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Just finished the book and thought it was hilarious. She captured the terror and absurdity of being a maniac's assitant perfectly. And the nuts like Nigel and Jeffy make me long to be back in NYC.

But what's even more hilarious is the whining and carping on this site.

Keep bitching you jerks, it only makes her richer!

I believe AW was actually brought up in an upper-middle class home in London, her father, I know, was either chief editor or chief publisher of some publication...

ha... i find all of this so amusing. first of all, i expected the book to be better written -- after all, if fashion writing is so "beneath" her (and vogue actually does have some pretty impressive writing; i read fashion publications as part of my job, and most of the industry is more "fashion" than "publication" from what i can tell), shouldn't she be just dripping with linguistic skill? and yes, she's whiney and condescending. but, being a 22 year old recent grad myself (from an excellent college which in no way prepared me for the real world), with a job in a fashion-related industry in the geographical area described, i must say i got a giggle out of it. like someone else said, i can relate to the "paying one's dues" situation... even more so, since opportunities for recent grads now are considerably more limited than they were in 1999. luckily, i love my job... this book makes my bosses look so damned saintly it's not even funny. but, i can relate to the desperation... hell, reading it, i half want to send a resume to conde nast and nab the anna-wintour-slave gig! i could deal with a pair of jimmy choos... anyway, having read so much hype for the book, naive little me expected a) that it would be good (it's trashy-good, but not terribly well-written, as i said before), and b) that people loved it. well, imagine my surprise when my search on anna wintour (WAS she born a low-class Jew in an English slum?) turned up all this JW hate!!! it so fits with the book, truly it does. it's a trashy book, it's a BEACH book, we read it for the same reason we click on those links on our hotmail and AIM for E! Online and People.com gossip. because we're a voyeuristic culture. and, no matter how much they may claim to hate it, the targets of our voyeurism agree with the fact that bad press is better than no press, or they wouldn't be where they are.

out of curiousity, and returning to an earlier question, DOES anyone know anna wintour's personal history? all i can find is that the skipping-high-school part is true...

If you own Prada you own IT - not ONE. (see comment above from hick) Glad to see my stalker has gone away.(pretty too) I still find this site amusing, maybe just b/c I know some of the characters who haunt here. This site is for entertainment, just like the book. Take it all in perspective people and lighten UP!!!!!

you people need to lighten up! it's a novel and a damn entertaining one at that. when i bought the book here at our local bookstore in podunk, i didn't even know what a "prada" was. i know now, but am pretty dang sure i'll never own one!

the running commentary here is almost as much fun as the book. i don't have much time to read, bein' is i run a little bidness myself, but it was a very amusing way to spend a weekend.

and thanks, yall, for the continued amusement here!

I agree with JH's comments on getting up early. I've been out of college for almost a year and I still struggle to get to work by 7:30am(sleep til noon on weekends). I would much rather arrive around 10, if that was allowed. And at some point we all have to take a job that we can get and that's why we stick with it. So, to those of you who took offense to this novel, go f- yoursleves. It was funny and makes me feel better about the dead end job I have.

so, what we are to learn from those who hate this book is that it feels great to treat people like crap if we are in the position to do so?

After just finishing LW's novel, I was curious to see what others thought of it. All I can say is that the droning and griping going on here is even more entertaining than the book itself (which, incidentally, I found extremely funny). I mean, some of you are really grasping for anything you can possibly criticize about this woman and her book - she picks her nose? Oh really? WHO CARES? She's "catty"? She's a "self-centered snob"? NOBODY CARES. And to those who attacked LW's statement that she found being at work for 7:30am unbearable: doesn't 80%+ of the population feel the same way? That makes her a lazy snob? As far as I'm concerned, Weisberger (at 26) has accomplished a whole lot more than most people do in 40 years. And if the book IS based on her own experience working in the fashion industry, even better -- she took a rough stint at Vogue and turned it into big $$$. It's simply a lighthearted, satirical book that was never meant to be the next "War & Peace" (read the dedications). Congrats, Lauren: you've worked hard and it paid off. And you've made a whole lot of people - especially early-risers who despise their jobs - extremely jealous of you.

