Shabby Chic, Ctd.

A reader writes:

As so often, W.S. Gilbert (Gondoliers) is spot on:

            When every blessed thing you hold
            Is made of silver, or of gold,
            You long for simple pewter.
            When you have nothing else to wear
            But cloth of gold and satins rare,
            For cloth of gold you cease to care
            Up goes the price of shoddy.