incomes varying from the high 5-figure range to commonly above $100,000.
Lower middle class (32%) Semi-professionals and craftsmen with some work autonomy; household incomes commonly range from $35,000 to $75,000. Typically, some college education.
Working class (32%) Clerical, pink- and blue-collar workers with often low job security; common household incomes range from $16,000 to $30,000. High school education.
Lower class (ca. 14–20%) Those who occupy poorly-paid positions or rely on government transfers. Some high school education.

Leonard Beeghley, 2004
Class Typical characteristics
The super-rich (0.9%) Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $350,000; includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians. Ivy League education common.
The rich (5%) Households with net worth of $1 million or more; largely in the form of home equity. Generally have college degrees.
Middle class (plurality/ College-educated workers with considerably higher-than-average incomes and compensation; a man making $57,000 and a woman making $40,000 may be typical.
majority?; ca. 46%)
Working class Blue-collar workers and those whose jobs are highly routinized with low economic security; a man making $40,000 and a woman making $26,000 may be typical. High school education.
(ca. 40–45%)
The poor (ca. 12%) Those living below the poverty line with limited to no participation in the labor force; a household income of $18,000 may be typical. Some high school education.

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Is this like a rich dude thing?

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It's like a douchebag thing.