Jake, honey, hate to tell you this, but the fact that you wrote a comment in this particular chat room means that you are already in the line.

this is such old news- but this point must be made: i don't think anyone thinks anna wintour is a great person- the point is that they are both horrible. and that wintour has been given so much celebrity that weisberger can siphon some off is a comment on just how lame our new york based celebrity obsessed culture has become. so fuck the line- what the hell are you waiting in line for anyway? wherever that line is going is some place i do not want to be.

Say what you will about Lauren Weisberger and Anna Wintour. They obviously have a lot more in common than either one would probably like to admit. Both used their circumstances to get what they want. I, personally, believe every word in the book, having lived through an experience very similar. The first thought I had when finished: "I wish I'd thought of that." More power to Ms. W, I say. She skipped to the front of the same line that the rest of us suckers will probably be in for the rest of our lives. Yes, I'm talking about you.

i believe anna wintour is a raging crazy bitch and could make any "mundane" job hell. SHE'S the one who needs to swing on LAUREN'S nut sack with her mouth.

it's so pathetic to see so many losers kissing up to a lunatic. but it's understandable. they're doing it out of fear. they don't care about pride.

i will give anna one thing, though...she looks faaaabulous in the new PETA campaign.

Fashion Slave-

Yeah, we probably DO know each other. email me-goddessem@yahoo.com.

another HORRIBLE book by a self-centered egotistical new yorker: confessions of a toxic bachelor by rick marin. jealous is not the right word to describe the feelings that marin and lauren w inspire in me - i think its dismay and disgust. i can't believe they are rewarded for being so uninteresting and self-obsessed. they are clearly good at self-promotion. in lauren's case, she is fortunate so many people are dying for dirt on anna wintour. the best thing about that book (although admittedly i have not read it) has to be the title. i don't give a shit that anna wintour is a bitch - she has done more with her career than most people dream about and is a living legend. she's almost entitled. as for rick marin, whose toxic bachelorhood ends this weekend, he looks like an asshole for thinking any thoughtful interesting people will actually care about your experiences. lauren will learn soon enough that her stint at vogue is the most interesting thing about her. i hope someone god-awful plays her in the movie.

Hey PHS girl-whats your name? A bunch of us went to school with Lauren.. wonder if we know you?

Well, we ARE doing something with ourselves. We're venting. I believe Pretty too mentioned something (albeit sarcastically) about pumping blood to the extremeties or some such bullshit. Whether we're bitching for spite, boredom, valid dislike for the book, excess venom from highschool, not enough nicotine this morning, it doesn't matter. We're just venting. You're going to tell me LAUREN has never been unnecessarily catty? Dude, I KNEW Lauren. The girl was nothing BUT catty. Whatever, if you don't like what we're saying, don't read it. Simple. It's not like you've never griped about anything. We're just doing it online instead of at the water cooler. If you're bothered by us, ignore us. Get over yourself.

i was just checking out reviews of this book because lauren's an old firend and I haven't seen her in years...I stumbled onto this site...

2 things:

1)nice work lauren, it is what it is and you did it

2)the folks on this site spend a lot of time criticizing...do something with yourselves and shut the fuck up

I can't believe that anyone would criticize the content or intentions of this book. Have you read it? If any of these anecdotes are correct, Anna Wintour deserves every bit of bad press she gets. Bravo Lauren! I am so tired of people forgiving reprehensible behavior in the name of professional "brilliance". The two are not mutually exclusive. She is a mean, hateful human being. And lets remember that she is in fashion. She isn't creating a vaccine for AIDS or anything. Putting in your time is one thing, but to be demeaned and treated like a non-person is quite another. Kate Betts' review was so transparent; she is unemployed now, and knows the repurcussions if she angers Ms. Wintour.

Pretty One also has a hand gun and enjoys being able to use it! For someone who is attacking my character perhaps you should be looking in the mirror - Pretty TOO.