Moe’s report from the Winter Wonderland Ball at the New York Botanical Garden, in the Observer:
“There is this weird schizophrenia at events like this,” mused Margherita Missoni, the model-actress and heir to the Italian fashion house, who was standing nearby waiting patiently for the throng to clear the way toward the ballroom. “We know it’s happening, but obviously it hasn’t hit us yet. Of course we’ve been affected, anyone with a business has been affected, but if you were really hurting, if it were really affecting you, you wouldn’t be here! I find it a bit ridiculous actually, almost like it’s the cool hot topic to talk about at fancy parties is the economy, which seems very decadent.”
Ms. Missoni surveyed the scene and shook her head, setting free a few locks that had been loosely tied into her chignon. “Sometimes I wonder, are these people going mad? Am I in the sinking Titanic? I think I’m in the sinking Titanic.”
Read the rest here!
(Related: Are you an un- or under-employed journalist in New York? Do you enjoy going out at night to fancy events? Are you not shy about going up to famous and famous-ish people and asking them potentially invasive questions? Can you write quickly? Get at me! I might have work for you! [Though, in the interest of full disclosure/not wasting anyone’s time, I can’t pay you very much.])
