The Perks of Privilege
All it takes is dough. How about all-you-want plastic surgery, with mansion?
Sept. 10, 2008 — -- Southhampton, on New York's Long Island, is a preferred playground of the wealthy. Inside a $20 million home there, you can find every amenity imaginable: a master chef, fitness trainer, limo service.
All of it can be yours for a price, thanks to surgeon Steven Greenburg.
"The ultimate luxury Hamptons package is for the wealthy patient who really wants to take this to another level and really recover in luxury," Greenburg said. " The package for $500,000 enables the patient to have unlimited cosmetic surgery for the summer."
That's right, it's an all-you-can-enhance extravaganza. You can get a tummy tuck, nose job, boob job, lipo -- plus a month's worth of recuperation in a Southhampton mansion, pending Greenburg's medical OK.
It's the cosmetic surgery equivalent of the salad bar at Sizzler -- a deal that says you can have it all, and then, you can have it all lifted!
Greenburg says that despite the economy being a little unstable now, "patients at this level who would spend $500,000 for a luxury package, are still spending the money and not even questioning it!"
That's because they're not like us! In this tax bracket, just having isn't enough. Just ask "Richistan" author Robert Frank.
"There's one guy in the book who commissioned a $10,000 alligator skin toilet seat for his private jet," said Frank. "And I said, 'Well, why would you want to do something like that?' And he said, 'Well, I wanted to have the only alligator skin toilet seat in the skies.' And I'm sure he does!"
Therein lies the personal privilege of the super-rich. They can spend on the unique or the unforgettable.
Like an Indian-themed affair, moonlit and majestic on a New York City rooftop. An airplane hangar transformed into a mythically luxurious airline. A 20th anniversary in Mexico bathed in alabaster.
How do the rich get to enjoy such pre-eminently privileged parties? Two words: Colin Cowie.
Cowie has been feting the fabulous for years, masterminding everything from destination and location, to food and drink, and from entertainment to fireworks. The results?
