Top 200 Int'l High Society Personalities and Resources

In Western culture. HIGH SOCIETY, also called in some contexts simply "the Society", is a category of people deemed to have greater wealth, social status or prestige than the rest of the population. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Various social clubs were open to members based on assessments of their ranking and role within high society, and in American high society, the Social Register is a key resource for identifying qualified members.

Members of high society receive media attention in various ways, such as listing in the Social Register, coverage in the society pages of newspapers, or through distinctive public identifiers, such as the "upper tens" in mid-19th century New York City, or "the 400", Ward McAllister's late 19th-century term for the number of people Mrs William Backhouse Astor, Jr's ballroom could supposedly accommodate, although the actual number was 273.

Debutantes are young female members of high society being officially presented for the first time, at debutante balls or cotillions.

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• 3-DIGIT SCORE COULD DICTATE YOUR PLACE IN SOCIETY - Wired.
• 8 Celebrity-Favorite Hotels for Met Gala Weekend - Vogue.
• 10 Tips for Table Talk at Your Next Dinner Party - The New York Times.
• 12 Original Playboys of the Jetset Sixties - Kempt.
• 20 Vintage Pictures of Jackie Kennedy in Honor of Her Birthday - "To mark what would have been her 92nd birthday - and to celebrate her timeless appeal as a fashion icon - here, Vogue pays tribute to the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis."
• 28 WORDS THAT ONLY POSH PEOPLE USE - Tatler.
• 71 Most Stylish People of 2023 - "OK, some weren’t people, but they all made us talk: about what we wear, how we live and how we express ourselves."
• $89 Million Can't Fix Her Mistakes - "After a dramatic rise in business and society, the art-world mogul Louise Blouin finds herself unloading a Hamptons dream home in bankruptcy court."
• 400 Hundred (Gilded Age) - was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, known as the "triumvirate" of American society. On February 16, 1892, The New York Times published the "official" list of those included in the Four Hundred as dictated by social arbiter Ward McAllister, Mrs. Astor's friend and confidant, in response to lists proffered by others, and after years of clamoring by the press to know who, exactly, was on the list.
• ‘A cult to hate Truman’: how Capote fell from New York's high society - "The new season of TV drama Feud tells how the famed author became a social pariah to the city's elite women, the swans."
• A Gentleman's Guide to Social Climbing - "Publishing legend George Weidenfeld lived a quest to make friends in high places. All in the name of great literature, of course."
• A Glamorous Masked Ball & 100 People to Know 2023 - "Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World gala. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Doja Cat, Lea Michele, Kaia Gerber, Aubrey Plaza, Austin Butler came out for Time magazine and Save Venice."
• A-list must-have? An £80,000 protection dog. Called Kevin - "Foreign royalty, billionaires and celebrities are replacing their private security with four-legged bodyguards that are also devoted family pets. Hilary Rose on the rise of the furry status symbol."
• A Year in Paris That Transformed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - "As a college student, Jacqueline Bouvier spent her junior year in Paris, and the city became one of the greatest influences in her life."
• absurd diets of the rich & famous - The Guardian.
• Advice for Dinner Hosts From a French Event Organizer - "In her book, 'Mistress of Ceremonies,' Françoise Dumas reveals the secrets to a successful formal meal."
• Al Smith Dinner | Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner - since 1945. "For more than seventy years, luminous guest speakers have stepped from the world stage to honor and entertain Annual Dinner audiences with their light humor and political savvy." Annual white tie fundraiser for Catholic charities supporting needy children held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on the third Thursday of October. It is generally the last event at which the two U.S. presidential candidates share a stage before the election.
• Ambani wedding: guests from Bollywood stars to global statesmen attend lavish event - in pictures - "Guests arrive at the extravagant wedding of power couple Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant."
• Ambani wedding: The marathon Indian wedding turning heads around the world - "How much is too much? That's the question many in India are asking as the months-long wedding festivities for the youngest son of Asia's richest man enter their final phase."
• AMBER LOUNGE - since 2003. "Iconic Luxury Events, After Parties & F1 Viewing Packages." Amber Lounge is the premier destination for ultimate experiences, offering exclusive access to the world’s most exhilarating afterparties and luxury hospitality events during the Formula 1 weekends. With unforgettable live entertainment and VIP services in iconic locations like Monaco, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and Las Vegas, Amber Lounge sets the standard for opulence and excitement in the heart of the glamorous destinations of F1.
• American socialites - Wikipedia.
• Anna Wintour stages starry gala as tensions rise at Vogue - "‘It’s about asserting her power.’ ‘London’s answer to Met Gala’ reveals behind-the-scenes power struggle between editors. Some of the biggest names from fashion and Hollywood will descend on the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End on Thursday night for an event that is being hailed as London’s answer to the Met Gala."
• 'Are you married or do you live in Kenya' - the aficionadoes of scandalous gossip about British colonial high society still like to recall a classic case of murder in Happy Valley. That was the enclave in the White Highlands of Kenya, where the sexual escapades of British aristocrats in exile inspired the question 'Are you married or do you live in Kenya?'

