we can already sorta see this in fashion

in ye olde days, the more bits and baubles and lace and ruffles you had on your clothes/shoes/furniture, the richer you were

since the advent of industrialized consumer goods, flashy embellished things are marketed to the working class meanwhile the bourgeois drop mega money on plain color or simply patterned gowns and tuxes, absurdly minimalist furniture, and unadorned shoes that showcase whatever exotic material they're made of