Though they edge close to certain cardinal vices, pretensions of delicacy are nothing new.
  Certainly in ye olde publick houses of yesteryear powdered wig fops were pompously sprinkling faerie dust into their fortified wine. And no doubt in the far future some unitard-clad spacefarer will be making a grand show of taking his protein pill with a haughty air. We’re talking human nature here. Timeless and universal, at least until we further evolve (or de-evolve).
  So current stereotypes and physiognomies are less important when it is actually performative pathognomonics that are played out in public everyday. Ostentation is voluntary, as we all well know.
Si le chapeau te fait, mets-le.