If you have always felt you have more taste than money...that you aspire to elegance and refinement, but are on a restricted budget...that you would be absolutely darling at spending oodles of cash, but for now you're making do with less...Welcome to the club! You're not poor, you're nouveau pauvre, my darling. Nouveau pauvre is an offshoot of old money, the one with no money...and you don't have to have been rich before to belong to the club. I'll let you in, as long as you promise to live an extraordinary, rich life, no matter your budget. In this episode of the Awkward Etiquette podcast, your Auntie Kiki, Kiki Astor, walks you through some of her best nouveau pauvre tips for living a glamorous life on a budget, from fashion to home to entertaining, travel, and lifestyle, to the art of being an in-demand houseguest.

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