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.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/06/shabby-chic-ctd/214951/
