Naistekas siis. Ja üldsegi mitte halb. Kundlasti parem kui kolm täpikest, aga päris nelja ei raatsi ka panna :D
Autor ise võrdleb oma raamatut sellise kuulsa klassikaga nagu "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Jah, see kajastab New Yorgi põnevat ja uhket ja kättesaamatut elu, kuid B.a.T. on hoopia midagi muud :D Vähemalt minu jaoks.
Aga üldiselt oli selline mõnus kerge lugemine tänapäeva New Yorgi rikastest ja ilusatest, nende pidudest ja muudest toimetamistest sellises omamoodi iseloomuga võtmes. Eestis vist päris sellist seltskonda ja seltskonnaelu pole.

(Review was originally posted on Alexa Loves Books)

Bergdorf Blondes was a pleasant chick lit read that combined three of my favorite things - New York City, traveling to various exotic locations (including England) and a relatable protagonist who enjoyed shopping, beauty rituals and writing.

Though it took a while for me to actually get into the book, somewhere in between the fourth and fifth chapter, I was hooked. I think, surprisingly, what had me riveted was the way the book was written. The author is a writer for a few major publications, so her writing was concise but filled with interesting details, and she had a strong voice telling the entire story (our protagonist moi).

I like how the typical New York socialite was depicted, even though I'm certain that it was a little exaggerated. It was entertaining to read about these women, especially in lieu of the fact that my lifestyle is incredibly different. All the name brand dropping, events, beauty rituals, traveling - it was just fun to imagine and to dream of doing someday (sans the name brand dropping).

As for the love story, well, despite the ups and downs she goes through, our main character ends up with who I wanted her to end up with in the first place (I totally called it from the first time they met!). I thought it was cute and it was woven in quite cleverly so as not to distract from the focus of the story on our main charater's life.

It's well worth a read for all the chick lit lovers out there, sort of like a grown up version of Gossip Girl.

A 2004 absolute time capsule from a Vogue fashion reporter working under Anna Wintour … funny, and a lottttt has changed in 20 years
This was published by Harvey Weinstein…?!?

this one i like ...

Pada tahun 2004, seorang penulis fashion dari Inggris yang bekerja di majalah Vogue New York, Plum Sykes, melahirkan novel debutnya yang berjudul "The Bergdorf Blondes" (Gadis-gadis Bergdorf). Buku novel yang bergenre chicklit ini telah menuai sukses besar dan diterbitkan di banyak negara, termasuk Indonesia (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2004).

Yang membuat novel ini sangat populer tidak lain adalah alur ceritanya yang merupakan cerminan dari kehidupan sang penulis itu sendiri. Plum Sykes telah berkecimpung di dunia fashion dan menyelami kehidupan di Manhattan, New York, sebagai salah seorang putri sosialita dari Inggris. Kehidupan sosialita Park Avenue dituangkan dalam bentuk kisah yang menarik dan bertabur kemewahan dalam buku novel yang menjadi salah satu bacaan favorit Paris Hilton ini.

Kisah The Bergdorf Blondes menceritakan tentang kehidupan seorang penulis fashion (sebagai tokoh utama yang menyebut dirinya "moi") dan sahabatnya, Julie Bergdorf, sang pewaris tunggal pemilik department store terbesar di New York, Bergdorf Goodman. Sebagai seorang gadis yang memiliki hampir segalanya, Julie selalu mendapatkan apa yang ia inginkan, termasuk seorang calon suami. Namun ternyata kehidupan sosial kelas atas di New York tidaklah semudah menghamburkan uang, sang tokoh utama harus memperjuangkan cintanya seperti ia mempertahankan persahabatan dan karirnya.

Dihiasi oleh beragam deskripsi tentang gaun-gaun rancangan terkenal, hotel-hotel mewah di dunia, pesawat private jet, Plum Sykes membawa pembacanya masuk ke dunia sosialita New York yang glamor dan penuh sensasi. Kisah cinta bisa dialami siapa saja, di mana saja, tanpa memandang harta maupun kedudukan. Namun persahabatan dan sisterhood juga tidak mudah dipisahkan, bahkan dapat mengiringi kisah percintaan. Novel chicklit yang ringan ini sangat menghibur dan sangat menggoda setiap perempuan yang selalu ingin tampil amazing and charming. Seperti moi dan Julie Bergdorf yang selalu mempesona, setiap perempuan berhak untuk mempercantik dan membahagiakan dirinya sendiri dan sahabatnya. The BFF (Best Friend Forever) is the best thing every girl should have!

