What’s RICH GIRL hair? TikTok creator goes viral for asking how people got scammed by Anna Delvey when her hair was unkempt as followers point out socialites and royals with ‘old money’ locks
Did you know that your hair can be an indication of your income?
Anisa Mango, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, sparked a debate on TikTok about the concept of “rich girl hair” and what it means after she made a video of people weighing the trade-off between old money and new money.
After Anisa wondered how con artist Anna Sorokin, 32, convinced wealthy people in New York City that she was a German heiress named Anna Delvey worth $60 million when she didn’t have perfect hair, commenters wondered if perfectly coiffed hair is a requirement for the super-rich.
In the comments section, social media users debated the idea, explaining that not every rich woman has a flawless mane, while using Gossip Girl character Serena van der Woodsen, played by Blake Lively, and the Olsen twins as examples.
TikTok content creator Anisa Mango from Massachusetts went viral after she asked how wealthy people in Manhattan believed Anna Delvey was an heiress when she had messy hair
People flocked to the comments to explain that many super-rich socialites have similar hair, citing Gossip Girl character Serena van der Woodsen as the ultimate example
âI’m still trying to figure out how people got scammed by Anna Delvey,â Anisa announced at the start of her now-viral video.
âYou all thought she was a German heiress, but her hair looked like this?
“If you have a certain level of wealth, you won’t be caught here with split ends.”
Anisa continued, âRich girl hair is just on a different wavelength. It just has a life of its own. Frequent trims, first-class treatments. These people are spending hundreds, if not thousands, on their hair.â
She mentioned Gigi Hadid, Gabrielle Union and Beyoncé as examples.
Commentators were quick to explain that there was actually a difference between new and old money manes, with socialites and royals showing off their old money manes. One person summed it up: âOld money versus new money. Old $$ doesn’t give up. It is not necessary.’
âLook at Caroline de Maigret, she is an aristocrat and has imperfect hair,â noted one astute commentator, naming the French model and heiress.
‘Have you seen Princess Anne? There’s a level of old money where they dgaf (don’t give up***),â another TikTok user replied.
“I think there’s a difference between old money and celebrities though,” someone else mused, adding: “The super rich flaunt their wealth more through their lifestyle and investments.”
‘Have you seen Serena van der Woodsen???’ one concerned commenter wondered, while others brought up the Olsen twins, Kate Moss and Paris Hilton.
Many people on TikTok thought Blake Lively’s Gossip Girl character (left) was the ultimate example of messy It-girl hair. One commentator also pointed out Caroline de Maigret (right)
Commenters explained that in the early and mid-2000s, many super-rich IT girls had messy locks. Pictured is Paris Hilton (left) in 2004 and Ashley Olsen (right) in 2010
âI go to a boarding school with old money rich girls and this is exactly what their hair is like,â one TikTok user announced.
A popular opinion was that it was a sign of the times, with one TikTok fan clarifying: ‘But also the aesthetic of the 2000s is different from the ‘clean girl’ look that is popular now. Not disagreement, but context.’
The surprisingly controversial clip spawned many quirky duets, including one from fashion podcaster Jenn Celeste, who reiterated the idea that beauty aesthetics have changed immensely since the mid-2000s.
Jen said: ‘Anna Delvey was still around during the Tumblr era, when we all looked deliberately dirty and disheveled.’
âAll we did was drink PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) all day, have raccoon eyes and sleep in our makeup,â Jenn joked, citing Kesha as an example and calling it an âera of not trying too hard.â .
‘A lot of rich people, then and now, can’t dress themselves. Just because you can’t dress doesn’t mean you don’t have coins, honey.â
Anisa pointed out that celebrities like Gigi Hadid, Gabrielle Union and Beyoncé always have perfectly maintained hair
Many commentators pointed out that the aesthetic was completely different in the mid-2000s and that Anna was caught in 2017
Anisa responded to the copious responses themselves, especially to the question, “Have you ever met a rich girl who wasn’t a celebrity?” saying, “Obviously I was wrong about some things in my last video.”
The content creator explained that she grew up in Connecticut with peers who went to boarding school, and while their hair was sometimes messy, it wasn’t messy like Anna’s.
âI think she was going for Gossip Girl Serena Rich, lol,â one commenter said.
âSerena’s hair was effortless. Anna’s hair gives straw,â Anisa clarified.
Despite the clarification, there was still some discussion in the comments section, showing that new money and old money hair were difficult to distinguish.