High Style - Full Documentary Part 1 of 4

[Chahlie]

I'm 60. I remember the big thick fall edition of Vogue, how we looked forward to it! I made most of my clothes and good fabrics were readily available. I haven't lost my desire for style but the lack of good fabrics is just so disappointing. I have a wealth of styles in my head, and a great many sketches but no fabrics to create them with :(

[jtrain]

Every time Betsy Bloomingdale says, "it's different today" she's really saying, "it sucks today."

[versuskid]

I worked as a coordinator for trunk shows at a high end luxury department store in Beverly Hills years ago. Whenever we had something for Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Bill Blass, Christian Lacroix, Chado by Ralph Ricci Mrs. Bloomingdale would come in to see these collections and place an order. I would get excited to see clients like her instead of an a-list celebrity who usually drops by. I was always curious and anxious to see which looks she would order from these collections. It was fun to see how a haute couture client selects their picks from these designers. This gracious woman has devine taste and respect for couture with great style. For me she’s one of the all time best dressed socialites up there with Nan Kempner and Lynn Wyatt.

[joannemcmillan]

She’s right about things being different. Models used to really model a dress so you could see it. Now they dash down the runway like awkward colts. And most times the customer saw very little.

[matta]

This was a time when high fashion had class. Today, fashion pretty much has no class.

[goldenage]

I don't understand all the hatred towards this lady in the comments. Funny how many comments say she is superficial. Well... she is being questioned about her wardrobe and fashion memories in the golden days of haute couture. Not about nuclear science ! Not to mention all the people calling her ugly... says a lot about who is superfial in this equation...
This lady exudes such an elegant and refined vibe, while remaining very humble. Her wardrobe recreates the history of high fashion, when designers had actual taste and clients were real ladies who came to buy the clothes, not some 17 year old instagram fashionista. Y'all will say this is all thanks to her husband's fortune. Well... be it. She was raised in a rich family and married rich. What's the problem with that ? Thanks Miss Bloomingdale for giving us a chance to look at your wardrobe that is a living representation of fashion history and societal evolution.

[AFAskygoddess]

I'd say Betsy lived a charmed life. Lucky her.

[terry]

Oh my! The good ole days! They dressed with elegance and class back then…what the hell happened?

[BuckWinthrop]

What an incredibly elegant and kind woman. I enjoyed this immensely. Absolutely no arrogant vibes from this icon. Unlike her friend Nancy Reagan who was like dry ice.

[erhs]

I was at this event it was pure Magic !!!!

[Linda-pwgx]

She lived through a most wonderful time

[miguelvelasco]

She’s terribly humble. Sounds like a lovely woman.

[kerrya]

Intersting story👍She seems a brilliant lady with a great sense of fashion and tastes💖

[rickydep]

4:20 with the beautiful Lynn Wyatt. Bestsy, in her day, was quite gorgeous.

[thecompendium]

All the rose colored glasses in these comments are sending me! Couturiers still exist, they're just not the same names as in the past. Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Hermes...they've all gone corporate and make most of their profits from perfume and cosmetics. None of them are true luxury brands anymore.

[stuartaltus]

Excellent documentary of a woman style, great taste and intelligence.

[arianemontemuro]

Today's fashion is trash
This is beautiful

[heathergustafson]

People are more interested in quantity not quality. If they added up all the purchases then look at 1 very good sweater, you can probably buy the better sweater. There are so few really good designers anymore. I’m sick of looking at people wearing their pajamas everywhere. Grow up!

[lesamisdelacuisineprovenca]

Betsy granddaughters are the brand new blond swans of the 2000's

[MissPerriwinkle]

fashion industry::: one of the biggest pollluters on earth.