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 :(
Get to the fabric district in NYC.... There are a few stores which sell mill ends of fabrics used for designers... American,not so much European. European designer fabrics could be found in Milan,...
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.
Some people dressed very well, I think over time people realized much of what we did was unnecessary and uncomfortable, for example, men wearing suits to work. While in some professions and situations yes it made sense, I remember how uncomfortable it could be. I do agree that people do not take care as to how they look and that the dominance of youth culture sucks all the oxygen out of the room.
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.
After watching this I wondered who her English mother was, so I read her Wiki page, and realised this docu only shows the good bits! When her husband died his long term on again/off again mistress sued his estate for palimony, as he had promised she would be taken care of for the rest of her life, but when he died Betsy cut her off. The said mistress was murdered before the suit ended, her estate was awarded $200,000. The mistress was also a drug addict and occasional prostitute, Alfred apparently had some really weird sexual preferences, like beating his partners with a leather belt! So as they say, "all that glitters is not gold", imagine getting into bed with that dude every night! Betsy also had legal woes with customs, as she had given the wrong prices for a collection of French couture gowns that she bought, so it might all look charmed on the surface.
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.
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.
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.
Nice storyteller, but outwardly she is absolutely unsympathetic and too masculine - and all these magnificent dresses on a woman with a creepy old hairstyle look completely uninteresting
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!
yes well money just doesn't buy cloths, it also buys great taste , lots of "friends" and massive respectability . These people have advisors around them about everything , including what to serve for dinner .
"Earliest remembrance." 💀. I'm a bit confused as to why she thinks couture isn't hand sewn anymore, all the current documentaries on couture show that it is still all hand sewn. Did she mean to say that nowadays _only_ couture is hand sewn?
It's interesting how there will be a stylish dress, but in whatever era, it has the look of that era. A stylish dress from 1962 will look like the styles of 1962. As far as I'm concerned, women's clothes were never so stylish as in 1925-1929!
Ill always think of her as being really good Friends with Nancy Reagan. Nothing wrong with that...I just remember the two of them together. I wonder,tho,why Folks thought French Couture would not necessarily be found in LA. I would think it would because of Hollywood and Film Stars and yes,even the weather. Maybe more so than New York.
Truly these ladies have stress that most of us will never relate to. I'll take my middle class vacay with my yoga pants over all this social pressure. Plus, half of them still stress about money. No thank you.
Although the clothing Bloomingdale wore was often beautiful, I find it odd to celebrate a super rich superficial person whose best friend was Nancy Reagan. Even more odd and perhaps, truly disgusting is that during the height of Bloomingdale's profile during the Reagan years, the very men who made her fashion were dying of AIDS for which the Reagans not just did nothing but allowed the men who suffered to be vilified. Bloomingdale had very little to do with the haute couture she wore...she was, I'm sure, advised and educated by the courturiers who clothed her. She had the check book that's it.
Your grandmother was truly no one to be proud of. Read about Vicky Morgan and her very dark part. She was a tiresome snob and a dreadful phony. Monied beginnings, but daughter of a doctor is no Astor or Vanderbilt. You point with pride because of her attire. To my mind, pointing with pride is more about achievement, not something on someone’s back. Seems there is an apple not far from tree thing here!
Someone here has said ......."I am more interested in Alfred Bloomingdale "...... I couldn't agree more. I would love to know about the money behind these women and the men that made it. I'll bet there would be some riveting stories to be told on that topic. I couldn't care less on how their wives and mistresses are spending it.
I suggest you go read all the comments on this video. Few of them are positive. It is not uncommon to critique these women who live like Queens, because they have been fortunate enough to marry brilliant businessmen who were already very wealthy millionaires and even went on to make billions. They wear the clothing of brilliant, but sadly many homosexual designers whose praises they sing, until many died of AIDS. Then they didn't want to know them. These are people who live for self. Yes, it would have been a little better if we got at least some information on Alfred Bloomindale himself. At least he worked for a living. Their wives however live a frivolous life of endless clothing, parties, Champagne, and caviar, as well us throwing a little of their husband's money behind their favourite crooked politician. They do after all need to look as if they have a couple of brain cells at least. Betsy Bloomindale I will say though, was one of the nicer people, and believe me they are few and far between in THAT WORLD. I should know.
I have no problem with people living in luxury, my problem is that while they do others die of hunger daily. This era feels like the entire world is nearing the french revolution after Antoinette decided to tell people to eat cake while they couldn't afford anything, its a great documentary of historical value but not for the clothes, but as a record of socio economic events before a cycle ends and another begins again. We humans are the only animals stupid enough to keep tripping over and over and over the same rocks and then cry about falling.
