> That was: 1) the upper stratum, and 2) 200 years ago.
2) 200 years isn't very long. Just the other day we noted that Chuckie M was born not quite 200 years ago.
1) There is no great cultural gulf fixed between the "upper stratum" and everybody else -- no matter what the "upper stratum" likes to tell you. Sartorises are just Snopeses who know which fork to use.