Yes! Impractical styling for upper-class women seems to be a commonality between many cultures. Thinking of the ridiculous dresses worn by upper class British women and their tortuous corsets. I learned from Alif the Unseen that the niqab (which is surely a helluva lot more comfortable and practical than bound feet or corsets, but still...) has class connotations - it's most commonly worn by wealthy Arab women who don't work, a way of showing off their treasured status. Of course, some choose it for devotional reasons, but in the book the woman who did so was somewhat frowned on by her working class Egyptian family - they feared it would be harder for her to get a job.