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Down and dirty with High Society
Tan Dawn Wei
1,788 words
16 April 2006
Straits Times
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English
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Scratch the surface of 'high society' and you will find amazingtales of attention-grabbing antics
MERE mortals may not be privy to the Cristal and Chanel No
5-fuelled world of Singapore's socialites, but a recent court case has thrust the rarefied universe back into public focus.
Last Tuesday, high-society magazine titles Singapore Tatler and
Prestige settled a lawsuit which saw the former make claims that it was 'the best magazine for advertisers'. Tatler agreed to pay
Prestige $40,000 plus costs.
Now that the chapter is closed, the two magazines can continue doing what they do best: documenting the lifestyles - and the knifestyles - of the rich, famous and Botoxed set as they sashay and preen at cocktail parties.
But scratch beneath the Thermage-d surface of this little world, and it seems you'll find more than meets the surgically enhanced double eyelid eye.
Yes, the socialite scene here may be small - insiders estimate it numbers no more than 300 men and women - but LifeStyle has it on good authority that it provides fodder juicier than a Morton's steak. And, oh, what gossip abounds.
Like how a certain wannabe poseur wormed her way into the scene by hanging on to a 'walker', that is, a person who is invited to fabulous parties and who won't mind taking you there - in exchange for a Prada suit you are expected to later offer in gratitude.
Or of how a media whore always shows up at social events with a
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much younger male model in tow despite her marital status.
Or the socialite from a neighbouring country whose face is pulled so far back it could have snapped and ruined her Dior dress.
It would be erroneous to assume that socialites are all thin and fabulous. Just as not all animals are created equal, some social animals are created better than others,
Down and dirty with High Society
Tan Dawn Wei
1,788 words
16 April 2006
Straits Times
STIMES
English
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Scratch the surface of 'high society' and you will find amazingtales of attention-grabbing antics
MERE mortals may not be privy to the Cristal and Chanel No
5-fuelled world of Singapore's socialites, but a recent court case has thrust the rarefied universe back into public focus.
Last Tuesday, high-society magazine titles Singapore Tatler and
Prestige settled a lawsuit which saw the former make claims that it was 'the best magazine for advertisers'. Tatler agreed to pay
Prestige $40,000 plus costs.
Now that the chapter is closed, the two magazines can continue doing what they do best: documenting the lifestyles - and the knifestyles - of the rich, famous and Botoxed set as they sashay and preen at cocktail parties.
But scratch beneath the Thermage-d surface of this little world, and it seems you'll find more than meets the surgically enhanced double eyelid eye.
Yes, the socialite scene here may be small - insiders estimate it numbers no more than 300 men and women - but LifeStyle has it on good authority that it provides fodder juicier than a Morton's steak. And, oh, what gossip abounds.
Like how a certain wannabe poseur wormed her way into the scene by hanging on to a 'walker', that is, a person who is invited to fabulous parties and who won't mind taking you there - in exchange for a Prada suit you are expected to later offer in gratitude.
Or of how a media whore always shows up at social events with a
Page 1 of 6
© 2011 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved.
much younger male model in tow despite her marital status.
Or the socialite from a neighbouring country whose face is pulled so far back it could have snapped and ruined her Dior dress.
It would be erroneous to assume that socialites are all thin and fabulous. Just as not all animals are created equal, some social animals are created better than others,