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• Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People - (1993-2015). Was a televised compilation of ten public figures who are prominent names in the fields of entertainment, sports, politics, and popular culture. Hosted by Barbara Walters, the list was broadcast annually on the second Thursday of December on ABC from 1993 to 2015.
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• BARON DE RÉDÉ - (1922-2004). Prominent French banker, aristocratic aesthete, collector, socialite | social lion, and role as a host - notable for his Bal oriental, given on 5 December 1969. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1972.
• Beau Monde - the fashionable world; high society.
• Black Tie Dress Code explained - British GQ.
• 'Bodyguard to the stars': the man helping Jeff Bezos fight the Enquirer - "Gavin de Becker has spent decades protecting the rich and famous. Now he’s helping the Amazon CEO take on a tabloid."
• Bon Ton - term commonly used to refer to Britain's high society during the late Regency and the reign of George IV, and later. It is a French word meaning (in this sense) "manners" or "style" and is pronounced as in French. The full phrase is le bon ton meaning "good manners" or "good form" – characteristics held as ideal by the British beau monde.
• Bright young things - nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, drank heavily and used drugs.
• Brownie points - in modern usage are a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another, often one's superior.

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• CafÉ society - collective description for the so-called "Beautiful People" and "Bright Young Things" who gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in New York, Paris, and London beginning in the late 19th century.
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• Carlos de Beistegui - (1895-1970). Also known as Charles or Charlie de Beistegui, was an eccentric multi-millionaire aesthete, art collector and interior decorator and one of the most flamboyant characters of mid-20th century European life. Often referred to as "The Count of Monte Cristo". On September 3, 1951 Beistegui held a masked costume ball, which he called Le Bal Oriental, at the Palazzo Labia. It was one of the last truly spectacular events in the famous ballroom, and it was one of the largest and most lavish social events of the 20th century.
• Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Ghost Influencer - "Almost 25 years after her tragic death, the lithe blonde is the muse of the season. Little wonder that as fascination with that era reaches a new pitch, Ms. Bessette Kennedy has emerged as the ghost influencer of the season - one who has particular resonance as stealth wealth evolves into an embrace of more functional minimalism in the face of global chaos; disillusionment grows with the cesspool that the digital world has become; and the question of what exactly it means to be 'American' takes center stage."
• Cave Dweller - a term, indigenous to Washington, that defines a member of those families who have resided here for generations and whose bloodlines are woven into the warp and woof of the nation's capital.
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• Celebrity Register - "An Irreverent Compendium of American Quotable Notables." 1963. Editors: Earl Blackwell & Cleveland Amory.
• CELEBRITY Service International - "The premier information resource on people in the public eye since 1939, providing accurate and up-to-date contact information on celebrities."
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• Chatham House Rule - "Under the Chatham House Rule, anyone who comes to a meeting is free to use information from the discussion, but is not allowed to reveal who made any particular comment. It is designed to increase openness of discussion. The rule is a system for holding debates and discussion panels on controversial topics, named after the London headquarters of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, where the rule originated in June 1927."
• Cholly Knickerbocker - house pseudonym, owned by the Hearst newspaper chain, of a gossip columnist for the New York Journal-American, which was published from 1937 to 1966.
• Cindy Crawford Is Here to Stay - "Three decades ago she invented the modern playbook by which the current generation of professionally beautiful people flourish."
• CITYFILE NEW YORK - guide to the most notable and influential New Yorkers.
• Climbing the Socialite Ladder, One Gala at a Time - The New York Times.
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• Claus von BÜlow - (1926-2019). British socialite of German and Danish ancestry. He was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von BÜlow (born Martha Sharp Crawford, 1931–2008) by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 which left her in a persistent vegetative state for the rest of her life, but his conviction in the first trial was reversed and he was found not guilty in both his retrials.
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• Cliveden set - were a 1930s, upper class group of prominent individuals politically influential in pre-World War II Britain, who were in the circle of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor.
• Coming out (party) - traditional term for debutante's ball.
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• Comte Etienne de Beaumont - (1883-1956). A leading figure in Parisian society, was famous for his elaborate and extravagant parties and masquerade balls.
• Coronation Invitation - "Buckingham Palace is pleased to share the invitation for the Coronation, which will be issued in due course to over 2,000 guests who will form the congregation in Westminster Abbey. It is also announced today that eight Pages of Honour have been chosen to attend Their Majesties during the Coronation Service." The Official Website of The Royal Family.
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• Cotillion - social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and America. Originally for four couples in square formation, it was a courtly version of an English country dance, the forerunner of the quadrille and, in the United States, the square dance. Cotillions are also used as classes to teach social etiquette, respect and common morals for the younger ages with the possibility of leading up to a débutante ball.
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• Cotillion ball - in American usage, a cotillion is a formal ball and social gathering, often the venue for presenting débutantes during the débutante season – usually May through December.

