Movies

and dining, high fashion and trendy decor a la Philip Stark were all part of the culture then. It was prevalent in NY and also DC, San Francisco, Chicago, London and other high finance areas. The focus on money and wealth was everywhere esp in popular media with the movie Wall Street and TV shows like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Dallas and Dynasty.

A relative worked with banks so I saw some of this 'movement' at its height in the 80s and which continued into the 90s, 2000s. The glaring aspects have toned down over time in some ways tg. Greed isn't good...

Baby Boom was a cute movie, Diane did a good job in her role as an exec who decided to leave the fast, high powered corporate life in NYC for love and a simpler, healthy life in Vermont. I don't know if the 2 films were associated, could be.