Before the Kardashians turned their family drama and extravagant lifestyles into a multimillion-dollar empire, MTV gave us Rich Girls . The short-lived 2003 reality series followed Ally Hilfiger, daughter of infamous fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, and her best friend Jaime Gleicher, heiress to a luggage fortune, as they navigated their final year of high school in New York City.

Between shopping sprees, summer trips to Nantucket, and enough designer handbags to make a Bergdorf Goodman sales associate blush, the girls offered viewers a glimpse into a world most of us could only imagine.

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‘Rich Girls’ walked so The Kardashians could run

At the time, Rich Girls was absurd excess. Ally and Jaime weren’t particularly interested in hiding their privilege, and they didn’t seem concerned with making their lives relatable. They shopped, traveled, complained, and occasionally attempted to convince viewers that money couldn’t buy happiness.…