In the US during the Great Depression, rich people would have “hard times parties” where they were all expected to dress like hobos (the common name for rail-riders and other migrant workers, not used as a derogatory insult to the homeless) and served intentionally cheap (but still often fresher than what the actual homeless were eating) stew.
This seems quite similar to what we call I’m the UK inverse snobbery. It was quite a big thing (apparently) during ww2.
In the US during the Great Depression, rich people would have “hard times parties” where they were all expected to dress like hobos (the common name for rail-riders and other migrant workers, not used as a derogatory insult to the homeless) and served intentionally cheap (but still often fresher than what the actual homeless were eating) stew.