Thursday, June 23, 2005
Snobery hits a new high
Oprah Winfrey is suggesting she was turned away from the Hermes luxury clothing store in Paris because she's black and is calling the incident humiliating.
"People were in the store and they were shopping. Oprah was at the door and she was not allowed into the store," Gayle King, a friend of Winfrey who witnessed the incident, told TV show Entertainment Tonight. "Oprah describes it herself as 'one of the most humiliating moments of her life."'
King said it's unlikely that Winfrey will shop there again.
Hermes appeals to the wealthy (or tasteful) with their famous colourful scarves going for over $1,000 Cdn. each. Coffee mugs run over $100 while men ties top $200. Damn, they make nice ties.
# posted by Shaky @ 11:42 p.m. 
