An article in The New York Post ran the following story about the 49-year-old designer, L'Wren Scott, who shocked New York City by committing suicide:

To look at her carefully curated Instagram feed, L'Wren Scott was a 1-percenter, a gold-plated member of the international elite: There she was on vacation in India with boyfriend Mick Jagger; at his retreat on the island of Mustique; about to board a chartered helicopter; lounging poolside in gold jewelry and designer sunglasses; stretched out on a private plane, using her $5,000 Louis Vuitton handbag as a footrest.

"I always say luxury is a state of mind," Scott told a reporter. "Because for me, it really is. It's legroom, it's a beautiful view, it's great food at a great restaurant you've discovered because you obsessively read Zagat, as I do."

And then, on Monday, March 19, 2014 she committed suicide, hanging herself in a $5.6 million Chelsea apartment that likely did not belong to her. Within hours, Scott's life was revealed to have become an elaborate façade—her business at least $6 million in debt, her fashion-world friends and celebrity clientele unaware of her despair. Philip Bloch, a stylist for celebrities, said, "Ironically, last week I said to three different people, 'I wish I had her life, look at her life—she's always somewhere fabulous and fancy. You think, here's someone who has it all. You just never know.'"

The article concluded, "While the chasm between Scott's marketed life and her actual life came as a shock, she was just one of countless New Yorkers who secretly fake their fabulous lives."