Hide the Hermès orange and the Tiffany blue, Tina Brown's Daily Beast blog says in today's talker: Wealthy consumers are asking for discreet, unmarked bags to disguise luxury purchases. In New York City last week, Kathleen Fuld, wife of disgraced Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, stopped by the Hermès boutique to buy some holiday gifts: three cashmere throws at $2,225 each. As she paid, Fuld vetoed the store’s signature orange bag, asking for a plain white one instead. (We can so relate in 22066! Who wants to be caught red-handed by all those laid-off little people from the Gannett Tower?)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Zip Code 22066: Shopping tips for ladies who lunch
Hide the Hermès orange and the Tiffany blue, Tina Brown's Daily Beast blog says in today's talker: Wealthy consumers are asking for discreet, unmarked bags to disguise luxury purchases. In New York City last week, Kathleen Fuld, wife of disgraced Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, stopped by the Hermès boutique to buy some holiday gifts: three cashmere throws at $2,225 each. As she paid, Fuld vetoed the store’s signature orange bag, asking for a plain white one instead. (We can so relate in 22066! Who wants to be caught red-handed by all those laid-off little people from the Gannett Tower?)
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OK little people...I mean peasants...GRAB THOSE PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES!
ReplyDeleteIf you have to hide what you're buying because you feel guilty, well, there's a reason for that. You ARE guilty...of theft, fraud, and treason in your cavalier disregard of the continued economic health of the United States.
Take your $$ to the nearest local food bank or Salvation Army. Or hang around a soup kitchen and give a thousand bucks to a family down on its luck. Or check out the foreclosure listings and pay someone's mortgage (in secret, preferably--Christ has something to say about this) so they can keep their house. I guarantee you won't have to hide those expenditures or feel guilty about them. You will feel really good, actually...and for a longer time than the retail therapy provides.
I say I want a revolution!
10:03, I like your style.
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