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white_cat

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Hellooo everybody :sneaky:
I just HAD to include salt-crusted sea bass in Geneva Shore and now it looks more like Kitchen Nightmares with Aija being the star of the show and tasting all the crap 😁 sorry, not sorry
 

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ThirdWorldGlam

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Hello elegant ladiiiez. Long time lurker, first time posting here.

Youtube recommended me an Anna's video in January 2021 and after a few months I landed on Tattle :)

I little introduction. I am from South America, from a low-class family, classic third world country life. I was completely broken when I was 18. I had a few opportunities of being an "Escort" but I declined them. I will share my experience and thoughts as I know that I was exactly Anna's target...

I believe that the tricky part of Anna's content is that some of her advice is legit, for example, when she says to look up to good quality materials and pick up your correct size, steam your clothes and so on. She also speaks confidently, as if she was an old money trust fund woman.

On the other hand, some of her advice is just terrible and will generate the opposite effect if you are trying to "fit in" in certain circles.

My own personal experience from going from completely broke to upper-middle class is quite the opposite in terms of silly material items and brands.
It's funny because probably a lot of us are in better position than Anna herself but we wouldn't define ourselves as "Elegant" or "Rich" because we actually met face to face a lot of old money people or entrepeneurs and it would be stupid to think that just because you bought a certain brand (Hermesa vibes) now you are automatically into that circle.

Now I am living in the UK, pretty comfortable lifestyle, married, pretty much happy with myself :) I understand that for girls from vulnerable positions, thinking that buying a few brand-items and this scammy course could help you. Dreaming about "that man" that will sugar daddy you. The truth is... no, it will not.

Some observations for girls that just woke up from the Anna scam. The clues are there. Even if for you Anna's behaviour is not weird at all, let me tell you... yes, it is. She has a suspicious way of living in general. I will explain this as if it's your first time digging the Anna Bey scam, as there are a few new members and let me tell you, I've been there. I've been that silly third world country young girl.

Let's begin.
  • Booking an hotel for 1 or 2 days - only makes sense if you are travelling for Business and meeting with clients a day or two. For holidays, I would say that you stay there at least 5 days - 7 days so you can actually go to Museums, explore local places and so on. Anna's way of travelling is just weird and doesn't make sense. It seems like she cannot afford 2 weeks at an All Inclusive chilling as many of us actually do when we book holidays.

  • Cheap fillers / cheap hair extensions :sick:. Any good hairdresser will recommend you to change them and even give your scalp a rest. A good Esthetician tells you when it's time to change the treatment's approach. She has picked some dodgy professionals and doesn't have any good friend to tell her, hey, you need some help here. Her face and hair don't look healthy at all. No woman at my neighbour would go out like that. Can't imagine how rejected she may fell in Geneve.

  • Recording at Boutiques: some influencers do so but they are friends with some salesperson and they have already spent a few thousands there. Anna's way of going to random luxury boutiques and recording everything for the gram, without buying anything, it's just disrespectful. Tacky.

  • Going to Restaurants and ordering the cheapest thing on the Menu for the Gram :oops:. Well. It's just embarrassing. She books a restaurant, goes there with her "Hermès" bag and orders the cheapest thing on the menu and then proceeds to spend the rest of her money on 2 or 3 drinks. Not elegant. Does she leaves a tip at all?

  • She's never at exclusive places. Some of you probaby think "but she is always travelling to luxurious places!". Here's the thing. She' always at places that anyone could book. Once you are in certain circles, as Anna proclaims to be, you have memberships, clubs, summer houses, exclusive events or even just small places that are open to everyone but just "people who are in the known" go there. She has no idea and in her brain she thinks that Polo is elegant and that's pretty much it.

  • She has silly videos as "Champagne Mistakes". She doesn't mention the only thing that affluent people or anyone into bartender culture and cellars care about: quality brands and saving them on their personal collections for special occasions. She repeats the same type of mistakes all the time. She thinks that the Etiquette she learnt from a book or random PDF is enough but it isn't. Some affluent people will not care about your etiquette but if they mention "I just opened a Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2005" and your face is like "whatever", you are just not understanding the value of that gesture. This is only 1 example of the many her videos have.

  • Woman of the elite, they are involved on charity work and organizing soirees. Have you seen Anna talking about it or involved? Is she part of any board?

  • Oversharing on Social Media is not elegant - :oops: just don't.
    I believe that many Anna's students never had the opportunity to book a fancy hotel.
    The reality of it is that recording the lobby (?), taking pictures of other people without their permission, taking pics in the front door of someone else's flat, it just screams ... inappropriate.
    Don't let me start about sharing things like where is the security locker, Menu's prices or the bathroom... wow. It would only make sense if you are a Travel Influencer, which Anna is not.

