Meet The Junk Bond Of Your Dreams Tonight

Posted by Bess Levin, Jun 05, 2008, 1:15pm

Are you one of those guys who goes to bars and in lieu of having personality or looks to get by on re: picking up girls, are all "I work in finance," or, if you're really trying to come off as unimaginably lame, "I work at Goldman"? If you answered "yes" without the slightest bit of shame, we absolutely insist you attend tonight's Fashion Meets Finance event, being thrown by PocketChange, the people who brought us "Speed Dating for Rich Older Women and Hot Young Men (Sugar Mamas and Boy Toys)," AKA the greatest spectator sport of all time. Tonight's affair, which will take place at Taj, is based on the idea that "women in fashion need men who can facilitate their pre-30 marriage/retirement plan, and men in finance need women who will allow them to leverage their career in their dating equity."


Said PocketChange founder Jeremy Abelson, "It just seems so natural. This is so organically New York. When I go out with guys, they're sitting there, anxious, silently willing girls to ask them where they work so they can say 'finance' and the girls can know they're rich, and it's a done deal." (DB: "You don't think desperation by a guy to tell a girl he works in that particular field is a red flag that he's a tool?" JA: "I think it's irrelevant because there is a massive female population that responds to the phrase, 'I work at [insert bank here].' Regardless of my opinion of these two groups, I feel like I'm doing a Mitzvah because they're destined for each other.").


Sound like something you might be interested in? You have until 2:55 pm to RSVP. The only cost is $5 donation, if we're not taking pride into account (SilverJet was originally a sponsor until it ceased operations; PocketChange is actually taking loss on the evening's festivities). They're pretty much accepting everyone, though Abelson does caution that the following will result in a rejected application: girls who work in finance, guys who work in fashion, sending a picture of two lions fucking, which we think is extremely shortsighted but whatevs. Apparently "a homosexual male in fashion" is threatening to take PC to court because the event is "unfairly exclusive" which really only adds to the glitz and glamour of it all.

Not entirely convinced? Let's take a gander at a few of the specimens you could encounter, should you make the wise decision to take part. Surely it'll tip the scales. Or, alternatively, make you want to throw a grenade into the party and kill all the assholes in NYC in one fell swoop.

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Name: CJ Sullivan
Employer: Goldman Sachs
Position: Investment banker
Salary: Not Specified


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Name: Bianca Kim
Employer: Manolo Blahnik
Position: Merchandise
Salary: $500,000+


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Name: Zack Dugow
Employer: Vanguard
Position: Risk Administrator
Salary: $150,000-$199,000


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Name: Genna Kennedy
Employer: Marc Jacobs
Position: Designer
Salary: $500,000+


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Name: Bill Radin
Employer: Citi
Position: VP of Compliance
Salary: Not Specified

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