...if you want to deal with your status anxieties, though, one of the greatest things you could do to start liberating yourself from them is to stop looking at labels and stop feeling your scrubs-wearing GF is above 'Rent the Runway.'

You could not be more wrong. You kinda made an ass out of u and me, if you get what I mean.

I'll spell it out for you: ...you can't tailor a 'Rent the Runway' garment. or have a chip on your own shoulder against other classes or whatever. No one is above anything but an expensive yet poor fitting suit/dress looks as bad as a cheap one. Why bother; especially when you are walking into a situation where something like that matters.

This sounds like a crappy event and like the classiest thing to do would be to treat it appropriately, y'know? Is she ever going to see these nouveau riche rejects again in her life?

Yes. This is the result of a major life event/change. This event is every two years and there are others every few months that she/we are going to need to go to. For some reason she keeps putting her ring back on her finger every day. She's been doing it for 5 years and says she sin't going anywhere but it's ultimately her choice. I need to see these people again but she doesn't. I can only hope for the economy to tank worse than it did in 2008/2009 so a bunch of them won't be tall enough to go on the rides anymore.

What exactly do you expect them to say to her? More importantly, if you're sure they're going to tear her to pieces, why bring her? Does she want to go?

Does she want to go... Yes. Because she has no idea how mean and nasty people can be and how evil money really is. Sent you a message on the rest of the details.

all tiny women aren't little bimbos.

Fixed that for you. These are trophy wives. If they aren't its because they have trophy husbands.