Make Way for the Spinpeople
Friday, July 22nd, 2005With a society afflicted by spinspeak, lookspin and soundspin, it was inevitable that we would sooner or later have spinpeople.
And now we do. According to the Wall Street Journal (“Who Did Her Personality?”), one of the latest, highly-paid “professions” is lifestyle designing – the spinning of an entirely new and presumably superior, improved and fashionable persona based on “make-over” selections by your personal life-style designer. These include on the short list: your clothes, accessories, cars, restaurants, menu choices, residences, furniture, tableware, personal trainers and exercise equipment, travel, hotels, and all special event arrangements such as weddings, funerals and dinner parties.
Not a bad package for only $450 an hour.
It is not clear where or how you get credentialed as a lifestyle designer. The WSJ reports “the barrier to entering the field…is relatively low.” It says “backgrounds range from bankers to former swimsuit models…some have degrees in fashion or the arts”
Presumably, the resulting spinpeople have already acquired a full spinspeak vocabulary along with plenty of soundspin and lookspin. If not, plenty of that expertise is certainly available.