Besides her weird behaviour, she never mentions advice that I think is really important.

- Educate yourself - the most important thing. Anna doesn't mention this and I don't think she is even aware of how cringy she may be herself.

I recall when I was 18-19 years old, I had dinner with some "affluent" people. I realised I had no idea what they were talking about. There were no conversation topics that I could fit in. I was already meeting new social circles but my Secondary School education (High School) was super lame in comparison with the avarage upper-class education. You could be head to toe dressed up on Hermesa and don't fit in. That's the hardest truth to accept here. They will ask you very specific questions about you and once you answered as a naive uneducated girl/woman, that's pretty much it. Or you will try to join the conversation saying something stupid and you'll find yourself out of there feeling the worst cringe ever.

- Be original, be yourself. I realised that having my own weird hobbies is well appreciated everywhere. Someone here mentioned Grimes and how she's dating Elon Musk. That's the perfect example. No one will judge you if you are into weird music or alternative art. In my experience, I've been going to private galleries, shows, DJ's cabins and such for a while now, the type of "only with invitation" ones.

You'll be amazed by how many "Affluent" people will be there, enjoying themselves, just having a great time with the art experience. Yes, you'll find some extremely wealthy people, trust fund guys and girls with glam outfits, but they are there having a good time and they don't give a shit about your elegance or if you are wearing x,y,z brands. Again, if you can join and have a conversation, there's where you'll shine if you have something interesting to say.


- About brands and quality.
In third world countries, where many Anna's students are from, you'll find different definitions of elegance and which brands are respected and weared there it's quite specific.

You have a lot of local brands that have such an amazing quality. For example, in South America you can find Peru's amazing fabrics and Argentinian leather for a really good price. Trading that for a preloved item of certain brand is just stupid.

I met a woman in the Patagonia while travelling, she and her husband are really wealthy entrepreneurs. Went to their place, a high end countryside ranch. They received me in the most educated way. She was wearing a Rolex (real one, not the IG Inflenzars dumps) with a really simple outfit from local Argentinian brands as Cardon. I have multiple anecdotes like this one.

What's the story here? That you need to research good quality local brands. Following my example, it would be an embarrasment to arrive there with an expensive look or just overdressed, when the hosts are chilling in the most basic outfit themselves. They key elements here are that they wear good quality local pieces and a goddamned Rolex. Elengance doesn't mean overdressed and elegance doesn't mean head to toe Hermés neither.

Anna wears the most uncomfortable outfits all the time. NO ONE is wearing outfits like that while on holidays or having a chill dinner with friends. Her advice is just pointless.

- Don't buy fakes. - That's it. Just don't.- Sadly, Influencers know that 99% of their followers can't tell ;). But Anna is selling you that she is affluent and that she can go with those bags to "affluent circles". It's embarrasing. Just go find a local high quality brand or even buy a MK or Coach bag. If it's clean, in good condition and goes well with your outfit, so be it. Wearing a fake speaks about you and your values. Imagine having a fake Hermès and someone asks you in which store did you buy it and who's your salesperson.
Another Anna's mistake is that as she doesn't buy "anything" but fake Hermesa, sometimes she wears a colorful bag that doesn't make sense with her outfit.

- Her advice about men is useless-
It's just 2+2 = 4 at this point. Just imagine, even following her logic.
If you are going to a date with a millionaire or some trust fund guy, you will be arriving with your fake bag or with a bag that you just had to got debt to buy, with your elegant look or whatever. You will feel ashamed of your car. Then, he starts a conversation and you have no idea what he's talking about, is just too far from your own experience. You look at the Menu and you don't even know what to order, he suggests some wine, you just have no idea.
It just doesn't matter how many videos about Polo, Yachts and elegance have you seen or if you know the Etiquette now. The "fake it till you make it advice" doesn't work. You should go to my Advice Number 1, Educate yourself. Be interesting and educated. The Hermès bag can come later.

Do you see the errors here? Following Anna's logic here, the "Plain Jane" girl will have more chances than you if she is able to follow a nice conversation, if she is funny enough and just have an avarage good healthy looking, which, by the way, Anna doesn't have neither. All those cheap fillers are taking a toll in her face. Don't do that.



Sorry about the long post, just throwing this here. I wonder if Anna is taking notes to update her content.
 
