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Article: Wacky Plexi, Tea With Scaasi! My Palm Beach Story.(Media&Society)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2002
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Byline: Simon Doonan
Palm Beach is incredibly squishy. From the overstuffed couches at the Breakers Hotel, to the soft, luxurious velour slippers worn by the ubiquitous interior decorators, to the copious colostomy bags and thick, absorbent adult diapers worn by the old-guard WASP's as they gently crunch their sumptuously upholstered antique Rolls Royces into each other in the car park of the Publix market, squishy luxury is the name of the game in Palm Beach.
Having just spent the weekend in this fascinatingly uptight resort, I am happy to report that the legendary P.B. commitment to self-indulgent, down-filled, glossy living--a la society photographer ...