Style.com has a total of 22 pictures of this girl, and my question was: WHO?? I'd never seen her before and decided to investigate *ahem* research.
For years she went only as "Genevieve", a young socialite living in New York who started appearing at fashion events all over town. She partied with models, and schmoozed with local designers. AND NO ONE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS!! The March 2006 Issue of Vogue even called her it's "Girl of The Moment."
So at 27, how did this social climber become part of the fashion world? What is her background, what's her family like, did she go to school? How does she make her money, is she a model, businesswomen?
It wasn’t until writer Teri Agins recently (in 2006) probed a little deeper into the fashionista’s life for a piece called “How an ‘It Girl’ Scaled the World of Fashion” for the Wall Street Journal that we began to learn more about her. And the truth was....shocking! Agins dug up public records putting Genevieve’s real age at 31! The horror! It was all too much for Genevieve who went running home to Baton Rouge, La. the day after the story went public! But wait, Louisiana?? Not Beverly Hills? Unlike famous-for-being-famous heiress Paris, Genevieve Jones is the daughter of working-class parents. Her father is a chemical engineer, and her mom is a homemaker – not necessarily occupations churning out enough moola to fund Genevieve’s designer wardrobe. It's rumored that a wealthy billionaire boyfriend is in fact the one behind her glamorous lifestyle.
Alessandro Dell'Acqua with Genevieve Jones, Fabiola Beracasa,
and Tinsley Mortimer, all in dresses by the designer
For some reason, people also feel the need to question her ethnicity, calling her "mysterious" and "exotic." In the Wall Street Journal article they imply of her British born father, & Trinidadian mother, but honestly, look at her. Of COURSE, the girl is black! Gawker.com's interpretation of the article clarity's that, yes, she is indeed black. The comments are HILARIOUS:
Ruby Apple: So wait, are you saying she's black or something?
ELLAGOOD: Black is the new black
OilyBOHunk: Oh my God, Karen, you can't just ask socialites why they're black!
Xhack:George Bush doesn't care about Genevieve Jones
Kwalshie: She [has the] lollipop head look down pat.
Cacy: Rilly. Stop. Already. And her name is pronounced John V ev... Not Jenna Viev!!!
Miss Jones with BFF Julia Restoin-Roitfeld
In the end, her new friends stood by her, no matter her deception and she is still enjoying the Manhattan party scene. However if this is giving any of you ideas, HALT! Let this be a lesson to anyone hoping to deceive, you WILL get caught! Lucky for her, she was able to bounce back, and the situation could have been worse. I actually even commend her efforts. It shows that if you get into enough parties, photographers will start to take your picture, and then others will notice and want to be around you and you will end up a socialite!
Genevieve was a randomly fabulous party girl, who at the right place at the right time. Fame came to her, not unlike Cory Kennedy, non?
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