(18 Sep 2025)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 10 September 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mindy Kaling, actor, producer:
"My first fashion splurge was probably a bottle. I don’t know if this is fashion, it’s more beauty, but I bought a bottle of La Mer face cream from my mom when I became a staff writer on ‘The Office.’"
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Oprah Winfrey, actor, TV personality:
"When I first started making enough money to actually be able to pay my rent and have some money left over, my first big splurge was Ralph Lauren towels. And so when Barbara Walters came to my house for the very first Barbara Walters interview, at the end of it, I said, ‘Do you want to see my Ralph Lauren towels?’"
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 13 September 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Coco Rocha, model:
"I was actually one of the hosts for ‘ET Canada’ for the Oscars
and I needed shoes, and I bought Gucci shoes. And I was so overwhelmed at the idea that I was stepping on all that money, I was like, ‘So we buy these, and then we just mess them up?’ I still have them. So that was my first splurge. Being that I am a part of this industry I am very lucky and thankful that I get to have many gifts, but that was my first splurge."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, actor:
"Yes I do, I was in ‘Rent’ the musical. I was like twentysomething and I bought my first pair of Louboutin shoes and I ran those things into the ground. The red (bottom) was completely gone, but that was like my best spend I could have ever made because I love Louboutin shoes."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Prabal Gurung, designer:
"Oh my god, yes. I remember. I remember. It was an Yves Saint Laurent perfume bottle at an airport, you know, because I was obsessed with him as a designer, and my mom had all these, you know, like, lipsticks and makeup and her, like, sunglasses and stuff, and I was like, ‘You know what? I need to own one of my own Yves Saint Laurent’ so that’s what I would say."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Zoe, stylist:
"Yeah, of course. Well, OK, my very first was when I was like
16 or 13, 13. I went to Paris with my family, and I took every dollar I had saved, every one, and went in and bought my first Louis Vuitton bag instead of, like, going and buying like a million things, I just was like one thing. And I still have it. It’s in perfect condition. It’s the little like, camera case, you know, and then when I graduated college and I started styling, I was an assistant, I bought a Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel like black dress. I still have it, I still have it. It was so simple but I was so excited to have it. It was a big moment."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 15 September 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tory Burch, designer:
"I remember my mother’s first fashion splurge for me because I wasn’t very fashionable. I was a complete tomboy, lived outside with my three brothers but I went to a junior prom and she got me a YSL ball gown. And so it was probably — she got it probably second hand or whatever. But I remember wearing it and it made quite a statement."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Roberts, actor:
"I remember I would buy like designer bags secondhand on eBay. I remember that was like my big thing when I was a teenager but as far as Tory Burch I would say the flats were like my big purchase and I remember I had them in black and navy and I just thought I was like the coolest girl at school."
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