silk-stocking

Etymology
Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.

Adjective

 * 1)  Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
 * 2) * June 11, 1812,, letter to Elbridge Gerry
 * [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.