Being a snobbish person, or more precisely a person with elitist tastes, means cultivating a lifestyle that allows you to demonstrate your superiority. As a snob, you need some benchmarks: which is the best car, the hottest designer or the finest wine to take to a dinner. In addition to looking snobbish, you also need to cultivate an attitude that suits your exterior.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Being socially snobbish
Step 1. Try to have high standards for everything
Before embarking on this journey, you must understand one very important thing: being a snob means being selective. You need to have high standards on everything from the way a steak is cooked to the supermarket where you shop. Try to be choosy about everything, because being a snob means knowing the best things life has to offer and demanding them.
Step 2. Buy with the aim of impressing others
No matter what you buy, the standards for leading a refined life can change depending on where you go. The important thing is that your belongings are considered of great value by others.
- Designer items allow you to prove your status right away, as almost everyone knows they are expensive and exclusive.
- Other elements that allow you to prove your status are food, alcohol, cars, and even certain pets.
- Learn to appreciate the more sophisticated things in life. Being snobbish also means appreciating higher quality drinks or the finest museums. These products or experiences do not necessarily have a high cost; often their value is determined by the time and effort it took to create them.
- Buy only authentic products. If you use fur, leather or fake gems, sooner or later others will notice: you certainly don't want them to consider you a dishonest person.
Step 3. Wear clothes and accessories that reflect who you are
Your style doesn't have to be flashy. In fact, covering yourself with labels and logos of famous designers can be considered in bad taste, as if you want to get noticed at all costs. To be a true snob, you need to dress better than the people around you.
- Try to have a clean and classic look. Generally, black, white, pearls, diamonds, gold and silver are considered colors and materials that denote a certain social status and well-being. They can't be missing in your wardrobe.
- Be careful not to overdo the accessories. Loading yourself with jewels or personalizing your car by installing lights under the frame and flaps certainly allows you to attract attention, but this way of doing does not reflect that discreet taste that characterizes snobbish people.
- Simplicity always allows you to make a great impression.
- Try to heal yourself. A perfect outfit can be ruined by chewed nails or a pestilent breath. Remember that you need to have a certain image - bad personal hygiene will prevent you from doing so.
Step 4. Hang out with people from high walks of life
Remember that your goal is to have a certain status; one of the most effective ways to do this is to surround yourself with people who already have it. Your aim is to become part of an elite social class. Your looks, manners, and attitude will help you look snobbish, but you also need to hang out with like-minded people.
Step 5. Be seen in strategic public places
The shops you shop at and the restaurants you eat at are important: if you're a snob, then only the best clubs and outlets will be worthy of your attention. To be truly snobbish, you need to have "spectators", even strangers. Upscale bars are definitely preferable to any McDonald's around the corner.
- Attend a private club, attend events where powerful people from your city have been invited, or become a member of any other club made up of snobbish people.
- Luxury boutiques are ideal for meeting wealthy women and at the same time catching up on the latest trends.
- If you come into contact with people from higher social classes and frequent their own circles, you will also learn what to do and what to avoid in this social circle.
Step 6. Cultivate good manners that will allow you to immediately stand out
Treat everyone with respect, regardless of their identity. Many snobs have a reputation for being haughty and arrogant towards people from lower social classes. You definitely have to do your best to look cultured and well dressed, but that doesn't mean stepping on your neighbor because of your ambitions.
- Address others using their title and name. Expect the same treatment. If someone does not reciprocate, impose yourself, so that everyone understands how you expect to be treated.
- Don't swear. Bad language is inappropriate in most environments and will harm your image.
- A false accent is easy to catch red-handed, so don't force yourself to speak unnaturally. However, in order to appear cultured, you should strive to use grammar and pronunciation correctly.
Step 7. Try to be well-read and share your knowledge
Learn about art, gastronomy, music, politics and language, so you can talk about various topics. This will allow you to step into any conversation and appear educated, even if you only have basic knowledge of a certain subject. People belonging to high social classes have an excellent education behind them, for example there are those who have attended prestigious universities. While you may not have had this opportunity, being caught will help you bond with people who are more academically trained than you.
- Learn a new word every day to enrich your vocabulary and impress others.
- Play sports in your free time. Tennis, golf and other such sports give you the opportunity to socialize with like-minded people and keep fit.
Step 8. Manage your money wisely
Being a snob means investing in quality and expensive items. However, you only have to spend to buy the best of the best. Try to strategically plan your purchases. Better to have one great car than several average quality cars. Another example: invest in a black designer suit instead of filling your closet with jeans and T-shirts.
- At first, perhaps, you will not have many things. But remember that quality far outweighs quantity.
- Mindful handling of money shows that you are demanding and that you value your money. Refuse to spend, unless an item is the best of the best.
Method 2 of 2: Have Snobby Interests
Step 1. Try to have a specific interest or hobby
If you don't already do something special in your free time, choose a pastime that you find enjoyable. Many typically snobbish interests include cinema (possibly somewhat abstruse), wine and cheese, literature, coffee or fashion. In any case, you can be snobbish with any activity you choose, the important thing is to convey a certain idea of exclusivity.
- To communicate this idea of exclusivity, you need to know exactly what is good quality, bad quality, or somewhere in between. As a snob, connoisseur, or enthusiast, you need to explicitly define which things are best and which are to be avoided.
- Collecting is an ideal hobby to become a snob. For example, it would be impossible to collect every single coin or stamp that exists on the face of the earth. Nonetheless, there are coins or stamps that are more valuable than others - this is the standard that makes them better than the rest.
Step 2. Become an expert in your field
You have to be that person everyone turns to to ask questions about a certain interest or hobby. You have to be that person who knows everything about the production of a certain coffee, the best methods for making beer and the different varieties of legumes. The worst snobs are those who speak as if they know everything for the sole purpose of sounding superior, but are not really able to argue their claims.
- Be careful: try not to have an air of superiority.
- There is a blurred line between being a know-it-all and being the best source of information on a topic. To avoid overstepping this fine line, the secret lies in humility.
- Try to do some research to keep up to date with the latest trends and news.
Step 3. Enrich your vocabulary
When talking to other enthusiasts, you need to know how to jargon. For example, if you are a motorcycle enthusiast, you need to be able to discuss the differences between a four-stroke and a two-stroke engine. Furthermore, if you know how to use complex and technical terms, you will impress others with your culture and your knowledge, even among those who do not know the subject at all.
Step 4. Make time for your passions
To become an expert, you must devote your free time to studying and practicing the hobby of your choice. If you want to be a connoisseur of cheeses, you have to taste a lot of them. This is necessary to compare different types and flavors. This will allow you to discover the best and the worst. All snobs must set standards for the best a certain industry has to offer.
Step 5. Attend events related to this interest or hobby of yours
This will allow you to expose yourself to new ideas or methods. Snobs are often closed-minded because they are extremely demanding. You still need to have high standards, but discovering new possibilities will help you develop your tastes and beliefs better.
- You can participate in conferences or events dedicated to your hobby. They are usually organized in libraries and conference centers.
- Bars and wine bars often organize tastings that allow you to compare different products.
- Being an active member of the community is also great for meeting other snobs who have similar interests to yours.
Step 6. Try to be critical of yourself and others
If you have standards when it comes to art or gastronomy, don't compromise. To always be consistent, evaluate your experiences as you live them. Either way, you need to be critical but not snooty, otherwise you will alienate people and lose credibility. Impress others with your vast knowledge, but avoid acting like someone is inferior just because they know less than you.
