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![“I’m pretty sure most of the guys would still be here if the tagline was, ‘Things are getting worse but you can still meet girls in fashion’”NYTimes, finally, delved into that Fashion Meets Finance douche-dating extravaganza. And they were possibly left scarred for life
“Inside, seated atop plush white cushions on wooden furniture, St. Tropez-style, guests gamely confirmed the stereotype that attractive women who work in fashion just want to find wealthy men in finance, and vice versa.
A 25-year-old financial analyst who was double-fisting glasses of Johnnie Walker Black, said that identifying yourself as a banker (“dropping the banker bomb” as he put it) had traditionally been a potent lure on the dating scene.Like bankers don’t lie. And make sure they’re really bankers
:“From my experience, I’ve dated lawyers and doctors and they’re nice; I just prefer finance,” “My girlfriends who are in long-term relationships with finance guys are very happy.” she found bankers more stable, focused and trustworthy as boyfriends.
More importantly, make sure those women aren’t confused…
“We fear that news of shrinking bonuses, banks closing and the Dow plummeting confused the gorgeous women of the city who understood that their shelf life is quick and fleeting like a senator’s South American love affair. The uncertainty caused panic which caused irrational decisions — there’s going to be a two-year blip in the system where a hot fashion girl might commit to a pharmaceutical salesman.”
Just wait…
The women were encouraged to hold on because the recession is over, and it would only be a matter of time before a boyfriend in finance enabled them to quit their jobs to be “tennis moms.””Banker Seeks Beauty: Must Be Upbeat (Like the Economy) [Sunday Styles] And, as Forster Kramer notes “maybe the Times discovered something different in their findings, maybe they found something to like about this entire enterprise. After all, this is the Sunday Styles, a section of the New York Times almost entirely devoted to attempts at instilling an inferiority complex in the hoi polloi.[Gawker] .
Other related stories:Sheila McClear’s Harrowing Account of Fashion Meets FinanceGetting Laid Off Is Still Getting Laid [NY Press]
“women of fashion and the men of finance not a woman who works in finance” [Jezebel]“Networking.” Really? Most women didn’t seem terribly interested in meeting someone to “facilitate their pre-30 retirement plan,” [Guest of Guest]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/xBPM27W2Jqyabl04YbtogDbZo1_400.jpg)
“I’m pretty sure most of the guys would still be here if the tagline was, ‘Things are getting worse but you can still meet girls in fashion’”NYTimes, finally, delved into that Fashion Meets Finance douche-dating extravaganza. And they were possibly left scarred for life
“Inside, seated atop plush white cushions on wooden furniture, St. Tropez-style, guests gamely confirmed the stereotype that attractive women who work in fashion just want to find wealthy men in finance, and vice versa.
A 25-year-old financial analyst who was double-fisting glasses of Johnnie Walker Black, said that identifying yourself as a banker (“dropping the banker bomb” as he put it) had traditionally been a potent lure on the dating scene.
Like bankers don’t lie. And make sure they’re really bankers
:“From my experience, I’ve dated lawyers and doctors and they’re nice; I just prefer finance,” “My girlfriends who are in long-term relationships with finance guys are very happy.” she found bankers more stable, focused and trustworthy as boyfriends.
More importantly, make sure those women aren’t confused…
“We fear that news of shrinking bonuses, banks closing and the Dow plummeting confused the gorgeous women of the city who understood that their shelf life is quick and fleeting like a senator’s South American love affair. The uncertainty caused panic which caused irrational decisions — there’s going to be a two-year blip in the system where a hot fashion girl might commit to a pharmaceutical salesman.”
Just wait…
The women were encouraged to hold on because the recession is over, and it would only be a matter of time before a boyfriend in finance enabled them to quit their jobs to be “tennis moms.””
Banker Seeks Beauty: Must Be Upbeat (Like the Economy) [Sunday Styles]
And, as Forster Kramer notes
“maybe the Times discovered something different in their findings, maybe they found something to like about this entire enterprise. After all, this is the Sunday Styles, a section of the New York Times almost entirely devoted to attempts at instilling an inferiority complex in the hoi polloi.
[Gawker]
Other related stories:
Sheila McClear’s Harrowing Account of Fashion Meets Finance
Getting Laid Off Is Still Getting Laid [NY Press]
“women of fashion and the men of finance not a woman who works in finance” [Jezebel]
“Networking.” Really? Most women didn’t seem terribly interested in meeting someone to “facilitate their pre-30 retirement plan,” [Guest of Guest]