People don’t die of hunger because of rich people. People die of hunter because of bad politicians and poor fiscal leadership in the state and jurisdictional level .
As much as I love fashion, they're just clothes. You have to wear clothes or you get arrested. I'm 71 and pretty much wear either old preppie or bohemian. I've kept my designer stuff but can't be bothered to wear them. Except...the shoes😅
This was a time when high fashion had class. Today , fashion pretty much has no class.
You’re right!
Today’s fashion is measured by it’s shock value. It has to be extremely ridiculous or a new way to be over the top vulgar.
Every time Betsy Bloomingdale says, "it's different today" she's really saying, "it sucks today."
She’s right.
The age of swans
It's historical, keep it in perspective.
@jtrain Amen!!!!
She's right
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 :(
I agree about the lack of suitable fabrics. Fabric stores seem to full of quilting fabrics.
This is disheartening 😢
I stopped reading Vogue.
you are 100 % correct all by deliberation
Get to the fabric district in NYC.... There are a few stores which sell mill ends of fabrics used for designers...
American,not so much European. European designer fabrics could be found in Milan,...
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.
Makes me think back to reading Suzy in the Daily News & W. Mercedes Kellogg, Ann Bass, Pat Buckley, Nancy Kissinger, Blaine Trump.
Oh my! The good ole days! They dressed with elegance and class back then…what the hell happened?
My grandpa blames the 60s and the counter culture/ hippies.
Some people dressed very well, I think over time people realized much of what we did was unnecessary and uncomfortable, for example, men wearing suits to work. While in some professions and situations yes it made sense, I remember how uncomfortable it could be. I do agree that people do not take care as to how they look and that the dominance of youth culture sucks all the oxygen out of the room.
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.
Awkward colts 😂🤣 sadly I understand your frustration
I'd say Betsy lived a charmed life. Lucky her.
After watching this I wondered who her English mother was, so I read her Wiki page, and realised this docu only shows the good bits! When her husband died his long term on again/off again mistress sued his estate for palimony, as he had promised she would be taken care of for the rest of her life, but when he died Betsy cut her off. The said mistress was murdered before the suit ended, her estate was awarded $200,000. The mistress was also a drug addict and occasional prostitute, Alfred apparently had some really weird sexual preferences, like beating his partners with a leather belt! So as they say, "all that glitters is not gold", imagine getting into bed with that dude every night!
Betsy also had legal woes with customs, as she had given the wrong prices for a collection of French couture gowns that she bought, so it might all look charmed on the surface.
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.
She came to the restaurant I managed in Beverly Hills, many times.
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.
Crazy
Intense jealousy.
....she is the California girl who lived a great stylish life....she is not ugly....
You are joking right?
Rich people can be talented too. They invented "style", after all.
I was at this event ..... it was pure Magic !!!!
I would love to here some stories and I imagine everyone here would too.
She lived through a most wonderful time
What beautiful granddaughters
....stunning looking....outrageously healthy hair....real California Girls.....
Intersting story👍She seems a brilliant lady with a great sense of fashion and tastes💖
fashion industry::: one of the biggest pollluters on earth.
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.
She’s terribly humble. Sounds like a lovely woman.
Nice storyteller, but outwardly she is absolutely unsympathetic and too masculine - and all these magnificent dresses on a woman with a creepy old hairstyle look completely uninteresting
What?. Humble is the last thing that person was. Disgusting and superficial.
@@elinaerni328 She was in her 80s here.. how will you look in your 80s?
Today's fashion is trash
This is beautiful
Bravo !
4:20 with the beautiful Lynn Wyatt. Bestsy, in her day, was quite gorgeous.
good taste , slim but not a pretty face .
Lynn Wyatt is a legendary personality who has done tremendous good for the homeless and the city of Houston.
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!
This is great
It's nice but it's a 1% experience.
Exactly. That’s why there has been a documentary made on the subject. It’s marvellous to have a glimpse into a fabulous bygone era.
Excellent documentary of a woman style, great taste and intelligence.
yes well money just doesn't buy cloths, it also buys great taste , lots of "friends" and massive respectability . These people have advisors around them about everything , including what to serve for dinner .
@andrew miller Money can't buy charisma, elegance, or intelligence. There is more to life than money.
"Earliest remembrance." 💀. I'm a bit confused as to why she thinks couture isn't hand sewn anymore, all the current documentaries on couture show that it is still all hand sewn. Did she mean to say that nowadays _only_ couture is hand sewn?
Betsy granddaughters are the brand new blond swans of the 2000's
if you can afford haut couture, you have real style and a lot of money
I was proud my grandmother had class when all those other grandmothers were trash, lol. Gatekeeping grandmas.
