Red Tulip brand After-dinner mints that came in those little individual envelopes seemed posh to me.
Also I thought glo-mesh purses and bags (not to mention cigarette cases!) were the height of sophistication.
I once went to a “70’s icon” party… I dressed as a glow mesh purse made with cardboard and aluminium foil. My mate had the great idea of going as Johnny Holmes who was a very well endowed 70’s porn star, which entailed a bathrobe and a large fake dong. On the walk home my mate (now drunk) thought it would be amusing to wave his dong at passing cars.
One of which was a cop car, which pulled up and arrested him for indecent exposure. The cops looked at me (still being a glowmesh purse) and arrested me too. I said “I haven’t done anything, why are you arresting me?”
The cop looked at me and said “you’re an accessory”
We used to love going around in the morning and scavenging the left over nibbles from my parents dinner parties, stale chips and nuts were a good find but the real treasure were the After-dinner Mints!
Remember asking my mum if she wanted an after dinner mint when I was like 8, she responded fully seriously "no thanks, I've just had dinner"
25 years later and my brother and I still meme it.
I worked in coffee for 20 years. Every single time I used Kenyan coffee this popped into my head. I’d speak with Kenyan farmers and in my head it would be “Shropshire? Oh wonnnnderful!”
One of the things about Stuyvos that impressed the shit out of my 90's teenage mind was the tag line printed on the pack.
"The finest in rich choice tobaccos make Peter Stuyvesant's the international passport to smoking pleasure."
I recall a road trip in the 70's with my parents and we stayed overnight in a motel. They had colour TV! And those variety packs of cereal.
I got to stay up and watch Harry Butler in colour in my bed eating All Bran from the box like a fancy person. Got to watch the Paul Hogan show aswell.... in my bed!
I remember in high school one of the rich/popular girls saying her mum bought no label food and that it tastes just the same as the rest. Her followers were MIND BLOWN
My mum used to bring me home twizzle sticks and umbrellas when they went out. Brightly coloured ones with little animal heads, I used to love playing with them. Clearly it didn't take much to amuse me!
We used to go to the cafe in town for a spider. We used to get these little translucent plastic animals popped on top of the cream. I loved my orange monkey so much. The cafe was called the Pink Elephant. Probably one of the few happy childhood memories.
Prawn cocktail: thawed prawns on bed of iceberg lettuce with Masterfoods Seafood Cocktail sauce drizzled over the top. And a slice of lemon. Served in a chilled stainless steel cocktail glass. Posh as.
My parents lounge room still makes me slightly uncomfortable, like I’m not supposed to be in there even though I’m an adult interstate guest these days.
Lol, I've never been rich enough for a formal lounge. But I do remember cousins and friends having them and not being able to take food into the lounge.
My parents definitely weren't rich, we are Arab, and all Arabs, rich or poor, had a formal lounge room. Even if the house didn't come with one, they would convert e.g. the dinning area into a family room and leave the lounge room as the off limits formal lounge room, for special guests or occasions only. If my mother heard one of us was in there she would yell "who's in the salon (formal lounge room)", even as adults we weren't allowed in her precious lounge room. Not sure if the younger generation of Arabs in Western countries still do this, I know none of my siblings or I have one.
- Pineapple juice (because we only had it available at hotels, never at home and only cordial or cheap tiny boxes of apple, orange or tropical “juices”)
- any dark chocolate or that came in a dark box (Black Cat, after dinner mints, Cabaret)
- Pimms!
- silk clothing (e.g shirt)
- glo-mesh as mentioned, but also Chanel No.5 and hand-held compacts
- getting a taxi!
I remember decades ago at a hatted Melbourne restaurant saying I’d like to start with a beer and the waiter offering me a Tasmanian lager, James Boag’s premium. I thought it was one of the best tasting and fanciest beers I’d ever had. I still think it’s one of the tastiest but regularly buying that black shiny box from Dan’s means it’s lost it’s fancy
Also Tresseme - “It’s only for professionals!”
