How do you have class ?

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Well groomed ?
Lady like in manners etc ?
Expensive clothes?
Other ?

Well cut and well maintained clothes, don't have to be new
good hair cut,
Clean & tidy nails
No drama

Nothing high fashion
no tattoos
nothing obviously “fake” - nails, hair, lashes
nothing overtly sexual

All of the above!

Going by past threads on here - be white and able bodied as anything but perfectly straight hair and posture is not seen as 'classy' apparently

Be polite and decent to people, that's class.

I think maybe i was just born with it ..

No tattoos
No piercings apart from one in each ear
Clean healthy hair
Plain clothes ie no garish patterns or colours
No sportswear unless you are exercising or playing sport

I disagree with @Insommmmnia I think 'class' is innate, It really does not matter what colour skin, height, weight etc, some have it, most of us don't.

I'm 60, quite cool, told I look great etc, I have style (though I say so myself ) I have a good disposable income for designer labels etc, I'm groomed, enjoy my look etc. I just don't have that undefinable 'class'. I can't put my finger on what 'class' is, but I know it when I see it.

Dress elegantly
Not an attention seeker
A good listener
High standards in every area of life.

I think the most important thing is being able to get along with everyone, no matter their background, to the extent that you can find common ground make small talk with them for a while and make them feel at ease. Not necessarily being friends with everyone, but if you were to see them again, they'd be pleased to spend some more time with you.

@thebabessavedme you misunderstand, I didn't say class wasn't innate. I said that threads on here usually end up full of suggestions that can only be fulfilled if you are able bodied and certain characteristics that are usually found in white people.

I actually do think class is innate and have met classy people of all sizes, skin colours and abilities and what they didnt all have was the perfect posture, beige coloured clothes and perfectly straight hair that these threads usually advocate.

It's from who your parents are, your upbringing and education.

Class is innate, something one is born with, not something that can be acquired, copied or achieved by dressing and acting in a certain manner.

However, and at the same, class means different things to different people, hence the many different answers, not to mention endless threads on here.

I think the poster who said “No drama” nailed it.

Everything else is superficial and absolutely cannot make up for a character flaw.

Class is a personality trait.

Integrity, self-respect, consideration and respect for others.

I don't think it's anything to do with how you dress, nor is it innate.

Can working class or poor people have class? Does it just mean can you match upper-middle class signifiers? I have a friend with class who is originally working class, but she is now the embodiment of middle-class (and she’s extremely nice, beautiful, not thin, and has curly hair and wouldn’t be seen dead in beige, but isn’t especially fashionable - can’t remember all the cliches people have mentioned now).

How do you mean? Classy people come from a range of backgrounds and education. Likewise, so do non classy people.

I think pt dressing for the male gaze helps.

Generally as the sexiness increases the class plummets.

A lot of replies here state of what elegance is, not class (although both have interchangeable aspects and are usually intertwined, imo)

Wear the world lightly and be clear I what you say and do. Don't play mind games.

By birth

Having class is normally tied up with money & being posh.

@Insommmmnia yes it's a very narrow window here

Ok @Insommmmnia , i get what you are saying now, tbh, I think we both agree with each other, I also agree with @BetsyBobbins , you are right, elegance has a great deal to do with it. I know I have self confidence, I walk with purpose and have good posture, elegant I am not!

Class is manners and humility.
No showboating or brashness.
Listening and having empathy.
It has nothing to do with fashion