Fernanda Calfat // Getty Images Being a successful model getting paid to look glamorous, traveling the world, and receiving adoration from fans can feel like the ultimate dream, but setting such a high bar for beauty comes with an expensive toll. Fa.
haute couture, and cofounder of Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, with her husband, Dr. Gabriel Chiu.
Chiu typically attends at least 30
fashion shows a year, and tries to buy something from each (haute couture can cost over $100,000).
Her lifestyle will be on display in her Netflix show, Bling Empire, which chronicles the lives of
wealthy Asian Americans in LA.
One day, Christine Chiu was speaking to a friend, telling her how much she loved an outfit she d seen during a fashion show. It was a piece of haute couture, of course. Each one of those is unique, one-of-a-kind, and therefore can only be sold once. It s also usually quite expensive. Chiu had to get her hands on it.