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Rebecca Minkoff’s Dramatic Comedy

The aughts-famous handbag designer is preparing for a revival on ‘The Real Housewives of New York,’ making her merely the latest fashion person to leverage the cringey show for a new look.

Rebecca Minkoff
Rebecca Minkoff’s experience in the fashion business, even at times when there was no there, there, makes her the ideal cast member for ‘The Real Housewives of New York.’ Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Lauren Sherman
April 18, 2024

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Fashion, like reality television, is built on false pretenses. So it makes perfect sense that the producers of Bravo’s flagship Real Housewives property finally got hip to the notion of casting fashion influencers when rebooting their New York franchise. The key, of course, was to find women who sought validation, needed cash, and were willing to endure a very specific flavor of humiliation that comes with playing this very particular game.