-chib-

I thought it was a lot of pointless, designer name dropping. The storyline was hard to follow and I found the characters to be pathetic, shallow, and hard to relate to.

I think I lost brain cells reading this book.

A very funny, light-hearted, astute and loving look at our Park Avenue Princesses.

Here is the 1st paragraph so you can see what this book is like:

"Bergdorf Blondes are a thing, you know, a New York craze. Absolutely everyone wants to be one, but it's actually tres difficult. You wouldn't believe the dedication it takes to be a gorgeous, flaxen-haired, dermatologically perfect New York girl with a life that's fabulous beyond belief. Honestly, it all requires a level of commitment comparable to, say, learning Hebrew or quitting cigarettes.
"Getting the hair color right is murder, for a start...."

Such an enjoyable book and I loved the happy ending.

I would def read more Plum Sykes books.

I was amazed by how many people did not like this book. I found it a breath of fresh air (from NY yet) after all the dysfunctional families, domestic abuse and murder in the usual fictional fare. History is even scarier than the fiction. So to read something light and sweet doesn't mean the reader is shallow, it means it is time for a sorbet, reading-wise. I wouldn't want to read only Plum Sykes but I think her brand of romance is very charming, especially as it is not typical romance with every detail of sex described. Calling sex "going to Brazil" (referring to Brazilian waxing) and leaving it at that was very clever imo.

I think I’ve read this cover to cover four times in 3 months. Absolutely perfect and terrible

This is how I feel reading this book: like I am eating a bunch of double stuffed Oreos-unwanted sugar and calories and they don't even taste good. The best quote from this book shows some awareness of this problem- "I wanna like improve myself, and my girlfriends, who need alot of improvement, believe me. It's like all they can talk about is Michael Kors and what a genius he is and I can't stand it. " ok, me neither!!

4 stars. Okay so going into this book, I didn't have many expectations, mainly that I wanted a nice and fluffy, funny feel good story. Sometimes it's nice for things (like this book) to meet your expectations.

Before I read this book, I had looked at other reviews and people complained that it wasn't written well or didn't have much substance to it. But in my point of view, if you had those expectations for this book in the first place you really shouldn't have read it. It was meant for the happy-go-lucky and feel good viewers who simply wanted some escapist literature on a dreary day.

I loved the way Sykes wrote this book because it felt like it was written from the prospective of a Park Ave princess. Had it been written better or more precise (without abbreviations, etc) it wouldn't have had that same personal quality. I sometimes love to read books with characters that are insanely rich and famous because it's fun to imagine worlds like that sometimes. This book was a great fun, no hassle read and I especially loved the ending, it was SUPER cute and romantic.

My only criticism of the book was it felt a bit inappropriate at times. I know it felt more real that way and it probably wouldn't have been as great without it, but had a hard time expecting the fact that she kept calling sex "Brazil", I thought a better word probably would have made it feel better and less weird and sketchy the whole time. Other than that it was a great quick read in my view and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

When I started reading this book it infuriated me! I felt like it was the biggest piece of nonsense garbage I had ever picked up and I was teetering on moving on....then I came to the "suicide" portion of the book and suddenly the book became very funny. Don't get me wrong, I was a suicide counselor for ten years and I more than anybody understand how serious suicide is, but this book made it so completely ridiculous it made the entire book make sense. It was supposed to be ridiculous, it was supposed to be shallow and maddening. But after reading the main character say (paraphrasing) "Wow, I didn't know you could commit suicide with ibuprofen, I wonder why more people didn't do it this way if it's this easy!" She then asks her friend how many would constitute an overdose and the friend says "Well anything over two would be an overdose I suppose" so the main character says "Well I'll take 8 just to be on the safe side" she then sends out her last will and testament via email and wakes up the next morning feeling quite foolish! :) At this point I saw the absurdity the author was shooting for and began to enjoy the book. The best advice I can give a person reading it is to not take it too seriously, it was never meant to be taken seriously and if you keep that in mind, you might just enjoy it!