When I tell people I had tea in London they ask if I wore a hat or white gloves.
People in England just have tea, every day, they don't dress for it.
We do romanticize the rich and the poor in this country.
Honestly, the only time I have ever wore white gloves, (other than the mud covered ones my mother made me wear to Easter when I was 3), has been as a banquet waiter. White gloves are worn by servants, not people drinking tea.
