Not Even Morons Like Her Anymore

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… stealth-wealth signifiers appeal to Sylvia Toporkiewicz, a visitor from Poland, who was browsing late last month at the Sunglass Hut on Spring Street in SoHo. She weighed the hip factor of a pair of crystal-encrusted Versace frames against some equally costly but understated Ray-Ban glasses, choosing the Ray-Bans, because, she explained, “I don’t want to look Paris Hilton.”

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-From a banal Times story about even more banal people, some of whom have apparently outgrown their former queen

Jul 11, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · Respond
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