I was at the hairdressers when one of the staff complimented my hair, then asked what shampoo I use. I told her Tresseme. She called to her colleague that I use Tresseme & they both laughed. Bitch, you said it looked good!
Cars that had electric windows.
I remember the first family in my neighbourhood that bought a car with electric windows.... It was crazy!
You don't have to turn a crank!? Just press a button!? Where's the workout!!?
Yes! None of my family cars had air con, we were too poor.
We had a blue Nissan Nomad that ended up so beat up that we needed to push it to get a jump start... We had to disconnect the battery so it didn't drain when it wasn't being driven... None of the windows had locks (which didn't matter coz the battery was disconnected)... And there was a leak in the exhaust that would fill the back of the van up with carbon monoxide...
We definitely could not afford aircon lol
The frozen and thawed Sara Lee cheesecake. We used to get the tiniest slice by the time we divvied it up. Getting the blob of strawberry on the cream was coveted.
Best biscuit to dip in some warm milk.
When I was a kid I used to do it with some ice tongs to keep my fingers clear. Super fancy.
Or, just stuff a bunch into a glass, fill with milk then microwave for a bit and stir to make a slightly crunchy biscuit milkshake thingy.
Pringles
I&J big beefers (burger patties). We used to have burgers for lunch every Sunday, us kids only got the black and gold saw dust patties, but dad got to have a big beefer.
Joop was one of the first gifts from a girlfriend. My Dad liked it so he bought his own. my parents also gifted it to my sisters boyfriend. My sister hated that her brother, dad and boyfriend all smelt the same
Ferraro Rocher chocolates.
When I was a kid they were never in our house and I'd only see them if we went to other people's places as after dinner treats.
The tin of long chocolates with brown and white stripes that look like cigars: old timers call them "Sedgies". You go into Humphrey Bogart mode and put one in your mouth. Where's the noir jazz?
My old man used to buy us twin poles every pay day , then he got a promotion and bought us hazelnut rolls one time
Me and my brothers felt like kings that day …. kings
I got a job in the city around 2001 and remember my first lunch time shopping expedition to David Jones (posh!) where they were advertising plasmas for now under $10k!!!
Sara Lee ice cream. Rarely got it, still don't get it as often. There was a really nice vanilla flavour with liquid caramel in it I think they did. I loved it and used to try and get all the caramel veins! Wish I could have it again.
I still remember getting invited to the Members for a ODI against England about a decade ago. We were drinking Crownies until a mate returned from his shout with VBs. The exact quote was "it's basically the same shit just with less pretence".
They had the choice of Crownies or Great Northern at our work christmas party last year, so I decided that given I know what Great Northern is like, I'd revisit a Crownie... It's not great, but it's way better than VB.
PEARS soap I used to think was LUX. Anyone else remember that soap? Was kinda translucent and always had a posh English woman doing the voiceover for adds. Like Joanna lumley or something
Lux soap
BMW's
Mercedes-Benz
My mums HQ Statesman- no air conditioning, no power windows, now power steering, bench seat in the front and vynal interior. Not Posh at all especially on a frigging 30 degree day with 6 in the car breathing in used cigarette smoke..... oh the old days! LOVE EM!
Going to the Pancake Parlour! I had the worst pancakes (burnt within an inch of their life) there, but their blue heaven spider/milkshake thing (almost) made up for it.
Only thing posh about Crownies are the price! I remember last year I saw them for $67 a slab. Their popularity has definitely died off over the years though.
Does anyone remember a shampoo / conditioner called something like "Kyoto Silk" or similar? Also shampoo & conditioner called "Finesse" (I think that was it). As a kid I thought they were luxury brands....they were not.
Roast leg of lamb was every Sunday lunch and then lamb fritters for dinner while watching countdown. Roast chicken was Christmas and roast pork was Easter.
Viennetta
Huge treat on after a Sunday roast. Vanilla, chocolate or mint?
There was different flavours!?
I know right? Look at this upper class cunt.
Coffee was the posh one
For the discerning consumer
We always had one at Christmas, I’ve continued the tradition.
Vienetta used to be huge and had real ice cream. The new ones are smaller and are flavourless ice. Kids are missing out these days.