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Crazy_chick

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Recap for gals who don’t want to watch new YouTube masterpiece. 5 status symbols are
1) Handbag - no Guess, no MK, no Coach. If you can’t afford designer bag, then buy good quality leather without logos. If you can buy designer, you should buy the best of the best Hermes, Chanel, YSL, Bottega or LV but not Monogram
2) The car - should be Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Bentley. If you want something low key then go for Range Rover, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW or Tesla
3) Jewelry - 1 or 2 pieces are enough, no ZARA pieces, no Swarovski
4) iPhone. Shouldn’t be older than 3 years, ideally you should change your phone every 12 months
5) Luggage - Rimowa luggage, no LV monogram because of you don’t want to Jetset around the world with old dirty luggage
 
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Another lurker finally joining the conversation here!

I used to watch Anna Bey and originally found her videos entertaining. I joined her free FB group and quickly became annoyed at how shallow the discussions were.

Regarding this recent video, I didn't catch it but from the recaps it was definitely tone deaf. Recently she's been attempting to be more edgy and polarizing, which is typical in bro-marketing, but this video missed the mark. An elegant lady knows how to read the room and this is too sensitive a time to insinuate that a person's worth is tied to labels and material possessions. I wonder how the finishing school she attended feels about one of their graduates presenting themselves like this?

Also, much of this advice is outdated. The new generation of "elites" hold a different set of values. They are more likely to be humanitarians, environmentalists, and activists. You're more likely to rub shoulders with them at a green energy summit than sitting at a bar alone. While labels will always be a thing, many of the young elites are into fair trade, sustainability, and ethical sourcing. In some circles, a custom, handmade purse from an artist in a developing nation makes more of a statement than this season's Chanel.

Look at seasoned social climber Meghan Markle. To get the attention of a prince, she cosplayed humanitarian-- aligning herself with the UN and World Vision. Anna's advice might get you the attention of an old sugar daddy, or the snooty, new money not used to anything crowd, but the descendants of the old money dynasties are more likely to be a little more progressive than their grandparents. They are attracted to educated women who have an identity of their own with a dash of rebellion. Those who do uphold the old tradition will likely marry from their own social class anyway.

Designer bags, luxury cars, and a few stays at a 5-star hotel aren't enough to convince the upper classes that you are one of them. That's how those in the middle class compete with one another. Do you have a family estate? Can you throw a party and entertain the wealthy set on your dime? Are you able to write a 6 to 7-figure check to a charity or as a bid at an auction? Do you have connections that are valuable to those circles? How much land do you own? Are you holding assets in a trust? Do you sit on any boards? Do you have the power to influence policies? Those are just a few of the true markers of the rich and powerful. A bag, car (which ANYONE can rent or borrow), and dinner at a fine dining establishment are child's play. You'll look like a fool running around with a designer bag you spent 6 months rent on acting superior to the woman with a Coach bag when neither of you have the connections to get a meeting with a head of state and neither of you have the capital to secure funding for a major development project. You're just playing dress up.

If you don't come from money and don't have any money, you're always going to be an outsider in that world anyway, whether you're rocking Dior or MK, so be the best version of yourself, which is how I define elegance.
 
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Bastine de Beaumanoir

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The ignorance of this woman in terms of "high caliber" men is once again blatant. Her "science" of their taste regarding cars is based only on the desire of Arabian men and suburbs drug dealers. That's why she has no idea of Aston Martin and Jaguar. She betrays herself once again. Clearly she never met a man owning an Aston Martin even as an escort, she would have known by now what a high caliber man looks like.
 
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Bastine de Beaumanoir

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Geneva insights of the day, my ladies. Sorry to not join you on the fashion topic, I am a radical minimalist so I have nothing to say but I'm reading you with great pleasure (I had also my fashion years ;))

Today I have investigated a little bit about Carl Buchalet. "Investigate" is a big word, everything is public. Well, ladies.... As much as I would like to prevent naive girls from Anna's scaming, I can't be insensitive about what's going on with Anna herself and her "business" (from what I discovered). As @Cocochaneln1 (come back, we miss you) used to say : when you know, you know. So, please ladies, let me adress a message directly to Anna.

Girl, I could be your worst nightmare but I am a woman first of all. Get out of this trap as quicly as possible! They are using you, both of them, you will be left with nothing. I bet C. is the one who told you to get "married" in january. This astrological crap with which you smoke us was to explain the fact that tax forms must be completed before January 31 to obtain the "barème B". Carl's profile and activities do not bring good luck, read between the lines.
 
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nomod

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Hello! I've been following this thread closely for the past week and here is my first post.

