We lived down the road from each other, working for fashion magazines and going to the shows. Plum Sykes: And she’d be nothing without me. I’m grateful for that time and the fact that there were two of us. Lucy Sykes: It’s cool that you can earn the “It”-girl medal with no qualifications whatsoever: You were just in the right place at the right time, some fairy dust sprinkled on your toes. Why rent movies when life resembles ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ every day?” - Bob Morris, “The Plum and Lucy Show,” the New York Times, 1998 They agree, for instance, that it would be ‘rather sad’ to be young and single with a VCR in Manhattan. They’re not identical, but they think alike on many subjects. Meet Plum and Lucy Sykes, 29-year-old magazine darlings, and the latest in the stream of non-celebrity somebodies who flood the city’s fashion ponds from one season to the next. They’re attractively employed, talented, a little vague about their past, and, according to one admirer, ‘hugely in demand right now.’ Oh, and one other thing: They’re English. Lucy and Plum Sykes at their birthday party at Lot 61.
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