High-fashion style popularised due to the GFC and austerity measures, where prominent brands and logos are rejected in favour of subtler cultural capital known only to a select, fashion-savvy few (see definition of ‘dog-whistle politics’). The value and worth of ‘Bitchwhistle’ clothing and accessories are often only identifiable by a particular colour, cut or print. ‘Bitchwhistle’ style is intended to be both respectful to other members of society who can’t afford frivolity, as well as being exclusionary to those same people who may choose to purchase counterfeit high-end goods or cheaper mass produced attire.
Jane Bloggs doesn't wear Chanel or Louis Vuitton, these days her style is more bitchwhistle.
Utility beer is the beer you keep around for the day-to-day moments when beer is a necessity to assist in pedestrian activities (golf, plumbing, yardwork, babysitting, staff meetings, Zoom calls). For the beer snob it is the beer you save for neighbors when they drop in at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. It is differentiated from the actual high-end beer you save for special events, holidays, and special tastings.
Person 1: Dave, did you bring along those hazy craft IPA's so we could drink while cleaning Lyle'spool?
Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.