The author is a fraud!

Example:
"Do you think there is resentment toward all the latte sippers who shop at Nieman Marcus?"

Neiman-Marcus would never be misspelled by a true socialite. That would be like spelling Macy's "Macies".

Also, food and drink are not permitted inside Neiman-Marcus. He is confusing Neiman-Marcus with Nordstrom's I think.
Food is for lesser mortals.

The author is obviously a striving urban middle-classer, submitting material to the Atlantic - trying to appeal to their leftist, superior east-coast mentality - and has obviously been successful. The fact that the Editors didn't catch it tells me they either let their wives do the shopping or are also churning out material pandering to elitists and are likely just graduated journalism majors - and elitist frauds as well ;-)

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