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Quote of the day: Bob Colacello



The business of being an influencer

“If everybody’s promoting themselves and everybody has two million hits or followers… it’s like if everybody’s famous then nobody’s famous. All of these selfies, where are they going to go? Where are they all going to end up?”
Bob Colacello in WWD’s article on the Business of Being an It Girl

WORDS: Disneyrollergirl/Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGE:  WWD
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Louis Vuitton boom box

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