The Art of the Padded Proposal

[ksmith]

I find the following interesting on so many levels:

http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/105067

In a small world like high fashion, did Davies really believe that she would really get away with cribbing conversations from the works of others and not be found out? That word wouldn't have gotten back to the fashionistas with whom she'd allegedly spoken?

If it turns out that she did pad that proposal, I hope she hasn't spent too much of that $900,000 advance.

Comments

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

There are so many layers of stupidity there, it's quite amazing.

"My memories aren't all that interesting so I plagiarized a lot of other people so I could sell the proposal! Of course I won't do it in the book!"

It is to boggle.

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

Hrm, sounds like she's a well read wannabe fashionista... who doesn't actually have suitable credentials to write a memoir. On the other hand, she's definitely got the credentials to write fiction, if she'd learn to polish off the serial numbers.

...so of course, she goes the memoir route. *snarls*

Seriously, the fashion world is full of stuff where I just boggle. If you made up a story like that, noone would believe it. Yet, it really does happen.