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    Sean Bell's Legacy: The Shopping Impact

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    In Case You Needed a Reminder That You're in the Wrong Profession

    Hey, Wall Street workers are taking home $23.9 billion in bonuses this year! We're sure they deserve every penny of it. Let's see how they're spending their cash this year, shall we? Bloomberg spoke to "New York-based image consultant and personal shopper" Samantha von Sperling (okay, there's no fucking way that's not a made-up name, but whatever) to find out:

    Furs and jewelry are popular gifts for Wall Street wives and girlfriends, and customers typically want something exclusive, von Sperling said. The $50,000-plus ring soon to adorn that Wall Street wife's hand features two canary diamonds, yellow stones that are among the rarest available, she said. For a cosmetic dentist's girlfriend and his three daughters, von Sperling selected $5,000 of jewelry by Coco Raynes, a designer who puts out one collection a year and doesn't advertise, she said.
    More examples of unbridled spending that will make you want to claw your eyes out, after the jump.
    • A New York real estate magnate [OMG, this is sooo Jared Kushner!—Ed.] "wants a charter for June or July off Italy's Amalfi Coast for as many as a dozen of his family and friends, at a cost of about $175,000 per week for the boat and crew.
    • Marquis Jet Partners has sold more than 100 jet gift cards in the past month—at $185,000 a pop. One Wall Street executive bought six, one each for his wife and five kids.
    • Von Sperling claims to get three calls daily for makeovers, at $10,000-$20,000 each.
    • A Fifth Avenue plastic surgeon says he "gets about 20 requests a year for plastic surgery or Botox anti-wrinkle treatments as gifts," and one woman specifically asked for a $20,000 face lift as a gift from her husband this year, instead of clothing or jewelry.

      That's it. We're going to go cry now. Happy holidays.

      Minks, Private-Jet Time Get Gift-Wrapped as New Yorkers Splurge [Bloomberg]


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