I was living in Manhattan when Martha Stewart first rose to fame in the 80s, and I soon came to dislike her too because...well, it seemed the thing to do. Magazine articles at the time were making fun of this Polish caterer from New Jersey who somehow had come to represent all that was patrician and elegant.
I soon came to dislike her too because...well, it seemed the thing to do.
Nevermind that she was following in the same footsteps as Ralph Lauren, the Jew from the Bronx who was channeling Wasp style for Wasps. Stewart was subject to much more sneering than Lauren, which we can probably put down to sexism. Sigh.
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