{"id":17690,"date":"2014-09-22T23:09:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T23:09:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:47:06","slug":"retail-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17690","title":{"rendered":"Retail Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bergdorf Goodman’s legendary personal shopper shares her memoirs. <\/strong>
\nSeptember 8, 2014 9:00 AM | by Marnie Hanel
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\nNearly four decades after founding Bergdorf Goodman\u2019s personal-shopping service, sterling-haired, silver-tongued Betty Halbreich is still celebrated for her matchless taste (Babe Paley asked her ?for advice) and wry judgment (\u201cIt\u2019s awful,\u201d Halbreich is ?not afraid to tell a client about an outfit). Those enduring qualities find full expression ?in I\u2019ll Drink to That: A Life ?in Style, With a Twist (out September 8 from the ?Penguin Press), Halbreich\u2019s ?memoir and the inspiration ?for a forthcoming HBO series written by Lena Dunham. ?As a lavishly attired Park Avenue wife, Halbreich reflects, she was rewarded for her beauty but felt deeply unfulfilled, and she attempted suicide before checking herself in to a psychiatric clinic. ?(She recalls fellow patients complimenting her style.) Forced to acknowledge that she\u2019d been trying to shop ?away her sorrow\u2014\u201cthe displacement of love, affection, and attention onto a pair of shoes or a dress has built an entire industry\u201d\u2014she sought to work with the designers whose labels she wore. Ultimately, ?she landed her plum gig at Bergdorf\u2019s, where her astute eye, honed by life experience, allowed her to use fashion to help women discover what truly ailed them. With humor and grace, Halbreich has given three generations of clients, among them Est\u00e9e Lauder and Sarah Jessica Parker, the perfect wardrobe\u2014and so much more.<\/p>\n

SOURCE: http:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/culture\/2014\/09\/betty-halbreich-book\/<\/p>\n

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