Candice Bergen | 01/22/2009 11:00 pm

Candice Bergen on the Twiggy, Rich Women in NYC and LA

In response to: Nan Kempner, Pat Buckley, Betsy Bloomingdale … Has the vogue of being too rich or too thin lost its glitter?

Have you looked at young kids lately? Kids in their 20s weigh as much as a fig. They are all size 0. Not to mention women in NY or LA teetering around waiting to get blown away by a gust. And rich. Please. At least people feel for once that it’s in poor taste to flaunt it. But they have it.

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What ever happened to “being yourself”? It must be a very insecure person who needs to hide behind their wallet. I think it will take some time for those who are insecure to drop their conspicuous comsumerism. I was recycling before it was “green” and grew up remembering the quote “to thine own self be true” - most of these people are afraid to find out who they REALLY are!

By Katherine Pease on 01/23/2009 11:14 am

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Well expressed sentiments Candice. So very true. Katherine, I agree with you though I don’t think many of these people would know the first thing about finding out who they really are, given they have constructed such a superficial life for themselves, based on their body size and their wealth - and have enjoyed the attention they receive.

By Adla Coure on 01/23/2009 2:55 pm

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Remember the graffiti they used to put on billboards around Manhattan that showed starving fashion models? The graffiti artists would write: “Feed Me!!!!!” Loved it!

By Mary Margaret Myers on 01/26/2009 11:06 am