Fashion Meets Finance: Even Worse Than You Think

Posted by John Carney, Jun 06, 2008, 1:47pm

It doesn't quite rival commenter turned DealBreaker correspondent Investor Cluzo's report, but Radar reporter Neel Shah's trip to last night Fashion Meets Finance insanity gave us a good chuckle. Those fashion girls sure are bitter! And the guys are cocky! Expectations met.

"It's like you're never skinny enough, or slutty enough, or hot enough for guys here. It's such bullshit. They all want to fuck models," one size six twenty-three year old tells Shah.

"I know that if I go to a club tonight, I can find a hot girl and take her home. It's not a big deal. By coming here...maybe I get some stories out of it?" Dinesh Patel of Goldman Sachs responds.

Oh, and here's Radar's photo gallery of the event, which includes a complaint by a certain girl named Molly, who complains that none of the finance guys would dance with her and her friend. "Except one dude in a hat and green vest, but he's gay," she says.

Fashion Meets Finance [Radar]

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:08PM

"I know that if I go to a club tonight, I can find a hot girl and take her home. It's not a big deal. By coming here...maybe I get some stories out of it?" Dinesh Patel of Goldman Sachs respons.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:09PM

"I know that if I go to a club tonight, I can find a hot girl and take her home. It's not a big deal. By coming here...maybe I get some stories out of it?" Dinesh Patel of Goldman Sachs respons.

GO FUCKING HOME, PATEL.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:23PM

"I crunch numbers, man. I try to make us money."

I'll bet this dude is crushing it, bro, crushing it.

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Posted by blndebnker, Jun 06, 2008 2:23PM

Seriously. AS IF.

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Posted by big r, Jun 06, 2008 2:27PM

gave his real name and allowed a picture to be taken w his name attached. i really hope hes getting shit for this today.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:27PM

"The delusional model-fuckers are even worse than the actual model-fuckers."

The reverse is also true, 6's that think they are 9s.

-NSD

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:28PM

"The delusional model-fuckers are even worse than the actual model-fuckers."

Bridget has basically just described most of the single bankers and traders in the country. She is one smart cookie.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:29PM

Patel = former GS employee

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Posted by GinNTonic, Jun 06, 2008 2:30PM

"When you're wasted, everything is awesome."

Is this guy like 15 or something. Sounds like it's the first party he's ever been to.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:32PM

No he's just indian, the majority of them i have worked with in finance have this weird social awkwardness where they feel like they have to live out every party guy stereotype when they are in public so they will fit in.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:34PM

Patel, are the guys you work with the real deal? Do they work hard and play hard?

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:37PM

I hear Patel prints money?

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Posted by Anal_yst, Jun 06, 2008 2:50PM

@ 2:29

Bingo

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:50PM

Patel is KING!

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:50PM

dude that's 1mm little piece of BS - nobody is that stupid

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:54PM

I've always sort of wondered this ... if all investment bankers even the analysts are such BSDs, why don't they all have their own bloombergs? you would think you want to provide all these big shot moneymakers with the most powerful data tool in the known business universe, no?

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Posted by GinNTonic, Jun 06, 2008 2:55PM

Must get Bridget's number... only person who is somewhere near as depressingly cynical as me

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:56PM

Ricky: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Patel? Ravidam Patel? How am I going to make a living on these deadbeats? Where'd you get this from, the morgue?"
John: "Look, I'm--"
Ricky: "Come on! What's the point? What's the bleeping point in any case? I got to argue with you, I got to knock heads with the cops, I'm busting my balls to sell your dirt to deadbeats. Money in the mattress."

...

Ricky: "Patel? bleep you. bleeping shiva handed this guy a million dollars, told him 'Sign the deal' he wouldn't sign. And the god Vishnu, too, into the barga-- bleep you, John. You know your business, I know mine. Your business is being an bleephole. I find out whose bleeping cousin you are, I'm gonna go to him and figure out a way to have your ass-- bleep you! I'm waiting for the new leads!"

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 2:56PM

big r hahahah awesome!

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:00PM

the kind of guys who went to this event are the kind of guys who post on dealbreaker. And you know who you are.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:00PM

the kind of guys who went to this event are the kind of guys who post on dealbreaker. And you know who you are.

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Posted by dubs, Jun 06, 2008 3:03PM

Is it bad that I don't know what a funding desk is either?

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Posted by Anal_yst, Jun 06, 2008 3:15PM

@ 3:00

Considering all 2 or so of the few hundred thousand male dealbreaker readers attended, that sounds pretty accurate. assclown.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:21PM

good gods patel, controllers office? everyone knows that treasury gets all that pussy.

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Posted by GinNTonic, Jun 06, 2008 3:22PM

@3:00

The guys who went are too busy jerking off in front of the mirror to spend time here.

Dated enough fashing/marketing types, that this was a no-fly zone event.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:26PM

A funding desk procures money for banks. So basically Patel is less than or equal to a Commercial Paper (CP) trader. I'd give a flow cash equities trader more props than this guy. Last time I checked, the margins in the CP business ain't so good. So at least he's right when he says "I TRY to make us money."

