My first luxury: A pair of statement Attico heels 

Shopping for designer goods is about more than beauty, workmanship and cost. It’s an emotional experience that often comes with a personal story. In this series, women recall a singular piece and a moment in their journey into luxury. 

Jordan Emanuel, 31, a cast member on Bravo’s Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard and 2019 Playboy Playmate of the Year, recalls what she wore her first time appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

I’ve always been into fashion. It’s so funny because my parents were very masculine people — both my mom and my dad. My mom was a tomboy, so I was the girliest girl, and my mom used to joke around. She was like, ‘Where did you come from?’ I always loved hair, makeup, fluffy dresses, all of it. My favorite thing to do when I was younger was shop. I mean, it still is, let’s be serious.

I go in when it comes to packing what I will wear on the show. I pull inspo photos and hop on Canva because it’s my favorite thing besides Pinterest. I will start pulling different things I already have in my closet, or I’ll [have a stylist] pull for filming. And then I’ll figure out how I can mix and match it. So I’m not packing 35,000 pieces of luggage, right? Yeah, which I do anyway, but I try. This year, I feel like a lot of us stood out as a cast. We stepped it up, fashionwise. I cannot wait to see a couple of Lapointe dresses on camera.

My weakness is shoes. Most of my fashion dollars go to my shoes. For Watch What Happens Live, I bought these maroon, almost wedge, asymmetrical-like, cool geometric heels from Attico. That was my first big purchase after the show premiered.

I already knew what I wanted to wear: this dark blue vest pants suit from Dana Foley. I wanted the shoes to stand out because you can see everything when you’re sitting on Watch What Happens Live. Being such a shoe person, I didn’t want to wear a normal platform or something that’s been done before. I wanted to like you to see it, and you’re like, ‘OK, that’s cool.’ I saw them immediately, and they’re like this patent leather, so they’ve got that shine on top of the color and shape. I was like, yeah, this is a moment.

I was talking to my dad the other day, and I was like, ‘I wish there were something that I loved as much as men love sports.’ They eat, breathe, talk about it to their friends, and have group chats about it. My dad was like, ‘You do: shopping.’

He saw me after Christmas, and I was like, ‘Watch me spend $1,000, but watch me get everything,’ and he was like, ‘No, that’s not possible. It’s just not possible.’ The way I looked for discount codes and coupons, every little coupon I could find, My dad was like, ‘This is a sport. This is you studying the stats.’