Before Trump and the Kardashians, Gloria Vanderbilt Invented the Personal Brand

It used to be that the very rich avoided the spotlight at all costs. Then an heiress figured out how to sell her own story and changed all that forever. I wish I could tell you when I bought my first pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans, under what emotional and transformative circumstance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/nyregion/gloria-vanderbilt-branding.html