![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was so interesting to see how the 1% lived. I didn't know any girls that looked like those girls on TV. "And it was completely disconnected from my own experience. ![]() "It almost was an entire personality trait," he says. For me, it was the closest thing to what my future would look like if I could get a job at a magazine in New York.Įssence Contributing Style Editor Shelton Boyd-Griffith feels the same way. "I didn't even think about whether was fake. For suburban teenagers who grew up outside of the electric social bubbles of either location-especially people of color-they also provided insight into a fashion world that, in a time before social media, wasn't easy to access. The shows, which followed a crew of young white women try to "figure it all out" against the dreamy backdrops of Southern California and glittering Manhattan, were visually enticing and culturally intriguing. Many of them also watched the New York-centric spinoff, The City, which premiered with a viewership of 1.6 million. Produced by Adam DiVello-who went on to create Laguna Beach and executive-produce Netflix's runaway real estate hit Selling Sunset-it was bringing in an average of 2.7 million viewers by its final season, according to data shared by MTV. The Los Angeles-based reality show ran for just four years (2006 to 2010), but its influence is still lingering. She'd get home from school, toss her backpack on a chair, and go directly to the television in her family living room. For Editorialist's fashion and beauty editor Cortne Bonilla, the memory is so distinct. ![]()
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