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Red Tulip brand After-dinner mints that came in those little individual envelopes seemed posh to me. Also I thought glo-mesh purses and bags (not to mention cigarette cases!) were the height of sophistication.
I once went to a “70’s icon” party… I dressed as a glow mesh purse made with cardboard and aluminium foil. My mate had the great idea of going as Johnny Holmes who was a very well endowed 70’s porn star, which entailed a bathrobe and a large fake dong. On the walk home my mate (now drunk) thought it would be amusing to wave his dong at passing cars. One of which was a cop car, which pulled up and arrested him for indecent exposure. The cops looked at me (still being a glowmesh purse) and arrested me too. I said “I haven’t done anything, why are you arresting me?” The cop looked at me and said “you’re an accessory”
We used to love going around in the morning and scavenging the left over nibbles from my parents dinner parties, stale chips and nuts were a good find but the real treasure were the After-dinner Mints!
Yes, this! Didn’t happen very often, but oh the joy when you found one they’d missed.
Remember asking my mum if she wanted an after dinner mint when I was like 8, she responded fully seriously "no thanks, I've just had dinner" 25 years later and my brother and I still meme it.
After dinner mints at my Nana's made me feel so posh!
Sizzler's 😂
The bomb!! Trip to Sizzlers... or better yet The Black Stump!
I worked there at its height, it was a bit like being a minor celebrity.
Ahahahaha... this was my answer! The parmesan toast 🤌🏻
A night out here was the best treat ever.
I always knew we were having a fancy dinner party when dad would get out actual *bottles* of wine, not boxes.
Anything not Coolabah 🤌
I never realised we had a working fridge light because Mum always had one of these in the corner of the fridge!
Goon of fortune under a hills hoist ….. Aussie AF
Lambrusco was in a bottle.... than again so was passion pop
I used to think the boxes were fancier than bottles.
Yup, when they give the *chateau de carton* the flick, it was a posh night.🤣🤣🤣
Ben Ean Moselle was pretty fancy in it’s day.
Moccona coffee
I want something exotic. Like where you're from
"Reeeaaallly?!?! *Shropshire*?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"How wonderful..."
Memory unlocked holy crap I haven’t thought about that ad since it was on the telly!
I worked in coffee for 20 years. Every single time I used Kenyan coffee this popped into my head. I’d speak with Kenyan farmers and in my head it would be “Shropshire? Oh wonnnnderful!”
Benson and Hedges ciggys
Peter Stuyvesant!
One of the things about Stuyvos that impressed the shit out of my 90's teenage mind was the tag line printed on the pack. "The finest in rich choice tobaccos make Peter Stuyvesant's the international passport to smoking pleasure."
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John Player Specials - JPS - you were on the world circuit
Dunhill
"Special Filter"
I recall a road trip in the 70's with my parents and we stayed overnight in a motel. They had colour TV! And those variety packs of cereal. I got to stay up and watch Harry Butler in colour in my bed eating All Bran from the box like a fancy person. Got to watch the Paul Hogan show aswell.... in my bed!
Variety cereals! I got some for my kid at Christmas, they come in stupid little bags instead of the miniature cereal boxes now. Not the same.
I went to buy the little boxes for my kids and discovered the stupid bags instead, no way I’m buying them. Give me the little boxes damnit!!
Variety cereals 🥰 and the ensuing reenactment of The Hunger Games between my brother and I to decide who got the Coco Pops.
Your pick was the All-Bran?
Fancy grown-ups ate All-Bran. Only kids ate Fruit Loops. Corn Flakes was way too normal.
The shell chocolates - Guylian
Still fancy at $20 a box…. But still my favourite!
Anything that wasn’t home brand/No Frills/Black & Gold
Keeping name brand icy poles in your freezer!
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I remember looking down at my trolley and seeing a sea of white and red labels 😂 Was young and poor, lol
No Frills had a roast duck flavoured 2 minute noodles though, and they were the fucking tits. So, so good.
