The World Has Changed, Paris Hilton Has Not

There is something oddly comforting, in the midst of the chaotic cultural turmoil and turnover that’s defined this decade, that Paris Hilton hasn’t changed. Her life is still defined by jet-setting between luxury hotels and flashy night clubs; by long platinum blonde hair and a singsong voice; by a Beverly Hills mansion decked out in pink frills, Pomeranians and massive portraits of her own face.

As everyone’s favorite decade rears its bedazzled head in the form of Juicy Couture tracksuits and tiaras, people are checking back in on Paris. I suppose it only makes sense, as our nostalgia creeps out of the ’90s and into the aughts, that it would extend to the decade’s favorite It Girl. She’s the perfect canvas upon which to vomit our sentimentality: present-day Paris is a living and breathing vestige of the the exact woman the world was fascinated by 15 years ago. She’s still calling herself a socialite and saying, “That’s hot.” She still embodies a frivolous energy. She’s still so unserious.

via W

“Paris Hilton Invented Everything You’re Doing in 2017, and She Knows It,” was the headline of her profile in W Magazine, published this morning. In it, Paris discusses how she pioneered the modern selfie and is flattered when new trends nod at her 2000s style. “To now see things on the runway, and to see girls wearing things that I used to wear is really cool because nobody really dressed like me back in the day,” she tells W. When Kendall Jenner recreated her 21st birthday look on her own 21st birthday, Paris thought it was “the ultimate compliment.”

Paris never really went away. Over the past two decades, she’s built a business empire worth billions (with a $5 million inheritance), has become a million-dollar-a-night DJ and has been posting things like this to her 6.9 million followers to high praise:

Barbie is my #SpiritAnimal ✨