# Who's "so vain"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-so-vain/193617 "2003-08-07T16:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-so-vain/193617/1 "2003-08-07T16:55:54Z")
I know, the rumor for years has been that the target of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” was Warren Beatty. Or was it Mick Jagger, or Kris Kristofferson, or James Taylor, or … ? [Well, Dick Ebersol is about to find out](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/05/ple.carly.simon.ap/index.html). He _say_ he won’t tell, but we can’t be sure. Who’s your best guess, Dopers? Mine is that it’s a composite, based on Beatty but with a few of her other loves adding some flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-so-vain/193617/2 "2003-08-07T17:43:16Z")
I think it’s Beatty because of the womanizing…but then again, the “apricot hat” sounds like something Jagger would wear. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-so-vain/193617/3 "2003-08-07T18:38:03Z")
Psst, **Elvis** : [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202466](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202466).