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The $115,000 Selling Sunset Costume Shakedown
from USA vs. China, Spencer Pratt, & A Heist | The Tim Dillon Show #496 · #496
11 min
Tim rants at length about a costume designer who quoted $25,000 for a Selling Sunset outfit but billed him $115,000, calling it extortion, a shakedown, and comparing it to buying a Cadillac Escalade for less.
- Tim hired a costume designer and received a $25,000 estimate for a Selling Sunset outfit.
- He paid a $12,000 down payment on the costume, expecting to stay close to the initial estimate.
- Tim disputes calling it haute couture—it's a costume for interviewing real estate agents on a Netflix show, not a runway piece.
- The costume's final bill came to $115,000, four-and-a-half times the estimate, with no communication about overages.
- Tim would have been willing to pay $25,000 to $30,000, but the cost now exceeds a Cadillac Escalade he just purchased.
- He accuses the designer of being psychotic, noting that talent and psychosis often go together.
- The invoice shows 300 hours billed, with overtime, suggesting the designer claimed to work 21 hours a day for three months.
- After Tim missed a fitting to attend the Patrice O'Neal benefit, he was still charged for work including his staff, whom he didn't know existed.
- Even shady contractors would never jump from a $50,000 kitchen estimate to $200,000 final bill without communication—this behavior is unprecedented.
- Tim transitions to advertising Helix mattresses, noting that guests compliment his bedroom, which features the Midnight Deluxe model.