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Posted by mrpink, Jun 06, 2008 3:28PM

Well, if he doesn't make it at GS, I hear LEH needs to get someone on the funding desk to raise some cash!

-mrp
"Not now chief, I'm in the fucking zone!"

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:34PM

i think she used the word 'fuck' as a noun, adjective and adverb. i might be in love.

she makes a strong point about not ever being thin, slutty or young enough ....... but it doesn't mean you shouldn't try! ya gotta want it!

btw, a couple of those dark haired beauties NICE!

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:54PM

The interesting part of all this is that I'd say the top 1% of 'finance types' have a legitimate chance with the most attractive (physical attraction, the rest fades with familiarity) women in NYC...which puts them somewhere around the lowest 45% percentile of struggling 'musicians', 65% of bartenders, 95% of dealers, and 99.69% of Broadcom founders.
-viva la difference

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 3:57PM

....the patel guy went to...wait for it...FSU and he works in the controller's office... does that even count as a being in "finance."?

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 4:36PM

Goldman MD - " Hi Dinesh. Whats happening? We need to talk about yout TPS reports."

Dinesh - "Yeah. The coversheet. I know. I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it."

MD - "Yeah. Did you get that memo?"

Dinesh - "Yeah. I got that memo, and I understand the policy. The problem is just that I forgot that one time, and i've already taken care of it so it's not even a problem anymore"

MD - "Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new coversheets on all TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that would be great. All right!"

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 5:05PM

the battle of the sexes is getting nastier and nastier.

scary.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 5:07PM

PROM NIGHT, the New York version.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 5:24PM

Cust: WTF is goin' on with the slurpee machine?

Dinesh: Thank you Come again.

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Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 5:26PM

I think "Bridget" lied about working in the fashion industry. I smell disgruntled female 2nd year analyst at a bulge bracket i-bank. I say 2nd year because she's no longer a size 2.

RichBich

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Posted by FemaleHedgeFundManager, Jun 08, 2008 5:15AM

Is it only me who has a different concept of beauty? When I look at those pics, I don't see jaw dropping beauties, maybe one or two pretty girls. The rest are typical fat NYC girls. And one guy described as the "lion hunting his prey" is a freaking midget. I also saw very few decent looking men in those photos. And the Indian guy looks like a nerd who is trying to be cool. I think this was one of the NY events where people thought they were way cool than they really are. I'll tell you what people, buy some freaking mirrors and take a look in the mirror before you head off to a party. It will help you catch with the reality.

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Posted by guest, Jun 09, 2008 8:19AM

you sound like you are 18. hedge fund = bat mitzvah money?

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Posted by guest, Jun 09, 2008 9:32AM

Dinesh, a bit of career advice....

For Sale, 2001 Lincoln Town Car...

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Posted by guest, Jun 09, 2008 9:48AM

@5:15 is the only poster with the balls to call it as she sees it (typical fat NYC girls).

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Posted by guest, Jun 09, 2008 12:21PM

i found this pretty entertaining at first. but if you think abt it. this is actually incredibly sad and pathetic.

for dinesh, for this industry, for the grl, for everyone. ugh. Lord have Mercy

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Posted by guest, Jun 11, 2008 7:14PM

Ever saw an episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where Larry's blind friend thought he was dating a model? If not, get it on DVD and watch it because whoever thought those girls are models is either blind or has been dating Joan Rivers. If that is Danish' real pic, then the only way girls from clubs go home with him is: (i) they are piss drunk, (ii) they are extra fat (i.e. desparate), (iii) they are hookers (iv) the 'club' is a dance at the school for the blind or (v) all of the above. Danish should probably start working on his resume, because any douchebag who stics his pic, name and employer name with that commentary should get fired and get a swirley for a severance package.

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Posted by guest, Jun 13, 2008 8:11PM

Fashion's not where to look for the hot girls. The models are too busy traveling and the hot "designers" are designers because they married well already. These girls are the typical fat NYC girls.

Hottest girls in the city work on morgan stanley's trading floors. Hands down.

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Posted by gAssman, Jun 23, 2008 9:58PM

Fuck New York. Houston 4EVA

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Posted by guest, Sep 01, 2008 2:10AM

Dinesh Patel = Total tool. Man what an embarrassment to Indian bankers. Let me assure you we're not all like that, in fact none of my fellow Indian banker buddies are like that. Then again we're REAL BANKERS. Not tools on a funding desk, whatever the hell that is. It sounds like some back-office nonsense.

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Posted by guest, Sep 19, 2008 2:26PM

Suchita Nayar must douche with Triton Water and Fourwinds Vinegar in order to psych herself up to write that shit. The FT should sack her just for the smell.

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Posted by guest, Sep 27, 2008 2:52PM

Blythe Masters comment on "poor workmen blaming their tools" as re CDS market: is that anything like dropping your child on it's head when drunk and then blaming it when it can't get into a junior college?

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Posted by guest, Oct 01, 2008 9:55PM

Finally, here's a clothing line for struggling economies - How appropriate www.IAmTooBigToFail.com.

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