World Famous for Fifteen Minutes
I want to write about something that I have an indifferent opinion about. Fame. After reading an article in NYLON about internet phenomenon "it girl" Cory Kennedy, I found myself wanting to burn the glossy pages which her face was printed on. What makes me curious is why one person who is just like everyone else becomes famous for not accomplishing something excellent, but rather for no apparent reason. It's an argument that has been made for decades and I'm not one to continue it but I'd be interested to find why it is in our human nature to worship those who are better known than we are. Is it so wrong to celebrate a person you actually know versus Paris Hilton? Or is that just the thing. It is easier to become obsessed with someone distant because you never have to experience the disappointment of realizing that he or she is just as worthy as your neighbor or the man you run into at the post office.
Every child dreams of being famous. The scary thing is that most of them don't even know why he or she wants to be famous. They just envy fame because that is what society portrays as the ultimate goal. Famous people are supposedly the most interesting, confident and accomplished people. In reality, it is the person who is hard working and has enough self-esteem to not need to be famous who should be admired. Yes, it is admirable to be ambitious, but to be ambitious for the wrong reason is perhaps more of a sin than an accomplishment. We live in a world where connections and networking are tools to become successful. One deserves to be well known if he or she works to achieve such status. What is ludicrous is when some become famous because daddy has money or their mother was a friend of Gianni Versace's. It kills me that people take advantage of their fame by creating clothing and/or lifestyle brands so that the mass market can live and look like them. Sure, It's lovely when actresses like Sarah Jessica Parker and Sienna Miller actually design the clothes themselves because they are passionate about it.
Fame really is a silly thing. My advice as a non famous to the famous, chose your motives wisely because the majority of the public will catch on to you schemes.
Caroline
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Just found your blog - loving it.
I'm sure when I was little people didn't want to be famous, but a famous something? I, for example wanted to be a famous writer, but the "famous" bit really meant recognised - I wanted to be celebrated for being a writer. Not just for the sake of being famous. Before that I wanted to be a famous ballerina - by which I meant I wanted to be admired for my graceful dancing.
I think what I am trying to say is that fame and celebrity have different meanings now. As a child I understood the terms famous and celebrity to denote a person who was celebrated for their talent. Now, it seems fame and celebrity merely relate to the successful brand marketing of a face and a name.
Who is this girl ? her name please =)
Bye ! thank uu!
Are you talking about the girl in the photo? That is most definitely Ms. Edie Sedgwick, muse and good friend to Andy Warhol.
Yeaah I tolk about Thiis Woman !
And thanks a lot ! Bye bye
being fabolous, styling and elegant are definitly good reasons to be famous and deserve recognition.If most of the people would make the effort to lookup to this trendy girls and be inspired by them, the world would be a much better place cause maybe well stop seeing all those tremendous desasters that people commit when theyre getting dress
Please forgive my english, Im spanish
VIVA GLAM
in agreement here! well said...
should have said, 'well said, Caroline!'
don't think it would be too difficult to be in the right place (most popular nightclub) when the media is there to get exposure, to be in the same places that those who already have money and fame are, and to insert oneself into 'high society' when you are living off of a family fortune that you had no part in earning.
money can buy anything, including fame.