These are my notes from the segment of Dacob's livestream that covered Anna Bey:

Who is Anna Bey?
  • Shout out to tattle.life and the Anna Bey's threads. When you Google Anna's name, tattle.life is the 5th result.
  • Dacob reads the tattle wiki.
  • Dacob was intrigued by the Zara clothes video, when she also made a video on how to be elegant with Zara clothes.
  • She's throwing shade at Zara, but she would marry the owner [Amancio Ortega] in a heartbeat, as he is one of the richest people in Europe.

The deleted video
  • She renamed the video from "five items every elegant woman must own" to "five items every affluent woman must own".
  • She changed the video title, but in the video she kept repeating the word elegant.
  • The five items she mentioned are: bag, car, jewellery, smartphone and luggage.
  • Dacob reflects about fashion. Haute couture doesn't have logos. When you're rich, you don't have anything to prove to anyone, you don't care about logos. A logo doesn't save you from anything, it doesn't guarantee elegance or affluence.
  • Quoting Coco Chanel: "Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity."

The apology video
  • It wasn't an apology video.
  • She made the video in response to the backlash and she back pedalled in it.
  • She never says she's sorry, she just apologised for confusing people.
  • But she didn't confused people. She had enough time to rectify the use of the word elegant, so the only person confused here is Anna, not the viewers.

The problems with Anna Bey behaviour
  • She doesn't feel the need to apologise.
  • She even promoted her new venture in the apology video [Elite Upgrade].
  • She is misguiding a lot of people who are following her.
  • She contributes to the FOMO of the people who are following her.
  • People fall for the deceit of this status symbols.
  • She doesn't protect her most fragile followers.
  • As a public figure with a big following, she has the responsibility to elevate and educate people.
 
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Bastine de Beaumanoir

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@Bastine de Beaumanoir, you're missing the party, the botched lips and Kung Lao hat.
Woaw, I definetly missed the party!! What have you all done?????!!!!! I left you yesterday, Y.E.S.T.E.R.D.A.Y., at the third page of this thread and now you are at the 16st, Gosh I missed everything, it like coming home on January 1st after a long trip, in the night, and discovering empty champagne bottles everywhere in the house! Quelle soirée! It was delicious to read you this morning, I am gonna re-read just to put my "like" for all of you. And we have also nice new people who joined us, welcome girls!
Now, Bastine has done her homework. The "repentance" video was filmed in the cheapest room of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. Antibes, not Cannes so I don't think she was in Cannes for a night (prices are divided by half after the closing ceremony of Festival de Cannes, there is still a possibility). But what I am trying to say is that it was an emergency video. She quickly rented the room to film it. But if it is at this hotel that she made her full stay on the Riviera, you have the patent proof that she reserves the cheapest room of a hotel then films the lobby, piscine etc, just to give the "impression". You can find the room (couch, pillow with flowers, lamp design) on Tripadvisor (traveler photos).
 
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I watched her video and I was unsurprised but still annoyed.
My tips for wanting to appear and being elegant:
- one decent bag for day/one for evening. Decent doesn’t have to be branded, but in a classic style.
- decent jewellery. In Europe, you can pick up gold hoops or pearls for much.
- an education!
- a passion - doesn’t matter what for. Be interesting!
- table manners. Don’t stick your elbows on the table, don’t watch Anna bey videos at the table.
- be a good host. I’m not taking royalty, but invite people over and offer them nice food/drink. Look after them.
- groomed appearance that looks natural. regular haircuts, teeth cleaning, etc.
- wear well made clothes that fit your body.
So many more but here’s all mine for now.
I don't wanna reveal too much considering the fact that Aija takes a lot of hints from here, but I see some women like her in the type of events she'd probably aspire to go to.

The moment they open their mouths and speak through those hemorrhoid lips, sadly, everyone knows exactly why they're there. Nobody will say anything to their faces, but they'll politely and slowly leave that table to network/converse with someone with whom they could talk about something else than plastic surgery. Aija's often end up alone, snapping pictures, apart from the one-off creepy old married dude for company.

Aija clearly has no idea about what the Old Money circles in Europe value. Those with money to burn are impressed by things that money cannot buy, rather than the other way around. Status symbols are work ethic, impeccable academic or professional success, reputation, creativity, and a legacy -- none of which Aija has.

I'm telling this to her followers: If you followed her advice and ended up in some genuine society event by chance, you'd humiliate yourself. People will most likely be polite to you and smile, but I can promise on the life of my beloved dog that there'll be some gossip about that ridiculous plastic lady and how the hell did she end up there.

