Sutton Van Brigsby Blog: 'Sobbing On Fifth' Talks About Getting 'Cut-Off', Flies To Paris To Find Chanel Black Satin Nail Polish [Photos]
Sutton Van Brigsby began a blog called "Sobbing On Fifth" along her sister Astor that goes into their lavish lifestyles being raised and children of a mega-millionaire who later cut them off to fend for themselves. From flights to Paris just to pick up Chanel nail polish to finding jobs and scraping their own funds to survive.
The sisters enjoyed the luxury of dining at booked restaurants with last-minute reservations, having floor seats at the Knicks game at the Madison Square Garden, and purchasing discontinued Hermes perfume, "Shopping was more than just a hobby growing up: it was a reaction. Made the honor roll at school? Let's celebrate with a trip to the shoe department at Barneys. Broke up with a dreamy boy after nine months? Let's wallow by padding around the second floor of the Miu Miu store on Fifth. (One particular breakup was so bad that mom decided I could never be seen in the same clothes again, as any outfit ran the risk of bringing up the bad memories. I finally obtained my long-coveted Rick Owens jacket thanks to that particular trauma.)"
Sutton revealed that once when her favorite nail polish, Chanel Black Satin was sold out in every store she went to in New York City, her parents arranged a direct flight to Paris so she could purchase her favorite item in such dire times, "What's always been great about mom and dad is that they understood how dire the need for certain items was," she continued. "Like the Chanel Black Satin nail polish crisis when I was in college. You remember-Chanel's perfect, silky black polish sold out everywhere, and dad understood that owning a bottle (or six) became more and more necessary to my survival with each passing day. When all of my efforts to track down a bottle here failed (even with dad's connections!), he flew me, with a faithful shopping companion, to Paris, so I could continue the hunt there. Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, the Chanel boutiques on Rue Cambon and Place Vendôme ...I found it. Don't ask how, just know I did."
When the girls turned 21, their super rich dad cut them off and told them, "you need to figure out what you want to do with your life." Although, her father was strict about teaching his daughters about the values of money and independence, their mother didn't see it the same way, "The first time I proudly displayed my spoils from a sample sale to my mother, she recoiled in horror. 'How many people do you think tried that on? You don't know where it's been,' she shuddered, as if my gorgeous Alexander Wang FW10 runway dress was a candy I'd found on the street and was about to pop into my mouth with reckless abandon."
The girls managed to fend for themselves and do not spite their parents for teaching them the way of life and appreciate the lesson taught, "Nowadays, I have to work to afford my shopping sprees-sometimes life just throws you a curveball. But I'm still grateful to mom and dad for all the connections I have. I can still get some of my favorite stores to hold the last Eddie Borgo cone bracelet for me, or greet me with a glass of champagne. If there's one thing my childhood of shopping taught me, it's that these are the things that truly count."