The era’s press dubbed Vanderbilt the “poor little rich girl,” leaving her with an aura of mystery that she never escaped. She turned “Gloria Vanderbilt” into a label prominently displayed on the backside of a line of form-fitting blue jeans for women and helped launch a disco-era fashion craze. Widowed at 21, the elder Gloria Vanderbilt financed her lifestyle through trust income earmarked for her daughter’s upbringing. She has never been nice to me.” After a suggestion that perhaps she could learn to love her mother, Gloria said: “No. Later that decade, she left her denim empire and sold the rights to the “Gloria Vanderbilt” name.

Source: National Post June 18, 2019 02:03 UTC