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In this episode of American Breed, downtown New York City, the epicenter of a young, stylish creative world in 2016, Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel Williams', 28, life intersects with Anna's Delvey. A new face on the scene. I met Anna in New York one night. I was out for drinks with some girls I knew and Anna joined us at this lounge on the Lower East Side and I had seen Anna in photos on Instagram and I saw that she had over 40,000 followers on Instagram and she had a lot of artsy photos . traveling, art and shopping photographs with people from the world of fashion rachel and

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get along well and begin a friendship although their lives couldn't be more different

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has an unusual and somewhat fabulous address she lives at number 11 howard, a place exclusive quaint soho hotel popular with fashion and art professionals with rooms starting at over 500 a night so much of anna's lifestyle was very different to mine in many ways e.g. she lived in a hotel full time.

She didn't know anyone. something like that for rachel williams the time is right for a new friendship i had just gotten out of a long term relationship and here is this person i liked who lives within walking distance of my apartment and who seems very excited to spend time with me. She often had dinner or drinks at her hotel and always signed the bill in her room. The seemingly endless flow of champagne is more than Rachel can afford, but Anna doesn't seem to mind. At some point she asked me how much she had earned. She knew what my financial situation was, but she really liked these expensive experiences and I thought it was more fun to have someone there with me, so I was happy to go with her when I wasn't inviting my friends to luxury experiences and being seen at all times.

Downtown's most exclusive restaurants, clubs and events Anna Delvey is working on her pet project, a bold concept she calls the Anna Delvey Foundation. He wanted to create this giant art gallery space, a members-only club, restaurants, bars, lounges, and he had been meeting with lawyers and bankers who were trying to finalize the lease, his foundation claims to have a board of directors with a who's who. Who of top artists, collectors, property moguls and restaurateurs, Anna hires a London-based design firm to bring her vision to life in the form of an 83-page pdf. In setting out her plans, I want to say that it ranged from exhibitions of top artists like Cindy Sherman and Daniel Arsham and Ers Fisher, who again are top-notch contemporaries, to multiple restaurants, artist residencies, a German bakery, a very exclusive club according to the reporter. by art net eileen kinsella in the new york art world it's not out of the ordinary that a twenty-something person with a trust fund and a penchant for modern art could be taken seriously.

I would have thought that this is a very rich person with extremely high ambitions and apparently the power to make it happen because I feel very strongly in the art world that things will come on our radar where it is a younger collector who clearly has access to a lot of funds and is able to easily immerse himself in the art world and discover who the best artists are and establish himself in the scene and that is clearly what he did. The Anna Delby Foundation is focused on leasing a historic building at 281 Park Avenue South. It has this gothic architecture.

It's very impressive and she claimed that she was negotiating. Part of a lease involved going to City National, which was one of the banks she approached, and telling her that she needed a $30 million loan to make this happen and that claim was linked to another claim she made. , which was that she was a German heiress and that when she turned 25 she would be entitled to an inheritance of 60 million euros. I admired that she was so motivated to do something with that wealth and I admired her ambition and her focus. Anna spends much of her time networking with influencers, including the CEO of Blade, a private jet charter company, when Anna says she needs to fly to Omaha, Nebraska to attend Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. , books a private jet through blade and doesn't blink an eye at the price of 35,000 for a round trip flight to attend to what she says is family business seems to be just another day in the German heiress's fabulous life a week After her return from Omaha, Anna tells Rachel Williams that her visa is expiring and she needs to leave the country to reset it instead of returning home to Germany.

Anna decides she wants a more extraordinary trip to Marrakech, Morocco, as desired by the families. socialites, decides that he needs his every move to be videotaped. He had the idea that he wanted to create a documentary about the creation of his artistic foundation and to do that he wanted to first see what it was like to have someone near the video camera, so he framed the trip to Morocco as if it was going to be a business expense and she was going to create some kind of footage. From that, when Anna's favorite cameraman backs out, Rachel immediately introduces Anna to her friend Jessie Hawk, I got the feeling that she was very important and demanded a certain amount of attention because of the way she behaved. , she was very good at projecting the way she wanted to be perceived, that her ideas were unique or noteworthy, a week later, she had booked this private villa at la mamia, which is an extremely opulent five-star resort in Marrakech, She booked it and then asked who else should we invite her, so she decided to bring the personal trainer we had been training with as well as a videographer since it's a business expense.

Anna has offered to cover the cost of the trip for all of her guests, but it is supposed to be the day before. to leave she hasn't booked the flights so I'm texting her back and forth. You know, I found these flights that could work for everyone. How can I help you? So I booked four one way flights on her credit card but it doesn't happen so I tell Anna you need to call your bank it's like four thousand dollars I think you know I guess it's been flagged as fraud and she created this kind of false sense of urgency, I think you know it was motivated.

I said, "Oh, should I use my card and get the money back?" and she said yes, only if it's okay with you, I can use you on Monday. Rachel Williams says she covers the cost of the flight to Morocco, that's how it started. with the flights four one way flights about four thousand dollars next on

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anna delby's generosity seems so great as her love of luxury she just can't seem to access her accounts right now i wish at that moment i had given myself I realize that this person can't be trusted, but I still had a feeling that she was who she claimed to be Anna Delby and her entourage arrive at JFK Airport to fly from New York City on first class tickets to Marrakech, Morocco .

Anna's friend Rachel Williams says she buys the tickets. believing that she will reimburse Anna, but the expenses don't end there when we go to check in and there is a problem. Anna accidentally went through her wallet that had all her credit cards in it, so it has her passport and nothing else, but because she already owes me money, she's like, can we just add, you know, checked luggage to what you already owe? I must, so it was like one thing and then another and then, of course, for the rest of the time, you know, I booked flights that were six hours long? layover in Lisbon, so I'm paying for meals for everyone starting at the airports before we even get to Marrakech.

La Mamia in Marrakech is one of the most expensive and elegant resorts in the world and a favorite among the fashion set. Anna books her most expensive room. three rooms 7,500 per night riad or villa during the week the hotel has like four restaurants and three bars and extensive gardens and a private pool and it was ridiculous that Anna was spending money as if there was an endless supply