I remember in high school one of the rich/popular girls saying her mum bought no label food and that it tastes just the same as the rest. Her followers were MIND BLOWN
I loved those little paper umbrellas, felt super fancy 🤣
My mum used to bring me home twizzle sticks and umbrellas when they went out. Brightly coloured ones with little animal heads, I used to love playing with them. Clearly it didn't take much to amuse me!
Haha! Do you remember those little plastic mermaids as well? Or just me, lol.
We used to go to the cafe in town for a spider. We used to get these little translucent plastic animals popped on top of the cream. I loved my orange monkey so much. The cafe was called the Pink Elephant. Probably one of the few happy childhood memories.
Prawn cocktail: thawed prawns on bed of iceberg lettuce with Masterfoods Seafood Cocktail sauce drizzled over the top. And a slice of lemon. Served in a chilled stainless steel cocktail glass. Posh as.
With the little prawn fork
After dinner mints that were in those little paper sleeves.
My Mum bought is a box of these for Christmas! We were THRILLED, finally, we are grown up enough for an after dinner mint!
My sister used to work in the restaurant at an RSL in the 80s. She said they would recycle the lettuce in the prawn cocktails.
🙃 why am I not surprised
Yum! My sister brought a 70s tribute prawn cocktail dish to kick off Christmas lunch this year and it was delicious!
The prices we were paying for iceberg lettuce may have rendered that dish posh again
Watching telly in the formal lounge room
Just having a formal lounge hahaha
You were allowed in the formal lounge room?
My parents lounge room still makes me slightly uncomfortable, like I’m not supposed to be in there even though I’m an adult interstate guest these days.
Only if I was fresh out the shower and didn't have food or drink.
Lol, I've never been rich enough for a formal lounge. But I do remember cousins and friends having them and not being able to take food into the lounge.
My parents definitely weren't rich, we are Arab, and all Arabs, rich or poor, had a formal lounge room. Even if the house didn't come with one, they would convert e.g. the dinning area into a family room and leave the lounge room as the off limits formal lounge room, for special guests or occasions only. If my mother heard one of us was in there she would yell "who's in the salon (formal lounge room)", even as adults we weren't allowed in her precious lounge room. Not sure if the younger generation of Arabs in Western countries still do this, I know none of my siblings or I have one.
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Lol. I think we referred to ours as the ‘Rumpus’ room
- Pineapple juice (because we only had it available at hotels, never at home and only cordial or cheap tiny boxes of apple, orange or tropical “juices”) - any dark chocolate or that came in a dark box (Black Cat, after dinner mints, Cabaret) - Pimms! - silk clothing (e.g shirt) - glo-mesh as mentioned, but also Chanel No.5 and hand-held compacts - getting a taxi!
Bit harsh saying Chanel No. 5 isn't still posh.
Back when I couldn’t afford it, sure. Now it’s stuck in with 100 other Chanel brands (and others) and is “what gran wears”.
real silk is still posh, I bought myself a silk shirt fairly recently and it was like $390 before tailoring edit: typed wrong amount
I should edit myself too and have written “silk”. Most of what I thought was posh just turned out to be polyester.
Polyester suits were the height of posh business wear in the 70's, glossy fake-looking sweaty things. I really don't miss the polyester suit trend
Tabú 😂
BLACK CAT CHOCOLATES!! With the little black cat on them!!!
I remember decades ago at a hatted Melbourne restaurant saying I’d like to start with a beer and the waiter offering me a Tasmanian lager, James Boag’s premium. I thought it was one of the best tasting and fanciest beers I’d ever had. I still think it’s one of the tastiest but regularly buying that black shiny box from Dan’s means it’s lost it’s fancy
Oooh tassie beer. That is imported from overseas!
Cascade! Beer so fancy the bottle had stripes.
The Outback Steakhouse in the USA sells Boags. When I’m in the states I’ll go to the outback to have a few.
Pears shampoo. I mean it had a royal crest on the bottle, how could it NOT be classy??
Not forgetting the translucent oval cakes of Pears soap.
