Wall Street life - New breed of young blade emerges

By David Litterick
March 4, 2006
Daily Telegraph

As centre of the US fashion scene, New York has never been short of beautiful people. Glamorous women in designer clothing. High-powered executives in neatly tailored suits and spotless brogues. It's hard to walk far without passing a salon or boutique selling the kind of clobber you'd need a second mortgage to afford.

There are times though when the clothes no longer maketh the man, only the knife will do. Once the preserve of ageing Hollywood stars, cosmetic surgery has become a booming industry on the East Coast where more Wall Street executives are turning to their surgeons...