Stop falling for fake old money trends online

So, here is my takeaway as your Sartorial Strategist:

- BY SHABAB DIN SHAREQ

In 2023, a seller from Karachi spray-painted an ordinary chicken to look like an exotic bird. He listed it online as a "rare parrot with unique wings and tail" for 23 dollars. People laughed, the internet exploded, and the whole thing became a harmless joke. But lately, that story keeps returning to me for a different reason.

The more I observe fashion trends today, the more I realise how often we fall for similar illusions. You can change colours, outfits, silhouettes, even aesthetics, but you cannot spray-paint your way into another identity. And that is exactly what is happening with the rise of items marketed as "old money". The label is slapped onto anything beige, simple, or neutral, as if the right colour palette could claim a heritage it does not have.