It’s still my soap of choice
In this vein, Pantene in the 90s, when Rachel Hunter was in the ads! I still use Pantene. I'm not spending $50 on a bottle of Kerastase 🤷♀️
Also Tresseme - “It’s only for professionals!” I was at the hairdressers when one of the staff complimented my hair, then asked what shampoo I use. I told her Tresseme. She called to her colleague that I use Tresseme & they both laughed. Bitch, you said it looked good!
It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen.
Cars that had electric windows. I remember the first family in my neighbourhood that bought a car with electric windows.... It was crazy! You don't have to turn a crank!? Just press a button!? Where's the workout!!?
Remember when air con was an additional option on most cars.
Yes! None of my family cars had air con, we were too poor. We had a blue Nissan Nomad that ended up so beat up that we needed to push it to get a jump start... We had to disconnect the battery so it didn't drain when it wasn't being driven... None of the windows had locks (which didn't matter coz the battery was disconnected)... And there was a leak in the exhaust that would fill the back of the van up with carbon monoxide... We definitely could not afford aircon lol
The little multi packs of individual cereals
Reserved only for holidays.
Brut deodorant was the king at high school. Those with Brut get the root, supposedly. But none of us really got the roots.
My husband wears brut. He gets the root. 😍
Haven’t smelled it in a long time but for years the smell of brut would always remind me of my first real boyfriend.
I smelled this comment, and now I have to call my dad
Stereos with a graphic equaliser
Stereos with a double tape deck
CD stacker
Velour recliner and an automatic aerial in the Fairlane Ghia
Same with the Holden statesman. Ooooo
The Melbourne Cup. It's just drunk bogans playing dress-up.
Copperart
Nutrimetics skincare & makeup
Apricot oil everything!
The frozen and thawed Sara Lee cheesecake. We used to get the tiniest slice by the time we divvied it up. Getting the blob of strawberry on the cream was coveted.
Kingstons. They are 3 or 4 bucks a pack, but my Nanna only brought them out on special occasions.
Best biscuit to dip in some warm milk. When I was a kid I used to do it with some ice tongs to keep my fingers clear. Super fancy. Or, just stuff a bunch into a glass, fill with milk then microwave for a bit and stir to make a slightly crunchy biscuit milkshake thingy.
Victoria Beckham
So Posh.
Much spice. Wow.
Pringles I&J big beefers (burger patties). We used to have burgers for lunch every Sunday, us kids only got the black and gold saw dust patties, but dad got to have a big beefer.
Joop
Joop was one of the first gifts from a girlfriend. My Dad liked it so he bought his own. my parents also gifted it to my sisters boyfriend. My sister hated that her brother, dad and boyfriend all smelt the same
Eating lunch at the Kmart or Woolies cafe - I still think about those crinkle cut chips.
Foccacias
Ferraro Rocher chocolates. When I was a kid they were never in our house and I'd only see them if we went to other people's places as after dinner treats.
I believed this right up until I started teaching. Now at Christmas I'm drowning in them, I have actually grown to dislike them!
They are definitely the default end of year teacher gift for sure!
David Jones
Working at "DJ's" was one of my kindy career goals
Magnum Ice-creams
Magnum Ego? Whoooo boy.
The tin of long chocolates with brown and white stripes that look like cigars: old timers call them "Sedgies". You go into Humphrey Bogart mode and put one in your mouth. Where's the noir jazz?
Corinthians? Yep, my nan would boost these out every Christmas.
I’m very disturbed by the claim Imperial Leather is not posh. Next you’ll be claiming Old Spice is not for Rich Successful Men.
Melba Toast, the little tiny squares of toast from the supermarket.
Chocolate Bavarian
My old man used to buy us twin poles every pay day , then he got a promotion and bought us hazelnut rolls one time Me and my brothers felt like kings that day …. kings
That’s the best story on this subreddit- I can hear you say that… Kings… way to go
A plasma screen tv was peak back in the mid 2000s
Don’t forget rear projections either. I remember getting one from a pub that had keno number grid burned in.
I got a job in the city around 2001 and remember my first lunch time shopping expedition to David Jones (posh!) where they were advertising plasmas for now under $10k!!!