🌈💝
It's interesting how there will be a stylish dress, but in whatever era, it has the look of that era. A stylish dress from 1962 will look like the styles of 1962. As far as I'm concerned, women's clothes were never so stylish as in 1925-1929!
"Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale?" Really? Is it 1947?
These Bloomingdale girls are hella pissed they didn't get that 'ture!
Ill always think of her as being really good Friends with Nancy Reagan. Nothing wrong with that...I just remember the two of them together. I wonder,tho,why Folks thought French Couture would not necessarily be found in LA. I would think it would because of Hollywood and Film Stars and yes,even the weather. Maybe more so than New York.
okay
for rich people. not working class like me.
Are Betsy's pearls real?
what a superficial life!
...but wonderful!
lol are you jealous that you could never 😅
Truly these ladies have stress that most of us will never relate to. I'll take my middle class vacay with my yoga pants over all this social pressure. Plus, half of them still stress about money. No thank you.
Although the clothing Bloomingdale wore was often beautiful, I find it odd to celebrate a super rich superficial person whose best friend was Nancy Reagan. Even more odd and perhaps, truly disgusting is that during the height of Bloomingdale's profile during the Reagan years, the very men who made her fashion were dying of AIDS for which the Reagans not just did nothing but allowed the men who suffered to be vilified. Bloomingdale had very little to do with the haute couture she wore...she was, I'm sure, advised and educated by the courturiers who clothed her. She had the check book that's it.
She was disgusted. Her daughters are very hateful ladies.
She had so many facelifts that she truly ‘led’ with her chin’
Your grandmother was truly no one to be proud of. Read about Vicky Morgan and her very dark part. She was a tiresome snob and a dreadful phony. Monied beginnings, but daughter of a doctor is no Astor or Vanderbilt. You point with pride because of her attire. To my mind, pointing with pride is more about achievement, not something on someone’s back. Seems there is an apple not far from tree thing here!
Not sure why people are calling her elegant. The vandal that surrounds them is definitely not elegant.
How is it her fault that they were sexually immoral and got AIDS. Eww gross
00:39 Air kiss not even close.
Someone here has said ......."I am more interested in Alfred Bloomingdale "...... I couldn't agree more. I would love to know about the money behind these women and the men that made it. I'll bet there would be some riveting stories to be told on that topic. I couldn't care less on how their wives and mistresses are spending it.
Ugly and depressing statement in my opinion.
@@briancooney7183 decent people bother you?
If you 'couldn't care less' why are you even watching this video much less making making negative comments about it?
I suggest you go read all the comments on this video. Few of them are positive. It is not uncommon to critique these women who live like Queens, because they have been fortunate enough to marry brilliant businessmen who were already very wealthy millionaires and even went on to make billions. They wear the clothing of brilliant, but sadly many homosexual designers whose praises they sing, until many died of AIDS. Then they didn't want to know them. These are people who live for self. Yes, it would have been a little better if we got at least some information on Alfred Bloomindale himself. At least he worked for a living. Their wives however live a frivolous life of endless clothing, parties, Champagne, and caviar, as well us throwing a little of their husband's money behind their favourite crooked politician. They do after all need to look as if they have a couple of brain cells at least.
Betsy Bloomindale I will say though, was one of the nicer people, and believe me they are few and far between in THAT WORLD. I should know.
I have no problem with people living in luxury, my problem is that while they do others die of hunger daily. This era feels like the entire world is nearing the french revolution after Antoinette decided to tell people to eat cake while they couldn't afford anything, its a great documentary of historical value but not for the clothes, but as a record of socio economic events before a cycle ends and another begins again. We humans are the only animals stupid enough to keep tripping over and over and over the same rocks and then cry about falling.
People don’t die of hunger because of rich people. People die of hunter because of bad politicians and poor fiscal leadership in the state and jurisdictional level .
As much as I love fashion, they're just clothes. You have to wear clothes or you get arrested. I'm 71 and pretty much wear either old preppie or bohemian. I've kept my designer stuff but can't be bothered to wear them. Except...the shoes😅
high hair and money. until the bank collapses.
I hate that flicker you added, it's very annoying!
I am more interested in Alfred Bloomingdale.
Me too. I'm currently reading a book about that woman he had an affair with years ago. She ended up dead 🤔🤔
Poor you.
@@briancooney7183 why? He was the guy who paid for all this.
He was evil
The stiff hair.
Pretty boring. Bunch of old buddies with too much money and not enough to do.
She didn't help the community.
She has now.
the hairdos are just horrid
She really doesn't look too great in her clothes.