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Authors: Lauren Weisberger
Ralphâs studio. When I asked for Leanne at the receptionistâs desk on the sixth floor, an adorable girl not a day older than eighteen came bounding down the stairs.
âHi!â she called, stretching out the âIâ sound for a few seconds. âYou must be Andrea, Mirandaâs new assistant. We sure do love her around here, so welcome to the team!â She grinned. I grinned. She pulled a massive plastic bag out from underneath a table and immediately spilled its contents on the floor. âHere we have Carolineâs favorite jeans in three colors, and we threw in some baby Tâs, too. And Cassidy just adores Ralphâs khaki skirts â we gave them to her in olive and stone.â Jean skirts, denim jackets, even a few pair of socks came flying out of the bag, and all I could do was stare: there were enough clothes to constitute four or more total preteen wardrobes.
Who the hell are Cassidy and Caroline?
I wondered, staring at the loot. What self-respecting person wears Ralph Lauren jeans â in three different colors, no less?
I mustâve looked thoroughly confused, because Leanne quite purposely turned her back while repacking the clothes and said, âI just know Mirandaâs daughters will love this stuff. Weâve been dressing them for years, and Ralph insists on picking the clothes out for them himself.â I shot her a grateful look and threw the bag over my shoulder.
âGood luck!â she called as the elevator doors closed, a genuine smile taking up most of her face. âYouâre lucky to have such an awesome job!â Before she could say it, I found myself mentally finishing the sentence â
a million girls would die for it
. And for that moment, having just seen a famous designerâs studio and in possession of thousands of dollars worth of clothes, I thought she was right.
Once I got the hang of things, the rest of the day flew. I debated for a few minutes whether anyone would be mad if I took a minute to pick up a sandwich, but I had no choice. I hadnât eaten anything since my croissant at seven this morning, and it was nearly two. I asked the driver to pull over at a deli and decided at the last minute to get him one, too. His jaw dropped when I handed him the turkey and honey mustard, and I wondered if I had made him uncomfortable.
âI just figured you were hungry, too,â I said. âYou know, driving around all day, you probably donât have much time for lunch.â
âThank you, miss, I appreciate it. Itâs just that Iâve been driving around Elias-Clark girls for twelve years, and they are not so nice. You are very nice,â he said in a thick but indeterminate accent, looking at me in the rearview mirror. I smiled at him and felt a momentary flash of foreboding. But then the moment passed and we each munched our turkey wraps while sitting in gridlock and listening to his favorite CD, which sounded to me like little more than a woman shrieking the same thing over and over in an unknown language, the whole thing set to sitar music.
Emilyâs next written instruction was to pick up a pair of white shorts that Miranda desperately needed for Pilates. I figured weâd be headed to Polo, but she had written Chanel. Chanel made work-out wear? The driver took me to the private salon, where an older saleswoman whose facelift had left her eyes looking like slits handed me a pair of white cotton-Lycra hot pants, size zero, pinned to a silk hanger and draped in a velvet garment bag. I looked at the shorts, which appeared as though they wouldnât fit a six-year-old, and looked back to the woman.
âUm, do you really think Miranda will wear these?â I asked tentatively, convinced the woman could open that pit-bull mouth of hers and consume me whole. She glared at me.
âWell, I should hope so, miss, considering theyâre custom measured and cut, according to her exact specifications,â
âHi!â she called, stretching out the âIâ sound for a few seconds. âYou must be Andrea, Mirandaâs new assistant. We sure do love her around here, so welcome to the team!â She grinned. I grinned. She pulled a massive plastic bag out from underneath a table and immediately spilled its contents on the floor. âHere we have Carolineâs favorite jeans in three colors, and we threw in some baby Tâs, too. And Cassidy just adores Ralphâs khaki skirts â we gave them to her in olive and stone.â Jean skirts, denim jackets, even a few pair of socks came flying out of the bag, and all I could do was stare: there were enough clothes to constitute four or more total preteen wardrobes.
Who the hell are Cassidy and Caroline?
I wondered, staring at the loot. What self-respecting person wears Ralph Lauren jeans â in three different colors, no less?
I mustâve looked thoroughly confused, because Leanne quite purposely turned her back while repacking the clothes and said, âI just know Mirandaâs daughters will love this stuff. Weâve been dressing them for years, and Ralph insists on picking the clothes out for them himself.â I shot her a grateful look and threw the bag over my shoulder.
âGood luck!â she called as the elevator doors closed, a genuine smile taking up most of her face. âYouâre lucky to have such an awesome job!â Before she could say it, I found myself mentally finishing the sentence â
a million girls would die for it
. And for that moment, having just seen a famous designerâs studio and in possession of thousands of dollars worth of clothes, I thought she was right.
Once I got the hang of things, the rest of the day flew. I debated for a few minutes whether anyone would be mad if I took a minute to pick up a sandwich, but I had no choice. I hadnât eaten anything since my croissant at seven this morning, and it was nearly two. I asked the driver to pull over at a deli and decided at the last minute to get him one, too. His jaw dropped when I handed him the turkey and honey mustard, and I wondered if I had made him uncomfortable.
âI just figured you were hungry, too,â I said. âYou know, driving around all day, you probably donât have much time for lunch.â
âThank you, miss, I appreciate it. Itâs just that Iâve been driving around Elias-Clark girls for twelve years, and they are not so nice. You are very nice,â he said in a thick but indeterminate accent, looking at me in the rearview mirror. I smiled at him and felt a momentary flash of foreboding. But then the moment passed and we each munched our turkey wraps while sitting in gridlock and listening to his favorite CD, which sounded to me like little more than a woman shrieking the same thing over and over in an unknown language, the whole thing set to sitar music.
Emilyâs next written instruction was to pick up a pair of white shorts that Miranda desperately needed for Pilates. I figured weâd be headed to Polo, but she had written Chanel. Chanel made work-out wear? The driver took me to the private salon, where an older saleswoman whose facelift had left her eyes looking like slits handed me a pair of white cotton-Lycra hot pants, size zero, pinned to a silk hanger and draped in a velvet garment bag. I looked at the shorts, which appeared as though they wouldnât fit a six-year-old, and looked back to the woman.
âUm, do you really think Miranda will wear these?â I asked tentatively, convinced the woman could open that pit-bull mouth of hers and consume me whole. She glared at me.
âWell, I should hope so, miss, considering theyâre custom measured and cut, according to her exact specifications,â