What to Buy If You Win the Powerball Jackpot: 15 Vogue Editors Name Their Fashion Splurges Inline
Photo: Courtesy of 1stdibs.com1/15Nicole Phelps, Director, Vogue Runway
“I’d buy a big chunk of land in Litchfield County (halfway between New York City and my parents’ place farther north in Connecticut), and hire a sensational but not too busy architect to build my dream house. Big kitchen, big fireplaces, big pool, big guest house, and a garage where I’d park the 1969 black Porsche 911S I’d tool around in on the weekends up there. And to accessorize it, this vintage Rolex.”
Rolex stainless steel white gold bezel Datejust watch, $6,800, 1stdibs.com
Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com2/15Celia Ellenberg, Vogue Beauty Director
“If we’re talking budget-irrelevant purchases, I would procure that insanely gorgeous, pale lilac floral gown from McQueen. Short of going back in time to my wedding (which is maybe something I could also facilitate if I were a billionaire?), I can’t think of a single place I would wear Look 27. But I feel like just seeing it in my closet and trying it on every once in a while in my living room would bring me a profound sense of joy.”
Photo: Courtesy of Victoria Miro Gallery3/15Mark Guiducci, Vogue Arts Editor
“If I were a billionaire, I would start a lobby to end tax loopholes for billionaires. But not before buying myself a big, beautiful Peter Doig painting.”
Peter Doig, One Hundred Years Ago, 2001
Photo: Courtesy of matchesfashion.com4/15Chioma Nnadi, Vogue.com Fashion News Director
“I have been desperately trying (and failing!) to save my pennies for a piece from Grace Wales Bonner’s Spring collection. This gorgeous little velvet jacket might be the first thing I would splurge on. Oh, and then maybe a 19th-century mansion overlooking the Indian Ocean in Zanzibar would be next.”
Wales Bonner Aime embellished crushed-velvet jacket, $4,401, matchesfashion.com
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com5/15Catherine Piercy, Vogue.com Beauty Director
“Oh, this is easy! I don’t even have to think twice about it. I would splurge on a daily massage—there is nothing more indulgent and nothing better for your mood, your body, your circulation. In fact, if I won the Powerball, I would build a wing onto my Brooklyn apartment and install a massage therapist there so that he or she could be on call 24 hours a day.
“Also, I experienced convulsions of joy when I saw this Dior fur on the Fall 2015 runway. Since it’s sold-out/past season, I would find it on eBay and pay the no-doubt-that-much-more-exorbitant price. No shame.”
