Raise a negroni sbagliato with prosecco in it, Anna Delvey is a free woman.
in it, Anna Delvey is a free woman. We all know the story of Delvey – a Russian immigrant who posed as a German heiress and deceptively obtained lumps of cash in the pursuit of her dream, the Anna Delvey Foundation, a members-only arts club. The relentless grifter lived large in New York, reeking of money despite not having any. Luxury flexing is a complex thing, and Delvey aped the appearance of minimal, expensive restraint that only the truly affluent can get away with.
This past week saw Delvey fresh off the Rikers boat and back in the East Village, her unfurnished apartment less-deliberately minimal. But even under house-arrest – ankle monitor strapped firmly to her leg – Delvey is an icon. On Tuesday, she stepped out in one of the most astounding parole hearing looks in recent memory: head-to-toe black satin with a trench and monogrammed scarf hooded and bowed at the neck like an extravagantly wrapped Fabergé egg. It felt almost violently opulent.
I’m trying to unpack how and why the convicted fraudster became a figure of high-society folklore, the kind of person you write “absolute lege” about on Facebook. It’s partly to do with the crimes, and partly Delvey’s total lack of remorse. I’ll say up front that crime is wrong, that stealing is wrong, that surreptitiously convincing a bank employee to loan you $100,000 is wrong, but the thing is… we all love a grifter. A grifter’s crimes are usually petty, and Delvey’s were relatively petty to the companies she diddled; her “victims” were mostly private jet companies and banks.
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