Only she, the queen of scams, could pull it off Anna Delvey Sorokin, to which Netflix even dedicated an extremely successful TV series: “Inventing Anna” due to the incredible story of which she became the protagonist. Anyone who has seen it or read the news knows exactly what this woman is capable of, but for the few who don’t know her: she is a 32-year-old Russian fraudster with German citizenship, real last name Sorokinwho became extremely popular in New York by pretending to be a very rich heiress.
An incredibly true story
Even if she really resembles the scriptwriter of a series, it is a true story that culminated in the arrest in 2017 and in 2019 with a conviction for fraud offenses to four years in prison in the USA, later reduced to two for good behavior and detained again because she did not have a visa, the famous American green card. For about a year now, the fake socialite has been serving her sentence in her prestigious New York City apartment in the East Village and with fashion week going crazy in the Big Apple, she thought about making a big comeback and organizing a rooftop fashion show of his building.
The red carpet on the roof
Since she is clearly unable to move away from home, she wears an electronic bracelet on her feet that she has personalized with her initials. She asked a very well-known friend of hers in the US, the PR, for help. Kelly Cutrone with which he founded an agency whose name leaves little to the imagination: OutLaw Agency, literally “outlaw agency”. The fashion show was hosted by the emerging Chinese designer Shao Yang, a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. It goes without saying that the media frenzy, which was probably due more to the organizers than the stylist, attracted journalists, onlookers and personalities from all over New York and caused such a stir that it also attracted the police, both of whom intervened In order to restore public order, the area must be cleared, but also to find out whether Delvey has broken the law in any way.
Big ovation for her
Anna welcomed all the guests to her home and made statements, as did her work partner Kelly Cutrone, who told the renowned fashion magazine WWD -Women’s Wear Daily: “Anna is a queen of pop culture, she is visionary, sweet and a powerful person.” He reiterated his decision to continue working with her in the future with a podcast called “The Anna Delvey Show.” Delvay then defended herself, telling the same magazine again that she was not a false heiress and that the story told about her, even that of Netflix, had been somewhat fictionalized: “Anyone who bothers to look into my case would understand.” is not the story. I’m just a person trying to figure out how to move forward in life. I’ve made mistakes that have become public knowledge, I just have to deal with them differently than someone who makes them in private.”
A con artist genius
Even though the show didn’t end well after the police arrived, it should be noted that Delvey is very good at attracting attention and making sure it stays. So while even the biggest American stars and world stars went to the fashion shows, Anna moved the fashion show to her home, knowing full well that with the arrival of the agents there would be worldwide coverage of the event. In short, a genius, albeit a fraud.