NYC influencer receives mixed responses after showing her lavish lifestyle and day in the life as an intern at Dior in Paris: ‘Ugh wish I was a nepo baby’
A Parsons School of Design student has drawn mixed responses after showcasing a day in her life as an intern at Dior, along with her generally lavish Parisian lifestyle.
On June 14, 20-year-old Lara Cosima (@lara_cosima), who is based in New York City, showed her TikTok followers what an average day looks like as an intern at Dior in Paris. The 30-second clip includes a glimpse of Cosima’s luxurious Parisian apartment, as well as clips of her club-hopping with friends.
Cosima’s “Where I’m staying during my Dior summer internship in Paris” and “First day as an intern at Dior in Paris outfit” videos have also garnered more than 2.5 million views combined.
‘i bet she has well connected or rich parents lol’
Some TikTok creators have been critical of Cosima’s content — namely because she’s actually the daughter of Academy Award-winning German-Austrian director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. They were quick to note Cosima’s generational wealth and inherent privilege as a “nepo baby.”
The internet’s fascination with and disdain for Hollywood nepo babies, that is, the children of famous actors or celebrities who became famous themselves as a result of nepotism, started in 2022, when New York Magazine declared it “The Year of the Nepo Baby.”
“Ugh wish I was a nepo baby,” @quejpg replied to Cosima’s day in the life TikTok.
“i bet she has well connected or rich parents lol,” @sum1saiditinnit wrote.
“who’s nepo baby is this? (i am extremely jealous and congratulate u for ur achievements, well done girly),” @finnbar_marshall commented.
The Economist reported that “Nearly four-in-ten American children born to parents in the top fifth of the income distribution remain in the top fifth as adults. One reason that earnings tend to persist across generations is that high-income parents pass along valuable attributes via their genes. They also tend to invest more in their children’s education, boosting their earnings potential in the labour market.”
Other TikTok creators have even gone so far as to make videos of themselves reacting to Cosima’s content — like @vileplumed, a self-described “professional hater,” who finds “nepo babies so wholly uninteresting.” @vileplumed’s video has more than 945,700 views and 136,000 likes. As of reporting, 1,660 comments have been made too.
“The reaction becomes an emotional response, and the realization is not about nepotism itself. I think nepotism is the tool that leads to the realization that ‘my life is going to be harder than I assumed,'” Shai Davidai, assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, told Vox. “Unless we have vivid images, like someone we can think about, inequality is still abstract. Nepotism babies, they deprive us of that feel-good ‘American dream’ story.”
Commenters on @vileplumed’s video, however, seem to be split on whether or not the hate toward Cosima is warranted.
‘This is literally jealousy. since when is suffering for an opportunity better?’
“Almost every major internship/job I know ppl got through family members.. good for them just makes me realize how important family connections are,” @radgalpripri replied.
“like i’ll hate anyone w a dior internship but especially a nepo baby with a dior internship,” @strawbrryjk wrote.
“I get it but at the same time if my child was a nepo baby I wouldn’t care I would want them to have every opportunity,” @hib624 admitted.
“This is literally jealousy. since when is suffering for an opportunity better?” @user958771253 asked.
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