https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:26:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport/page/2#post-2260463 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:22:52 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, we’d have to look. But check out the DW link I posted. I disagree with the negative tone at the end, because you get a lot of govt services for your taxes here, but they don’t make it easy to take in obscene amounts of money. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport/page/2#post-2260460 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:10:25 +0000 rachylou 2260460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed, SF - that’s how it seems. But does Germany not have any crazy famous scamster Instagrammers at all? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport/page/2#post-2260459 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:03:28 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Makes sense. But I have a feeling a grifter would be more at home in today’s Russia. Also, people here will know the wealthiest nobility, so that ruse wouldn’t work. Wonder where she’ll go next… (see, it’s working—she’s gotten my attention, and Quinta’s) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport/page/2#post-2260456 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:58:04 +0000 rachylou 2260456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely they’re looking to deport her to Germany. That’s her citizenship. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260455 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:57:18 +0000 rachylou 2260455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe, quinta Yes, I don’t think my cousin has thought it all through quite… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260454 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:50:04 +0000 Anonymous 2260454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m clearly not on Anna’s side, but I’d think they’d have to find just cause (like her continuing to con people or whatever) to deport her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260452 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:44:56 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would’ve thought deportation jail would be fast. Are they sending her back here, or to Russia, where she was born? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260451 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:42:46 +0000 Anonymous 2260451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@rachylou: My husband &amp; I drive a BMW, &amp; we earned our $ the legal &amp; moral way.</p> <p>I do highly recommend watching “Inventing Anna” on Netflix. Then watch this one: <a href="https://youtu.be/3CccfnRpPtM" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/3CccfnRpPtM</a><br /> Elizabeth Holmes also acted the part by the way she chose to dress &amp; to change her voice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260450 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:42:18 +0000 rachylou 2260450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The deportation jail is different-ie, she’s not in Rikers anymore. Anna says deportation jail is really boring, not like Rikers, which experience she treasures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260449 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:41:30 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Woah, now we’re on another show? Sorry, I don’t spend that much time on tv or fashion</p> <p>RL, lol! What kind of biz does your cousin do? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260448 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:40:46 +0000 rachylou 2260448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>—&gt;she knew how to dress &amp; act the part to steal $$$</p> <p>What really interests me is the specifics… the style she used to steal from *other cons.* My cousin jokes that when they see a person roll up in a BMW, they draw the curtains and put out the ‘Closed’ sign, because that’s a customer with no money who wants to spend big money. The irony of course is my cousin drives a BMW himself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260447 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:40:16 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, she’s vlogging from Rikers??? I thought they’d closed that jail. How much longer is she in for? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260446 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:39:23 +0000 Anonymous 2260446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course style serves a purpose. That’s why WNTW was such a successful TV show, Stacy London &amp; Clinton Kelly essentially educated people on how to dress for success in a very entertaining way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260444 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:36:16 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The other video has a link to a blog post. This point seems key:<br /> <i><br /> Anna was keen to protect her image at all costs – not wearing court-supplied clothing or clothes that are not freshly cleaned and steamed. She would rather be seen as a criminal than ruin her image, and isn’t that the secret of the long-range con – that you can never slip out of character? Who knows if she wasn’t looking to the future, that she wanted to rebuild the same kind of life she had.<br /> </i><br /> That point is preceded by description of style changes she made for different persons, and is followed by a pitch for the blogger’s program to help people figure out their own personal style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260443 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:30:14 +0000 Anonymous 2260443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@SF: That’s still not successful in my book. She’s a well-known con artist now. The takeaway is that she knew how to dress &amp; act the part to steal $$$. I have never respected or envied people like her. It’s the same as every other convicted criminal who gets a book &amp;/or movie deal by sharing his/her story. They still aren’t good, moral people. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260442 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:30:08 +0000 rachylou 2260442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SF - she’s actually back in jail awaiting deportation. But I agree, Instagram is still there for her on the other side. