I have a very good friend whose mother grew up in New York City and was a young woman there in the 1940's and early 50's. They weren't wealthy but I suppose would be considered upper middle-class. My favorite photos - she used to wear gloves out on the town. She and her friends looked so elegant!
It seems to mirror the decline of American society. The shrinking minority in NYC who have the attitudes of traditional public decency, while the majority celebrate their degraded attitudes and status.
My aunts grew up in the Bronx. Three to a bed, all manner of family coming and going. Lot’s of kids, Not a lot of money.
You know that money is necessary to dressing appropriately.
These people made successes out of their lives and their kids’ loves by acting and dressing with dignity and order.
Anyway, this is terrible.