ðə kwˈɛst fɚɹə pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚɹ ɛpˈɑːnɪməs stˈaɪl wʌz kˈæɹɪkətʃˌʊɹd ɪn plˈʌm sˈaɪks nˈɑːvəl bˈɜːɡdoːɹf blˈɑːndz tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹ, ɪnwˌɪtʃ ɪt wʌz ɹˈuːmɚd ðæt ɡlˈæmɚɹəs nˈuː jˈɔːɹk ˈɛɹɛs dʒˈuːli bˈɜːɡdoːɹf hæd hɜː blˈɑːnd hˈɛɹ tˈʌtʃt ˌʌp ˈɛvɹi θˈɜːtiːn dˈeɪz"dˈɑːlɚ fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ɐ hˈaɪlaɪt"baɪ ɐ stˈaɪlɪst æt hɜː fˈæmɪliz stˈoːɹ, bˈɜːɡdoːɹf ɡˈʊdmən.
The quest for a particular eponymous style was caricatured in Plum Sykes' novel Bergdorf Blondes (2004), in which it was rumored that glamorous New York heiress Julie Bergdorf had her blonde hair touched up every 13 days ("$450 a highlight") by a stylist at her family's store, Bergdorf Goodman.