"The Suspects Wore Louboutons," Nancy Jo Sales (2010) [pop culture]
The article that inspired Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring
Anyone who knows me knows I love a story about naughty teenage girls, and this is one of the best. We get rich teens sipping Frappuccino’s while driving around in convertibles. We get LA real estate belonging to celebrities only teenage girls would have their eye on (Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson, Miranda Kerr, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Ashley Tisdale). We get celebrity fashion and jewelry. We get a heist plot involving teens following popular blogs to see when targets were out of town on extravagant vacations and celebrity events… resulting in over $3 million of stolen goods.
I will also say this this article is *peak* Vanity Fair. When they are good… they are SO GOOD. Link to the article here.
Some (incredible) photography from the article:
And here’s a screenshot of a scene from The Bling Ring, by Sopia Coppola that I personally do not think got the praise it deserved.