Many lots are only 16 feet wide, but architects like Henri Fouchaux and Frederick P. Dinkelberg designed block-long compositions for white upper-class clients.
Later, as the wealthy widow of Vincent Astor, Mrs. Astor hired her friend the formidable decorator Sister Parish, who excelled at imbuing upper-class clients' homes with impeccable taste, to design her Park Avenue apartment.
"Starting in 2007, Rolex put in substantial price increases, between 13 to 20percentthathat impacted middle- to upper middle-class clients already squeezed in the recession," said Mr. Crowley, who has worked closely with watch retailers since 1980.
"As a counsellor, when I entered the field, I had been trained to tackle internal problems, with the idea of middle-class or upper-middle-class clients.
Believe it or not, this is how the rich can get richer -- though an increasing number of firms are giving upper-middle-class clients entree to secondary funds that invest in hedge funds for as little as $100,000.
With tongue-in-cheek candor, the owners of many staffing companies recalled that members of this upper class, their highest-net-worth clients, suddenly discovered in the fall of 2008 that something called the Economy existed and that — who knew? — it could violently head south.
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class.
Her people are upper middle class or, sometimes, upper class.
And what of the white upper class?
The new upper class is different.
"The upper class is not affected.
