Is It Just Me? Or Is This Ludicrous?

I think there might be a whole blog just in mocking the New York Times column “What I Wore.” While I fully recognize that years of subscribing to In Style made me think that ridiculously expensive candles were not unreasonable, to a degree that took years to wear off, I can’t read this column and feel anything but slightly aghast. It’s not even aspirational. Multiple Birkins? Who lives like this?

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8 responses to “Is It Just Me? Or Is This Ludicrous?”

  1. Chelsea Avatar
    Chelsea

    A woman named Muffie, apparently, whose legacy is going to be a closet full of overpriced clothes and two daughters who are doomed to be disappointed in their husbands’ salaries. The materialism is appalling. I want to call her shallow, but that isn’t strong enough a word.

    1. Tragic Sandwich Avatar

      And it’s not just the materialism, but the way she seems to take it for granted–not just for herself, but for the entire world. Clearly, there is nothing unusual about the way she lives. Not to her mind, at any rate.

  2. oilandgarlic Avatar
    oilandgarlic

    I really dislike reading about the “everyday life” of the very rich or celebrities. It’s a common question to ask working celebrity moms about their typical day and the work/life balance. It’s just another world and so far from the reality for 99% of the population!

    1. Tragic Sandwich Avatar

      And the thing is, I’m not bothered by the fact that each of Angelina and Brad’s kids get their own nanny. They have the money to afford that–why shouldn’t they? But it’s the unironic presentation of these exceptionally privileged lives as normal that really bugs me.

      1. oilandgarlic Avatar

        Yes, that’s what I mean too! It’s like they expect us to take away some good advice, applicable to normal lives, from these interviews. No, having a nanny or nannies, and that much flexibility is not normal!

  3. JNU Avatar

    I’d love to see a blog mocking What I Wore! Muffie’s Morning, when she absentmindedly takes the subway. Her Hermes scarf ($10,000) gets stolen by a homeless guy to bandage his bedsore and her $5000 Ferragamo gets puked on. She staggers out of 86th Street C, hair akimbo, screaming for a hanky. Neighbours rush to her aid waving Dooney & Burke white silk/lace kerchiefs at $350 a pop….

    1. Tragic Sandwich Avatar

      If only I had the time! Actually, I kind of wonder if that isn’t already out there somewhere.

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