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260441 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:28:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Quinta, but now she’s out, reaching her financial goals and getting recognition. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260440 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:27:32 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, on your second point, that’s pretty much what the US is known for, eh? Germany has its share of super wealthy, but getting there isn’t easy. <a href="https://amp.dw.com/en/how-good-is-germany-to-its-super-rich/a-57617709" rel="nofollow">https://amp.dw.com/en/how-good.....a-57617709</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260439 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:27:22 +0000 Anonymous 2260439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@SF: She was caught &amp; went to prison. That’s not successful in my book. You’d have to watch the series or read the book to understand the extent of her crimes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260438 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:24:43 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So why do you say she’s unsuccessful? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260437 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:24:29 +0000 rachylou 2260437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SF, Anna actually grew up in Germany. That’s where she’ll be deported to. I feel she should stay here tho. Lol. I mean this is the place for this sort of thing… also: I feel there is a Germany-NYC-psycho-aetherial connection now, ripe for a footnote in a screwball science fiction fantasy magick steampunk novel a la Terry Pratchett… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260436 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:23:56 +0000 Anonymous 2260436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@SF: I have never been described as a cool cat by anyone. I’m simply avperson who likes to read, watch videos &amp; documentaries, &amp; search for as much information as I can get my hands on pertaining to any subject I wish to know more about. I also love discussions with others. Like I said, I’m not into Clif Notes. If a subject interests me, I start digging for more information. That’s all.</p> <p>The video I shared answers your question about the German connection, btw. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260433 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:20:39 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, is there an actual German connection, or just the fake identity? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260432 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:18:29 +0000 rachylou 2260432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The psychoanalyst lady was interesting too - about how folks celebrate a good con and because we feel Anna was conning cons, it’s ‘ok’. I’m vaguely remembering the social media chatter at the time and a lot of people harshed on the Vanity Fair photo editor because she indeed was trying to cop a free vacation - a con conning a con who got conned by the con she was trying to con. Two low level people to boot going at it. It was disturbing also that the victim didn’t see she was also a victimizer who just… lost.</p> <p>Also: does NYC seem to be filled with these peeps or what? Like top to bottom. Of course it goes on everywhere - Craddick / Australia, Holmes / California… but New York feels so special. And Germany… why is Germany always lurking in the background? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260430 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:16:25 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>eh, before I go get the “gritty details” on something, I want to have a clue what it’s about. That’s why I asked you the first time. Some of us just aren’t so cool as to know what all you hip cats are doing.</p> <p>But I’m curious why you think she isn’t successful now, if her goal was to make money and be famous. A trip through Rikers sounds unpleasant, but distinguishes her from many other YouTubers. Is she making bank? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260428 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:05:54 +0000 Anonymous 2260428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@rachylou: She definity is smart. She went about it all wrong, though. Had she chosen a better path, I believe she could have been successful. That said, it’s disturbing to me that she still thinks she did nothing wrong, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260425 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:57:59 +0000 rachylou 2260425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna’s Arts Foundation look is really different from her 60 minutes look, where she goes kinda Ivana-Kardashian. I think it’s hilarious that she gets out of Rikers and gets an Instagram and a Netflix deal. The more I think about it, the more I think she does have a genuine ‘product’ that people absolutely do put a money value on. Her problem was she didn’t incorporate soon enough. Should have started with Instagram videos. It’s fascinating she started with a magazine editor and arts foundation: that’s so intellectual. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260424 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:55:27 +0000 Anonymous 2260424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@April: You may listen to the real Anna being interviewed in the 2nd link of my first post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260423 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:53:43 +0000 Anonymous 2260423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@SF: My husband &amp; i watched the entire series, &amp; I have read a lot about her. I have never been a person content with an abbreviated “Clif Notes” version of anything. I’m a reader &amp; prefer to know all the nitty gritty details. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/inventing-anna-video-by-imogen-lamport#post-2260411 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:38:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2260411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I’m still not sure what the connection to Craddick is, but the notes to Quinta’s second link give basics on who Anna was: by pretending she was a German heiress (mustve gotten the accent wrong), she got people to give her money (I’m guessing she claimed she’d repay them when the old goat died &amp; she got her cash). Went to prison for it &amp; still didn’t care. Here’s a screenshot of the notes, for anyone else who’d like to be clued in. </p>