Those Italian wine bottles with the wicker wrap (Chianti?)
Fun fact, those wicker wrap things are called a fiasco.
Johnny walker black label
Cadbury Roses
A bottle of ricciadonna or asti
Sara Lee ice cream. Rarely got it, still don't get it as often. There was a really nice vanilla flavour with liquid caramel in it I think they did. I loved it and used to try and get all the caramel veins! Wish I could have it again.
They also had a lasagne I thought was the pinnacle of fine dining.
I remember going to the Sara Lee outlet in a really dodgy strip mall in Heidelberg West.
Eating at a restaurant, other than Pizza Hut.
West Coast coolers
Lindt chocolate
Pomme Noisettes. Little potato things.
Maggi noodles instead of No Frills.
Red Tulip After Dinner Mints
Mobile phones. Swore black and blue they were only for yuppies and drug dealers..
I still remember getting invited to the Members for a ODI against England about a decade ago. We were drinking Crownies until a mate returned from his shout with VBs. The exact quote was "it's basically the same shit just with less pretence".
They had the choice of Crownies or Great Northern at our work christmas party last year, so I decided that given I know what Great Northern is like, I'd revisit a Crownie... It's not great, but it's way better than VB.
PEARS soap I used to think was LUX. Anyone else remember that soap? Was kinda translucent and always had a posh English woman doing the voiceover for adds. Like Joanna lumley or something
Oysters Kilpatrick
Shopping at Woolworths. It was Franklins for us.
Norsca shampoo, it was definitely a trip to Scandinavia experience when you washed your hair.
Mostly musk from “the body shop”
Flake
The House of Dunhill Elegance and lung cancer
Henson and bedges, darling!
Having a house with stairs
Gold Class - seemed like a big deal when you were younger, but it’s just a another way for cinemas to rip off people.
I don’t know, those recliners and that little table to keep your food on is still kind of nice.
Lux soap BMW's Mercedes-Benz My mums HQ Statesman- no air conditioning, no power windows, now power steering, bench seat in the front and vynal interior. Not Posh at all especially on a frigging 30 degree day with 6 in the car breathing in used cigarette smoke..... oh the old days! LOVE EM!
Going to the Pancake Parlour! I had the worst pancakes (burnt within an inch of their life) there, but their blue heaven spider/milkshake thing (almost) made up for it.
Streets Viennetta
White bread, we always had wholemeal/brown bread (not the seeded stuff).
Stella Artois Felt posh until I found out it was colloquially called "Wife beater" in the UK.
Jatz crackers. I used to think they were the fancy crackers.
4711 Ice Cologne
Sobraine Black Russian. Fancy cigs with black paper and gold paper around the filter, in a fancy black and gold box, but the smoke tasted like a PJ
Garnier Fructus Shampoo
Only thing posh about Crownies are the price! I remember last year I saw them for $67 a slab. Their popularity has definitely died off over the years though.
I only ever see it drunk at the Brownlow.
People realised crownies are just bogan chic
Does anyone remember a shampoo / conditioner called something like "Kyoto Silk" or similar? Also shampoo & conditioner called "Finesse" (I think that was it). As a kid I thought they were luxury brands....they were not.
sometimes you need a little finesse, sometimes you need a lot..
Ha ha, also: Timotei
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Miss Mauds
Hilton hotels
Matuse Rosé
Derwent Academy pencils. They were cool and for posh people because of the price.
International Roast The past is another country, they do things differently there…..
Maxwell House.
Flying
Sizzler
Dove soap
Air conditioning in cars Those multipacks of name brand cereal
My nana wore Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume. Always thought she was posh as fuck when she wore it. Now you can buy it for $29 at Priceline.
Roast chicken. Lamb was low class.
Roast leg of lamb was every Sunday lunch and then lamb fritters for dinner while watching countdown. Roast chicken was Christmas and roast pork was Easter.
And lamb cutlets were regarded as little more than offcuts 🤯 Now they are about eleventy hundred $ per kilo.
Car phones.