I'm sorry, Aija. I applaud your courage to go to places out of your comfort zone, both intellectually and financially, but you don't belong. You're trying, but memorizing a few things about art or horses sounds exactly as wonky and as desperate as your fake wardrobe for people you want to impress.

People who can tell, tell. And with you, it's at the first millisecond.
 
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Crazy_chick

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Can't see it either - she must have got a lot of unflattering comments and she couldn't manage to delete them all so she deleted the whole video lol


did you see the comments? What did people say?
There was 600+ comments in first hour and a half, mostly they have found it shallow. There was strong disagreement in the comments. And also disappointment. Like they expected more from her. One girl even said that you can’t buy class.

I wish I made screenshots... 😩
 
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Bastine de Beaumanoir

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@Bastine de Beaumanoir do you think Lina knows what is going on with Anna, Joe and C?
I am going to respond indirectly to your question. What people, especially young & inexperienced girls who are reading here, must understand is the context of those kind of relationships. We are dealing here with something that it was very specific to Paris at the begining of the 20th century and which has moved nowadays to other centers like Geneva. It is called "le demi-monde" : a little bit on the side of the interlope world, a little bit on the side of questionable business, small arrangements, fraudulent careers, propensity for earning easy and immediate money, etc. This world is populated with what I would call the "almost-professions" which means lawyers who have no clients, bankers with very small portfolios, failed artists, corrupt people in general. They are all in the appearances, they make a lot of noise about themselves on Insta (you call them here "wannabes"), they try to crush events, to obtain tickets, to bribe desk people in hotels, restaurants etc. just to be near affluent people and to be seen with. They always try to sell you a "good tip" about a business, an investement, etc. The adornement of this world (and key element) are "les demi-mondaines", that is to say escorts and prostitutes in disguise. In this world everybody uses everybody and everybody hates everybody, it is a world of traitors.
What Lina knows or thinks about Anna, it doesn't matter, soon she will probably throw her away like a worn sock.
 
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Crazy_chick

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Well I always try to make my luggage look as cheap as possible (not broken or dirty, just invisible if you know what I mean). I’m always worried that it will be stolen or robbed.
 
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I watched her video and I was unsurprised but still annoyed.
My tips for wanting to appear and being elegant:
- one decent bag for day/one for evening. Decent doesn’t have to be branded, but in a classic style.
- decent jewellery. In Europe, you can pick up gold hoops or pearls for much.
- an education!
- a passion - doesn’t matter what for. Be interesting!
- table manners. Don’t stick your elbows on the table, don’t watch Anna bey videos at the table.
- be a good host. I’m not taking royalty, but invite people over and offer them nice food/drink. Look after them.
- groomed appearance that looks natural. regular haircuts, teeth cleaning, etc.
- wear well made clothes that fit your body.
So many more but here’s all mine for now.
 
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Hello! Long time lurker, this is my first post.
I’ve been watching this train wreck from the beginning, I cannot look away. I’ve been fascinated by the resurgence of traditional femininity, etiquette, and self improvement, so I’ve been observing these types of content creators for a while.

I knew she was a scammer right away. I just need to get this off my chest:

Her poor use of language, inability to explain or articulate her ideas. I don’t speak more than one language fluently, so I don’t judge ESL speakers if their English isn’t perfect, but she’s from Sweden and is a public speaker. I don’t understand how her language skills are so awful. Not only that, but she is incapable of defining the concepts she preaches.

She’s unrefined, uncouth, uneducated. She had no curiosity beyond the superficial and it reflects in her appearance.

The way she visited art museums in Venice and posted unoriginal descriptions of what she viewed. She obviously was trying to save face. If she knew anything or had any sort of curiosity, or was a real educator, she would teach her followers strategies to evaluate art. I won’t give her any ideas on how to do that.

THE HOTEL SAFE. Good lord, why is she showing off where hotel safes are located??

She’s a “certified image consultant”. How can she dress so poorly for her figure in colors that do not suit her? Why does she still have those ratty extensions? Why does she expect anyone to take advice from her on appearance when her face is so inflated? I don’t want to tear down anyone for how they’re naturally shaped as there is a way to dress beautifully at any size/shape, but she is no position to teach it.

And of course, she doesn’t teach anything of value in her etiquette courses. She should promote education, curiosity, charity, critical thinking, poise, and kindness. Instead, it’s all labels, getting a rich husband, appearances only.

…and there’s so much more 🥴

Love that you’re all exposing her! Happy to be here
 
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