The book's title refers to rumors that one of the characters routinely gets her hair dyed a certain shade of blonde at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury goods department store in Midtown Manhattan.

Things are not made much better by her mother's insistence that she return home to England (her family emigrated there during the narrator's childhood) and strike up a relationship with a local Earl that they haven't seen since a disastrous business transaction with her father years ago.

The protagonist goes through several terrible relationships with married men (she was told that they were single or separated) and finds herself drawn to and irritated by the filmmaker Charlie, who has started dating her friend Julie.

"[4] In contrast, USA Today was more favorable in its review, writing that "Blondes is an over-the-top, witty social comedy sure to put a spring in your step — whether you're walking in Manolos or Keds.

"[5] People magazine gave the book two and a half stars out of four, commenting that "Bergdorf Blondes is packed with delicious sociological observations, one-liners... and tart definitions...