"The transition has been harsh for Ms. Rachelson, a 58-year-old woman who once enjoyed daily restaurant meals, weekly manicures, regular shopping trips to Bergdorf's, and summers in the Hamptons. Ms. Rachelson was never wealthy, but for many years she worked as a project manager with an office-furniture company, living in a rent-stabilized apartment at 80th Street on Manhattan's upscale Upper East Side. She had a closet full of well-made clothes and more than 100 pairs of shoes. 'Everything had to be from Italy,' she says." [WSJ]
Filed under:
Loading comments...