Were she to find herself in the market, Vanderbilt has definite opinions on what to look for: “Dependability, first and foremost. Chemistry, which is basic. Warmth is absolutely essential. I don’t like cold people at all. It makes me feel really insecure. Somebody who is established. And a yacht would be nice.”
Which is not to say the lady’s acquisitiveness veers only toward the spectacular; rather, Vanderbilt appreciates simpler pleasures as well. She notes, for example, a recent success acquired via the Williams-Sonoma catalog: “I just got a wonderful juicer.”



















