When socialites get together for gossip, tongues wag and whispers hiss. And when they get together to talk about Tinsley Mortimer, well, let's just say thing can tend to get pretty vicious. And not just in that "she's a bitch" kind of way … but also in the "I have no clue how not to sound like a racist WASP" kind of way.

New York reports that the Tins' new gig as "the face of Tokyo" has some of the glitterati in New York in a bit of a twitch.

“I heard the last time she went over there to promote these bags, there were hordes of Japanese people crying and screaming her name. She’s bigger than Paris Hilton or Scarlett Johansson to them.” Apparently, “she has that iconic blonde look that the Japanese market loves,” says her friend Eleanor Ylvisaker. Not everyone’s been supportive. “I heard people are calling her ‘Tins-ree’ behind her back now,” said a socialite.

Wow. We're sure Vera Wang and Peter Som are just dying to design some new gowns for the totally PC members of the elite inner circle.

Tinsley Mortimer Exported to Japan [Molly Friedman, New York Magazine]