white-shoe

[hwahyt-shoo, wahyt] /ˈʰwaɪtˈʃu, ˈwaɪt/
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to members of the upper class who own or run large corporations:
white-shoe bankers; a conservative white-shoe image.
Origin
1975-80; apparently from the white shoes popular as moderately formal wear among suburban men c1980
Slang definitions & phrases for white shoe

white shoe

adjective phrase

(also white-shoe) Having the attitudes, appearance, etc, of the Ivy League: Do I look white shoe?/ a Harvard-educated bluestocking who practiced white-shoe corporate law

noun phrase

A typical Ivy League student

[1980s+; fr the white buckskin shoes that were part of that student's dress]