Lily Allen Says She Spent $143,000 on Clothes and Jewelry in 2008
British singer Lily Allen told the New York Times that she spent $143,000 on clothes in 2008. The figure also includes jewelry according to Lily's assistant.
Money is a concern; she really does want to be rich. Or rather, she has to be. "How many hundreds of thousands of pounds did I spend on clothes?" she called out to her assistant, Vicky Silverthorn, who was going through her 2008 finances.
"Can we say?" Ms. Silverthorn replied. "I think you'll be all right about it because it's clothing and jewelry. About £100,000."
Ms. Allen made a pinched face. "That's a lot of money,” she said (about $143,000 now). Then she brightened. "People say how" terrible "I look all the time," she said, using a dirtier word. "Imagine if I didn’t spend £100,000 on clothes."
Naturally this segues into a trip to her closet, which is smaller than you might expect. But: "From here to here is my Chanel section. It's awesome, isn't it?" There are boxes of Louboutin and Louis Vuitton heels and a nearly six-foot-tall stack of sneakers. She will perform Tuesday at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, but hasn't yet decided how she will dress for the tour, which begins its main United States leg in April. "I have some meetings," she said.
It's probably not an unusual figure for a star who is frequently in front of a camera and constantly hitting events, performing and doing tv interviews. Plus, as Lily herself admits in her latest music video, she is a "weapon of massive consumption." (via Marie Claire)
