Maggie Bullock > Quotes

“There was a place for style in everything: how you talked, how you entertained, how you dressed”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

“Being an outsider makes you see what an insider doesn't, she says--a notion that will come up time and time again”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

“The sacred, secret ingredient to this recipe was on that a striver could easily miss. It wasn't enough to wear the right things- you had to wear them the right way.”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

“The polo was a single item that would fuel an empire”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

“don't make it secretive. Show people things they can do.”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

“The fact that their clothes were not gilded or ornate but just simple, functional togs was all part of a nonchalance about wealth.”
― Maggie Bullock

“Rich kids love poking fun at their own privilege, so long as they don't lose any of it in the process.”
― Maggie Bullock, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew