Oh for sure Readinginks it bothers me too. Although I think that's part of privilege - the unawareness. I just have to grit my teeth. I find I'm gritting my teeth more with her at the moment than not though and the balance is tipping. She's kind of an asshole when she talks about giving to charity. How about you buy one less coat and give 1000 pounds to charity too. It's absurd that she even mentions it. Her spending is completely antithetical to any sort of philanthropic endeavor. That said, I feel like we could go down the rabbit hole on this for days. You've said it well, she's privileged, doesn't realize it (as many privileged people) and fakes understanding of what it means to be without which is the ultimate insult and makes it far worse.
This is what bothers me a lot about "influencers" in general - because most of them have zero foundational knowledge except what works on them, it is, consequently, all about them. They cannot be bothered or seem unable to apply to others who are different from them. So if you're 5 foot 2 or 3 and blond and have similar skin color and build and aesthetic then what's she is saying is can be helpful IF you like that aesthetic and want to copy exactly. Same with makeup gurus- a lot, not all of the time, it's about, my eyes turn down so I do this, I have impossibly high cheekbones so I do this etc. So if you don't have exactly the same facial structure it's not helpful. Unlike a real make up artist like the late Kevin Aucoin (I'm showing my era again LOL) who truly studied facial aesthetics and learned to deal with different face types and bring out the unique beauty in every woman. This takes depth and expansive thinking.
Brittany always talks like she is some horribly overlooked minority - "I buy Korean because I don't have to alter everything". She even has an account set up in Asia so they will forward her packages. Despite claiming to care about the environment. Airplanes (aeroplanes); the fuel consumed and exhaust emitted are top of the list of polluters - one of the biggest environmental problems today. She, and other influencers should really title their vlogs "Brittany Bathgate, height challenged person (well not really) with oodles of money, tons of entitlement, a zeal for being admired and little patience for alterations who only likes beige and other neutrals". And I'm not saying they have to always translate or provide cheaper options, that's a bit naff and there is no substitution for some of this stuff - it's just - you know, some other content would be nice. Like, here is my favorite pair of trousers - what is it specifically about them that I look for, that I like - she does do a bit of that, but she could learn more and expand on it. Here are people I admire, stylistically...Instead, it's all them all the time 24-7 and this ultimately leads to their demise b/c people can't relate anymore? When they first start, there is a vulnerability and they quickly lose it in the swamp of product and greed if they don't have the underlying substance/ self awareness. I guess this loops back to my original comment about her privilege/faux charity-ism - here we go again, I'm sorry, I guess we can't get away from it can we? It is integral I suppose.
I have a friend who is model beautiful and she's an amazing person but she told me once that she wasn't always, she was very shallow in college and she felt it was because she didn't have to try- people liked her no matter what. She got bored of that and committed herself to reading more and learning more about music and fashion and hanging out with more interesting people. I think it's a bit similar with privilege, because you don't have to try as hard for stuff or be creative b/c you have the money to just buy it, you are actually at a deficit. Very few people recognize this, but those that do, can recalibrate - but it is rare.
