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 . 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 . 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 - 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.