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• Daisy Fellowes - "The most wicked woman in High Society."
• DÉBUTANTE - (from the French débutante, "female beginner") is a girl or young woman of an aristocratic or upper-class family who has reached maturity and, as a new adult, comes out into society at a formal "debut". Originally, the term meant the woman was old enough to be married, and part of the purpose of her coming out was to display her to eligible bachelors and their families with a view to marriage within a select circle.
• DÉclassÉ - degraded from one's social class.
• Dede Wilsey Is the Defiant Socialite - The New York Times.
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• Diamond Horseshoe - was the ring of seats for the rich patrons of the original Metropolitan Opera House, 1411 Broadway (between 39th and 40th Streets), New York City, U.S.A. The opera house was built in the 1880s and was destroyed in 1966, when the Metropolitan re-opened in Lincoln Center.
• Diane von Furstenberg Has No Regrets: ‘I Will Laugh When I Die’ - "From a palazzo in Venice, she talks about her struggling business, her marriage to Barry Diller, and the threesome that never happened."
• Dollar Princess - the fabulously rich daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century who came to England looking for the one thing they couldn't buy at home: a title.

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• Elizabeth Taylor Auction of a lifetime - YouTube 1:13:11.
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• ELSA MAXWELL - (1883-1963). American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day. Maxwell is credited with the introduction of the scavenger hunt and treasure hunt for use as party games in the modern era.
• England’s Social Event of the Year: The Duke of Westminster’s Wedding - "Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, married Olivia Henson today at the Chester Cathedral in Chester, England, with Prince William serving as usher."
• Even the Internet Hasn’t Really Changed How Being Famous Works. Here’s Why - "'The history and theory of celebrity teach us that we get the celebrities we deserve,' writes historian Sharon Marcus."

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• Fairytale of the jetset swans - Nick Foulkes looks back in rapture at the effortless glamour of the 1960s globetrotting elite.
• Famous for being famous - Wikipedia.
• Feud: Capote vs the Swans: How a scandalous Truman Capote story exposed the secrets of US high society - "A star-studded new miniseries from Ryan Murphy looks at how the author betrayed the confidence of some of America's most elite women - and destroyed his career in the process."
• Forbes sells directory that catalogs Old Money families - New York Post.
• FOUR Hundred (Gilded Age) - was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, known as the "triumvirate" of American society. On February 16, 1892, The New York Times published the "official" list of those included in the Four Hundred as dictated by social arbiter Ward McAllister, Mrs. Astor's friend and confidant, in response to lists proffered by others, and after years of clamoring by the press to know who, exactly, was on the list.
• Four-Pack - "City Hopping Among the Wealthiest."
• Four Social Seasons (U.S.) - The Four Social Seasons in the U.S.A. started with spring, or the "petit saison", for horse racing; summer for the Hamptons or other cooler country climes; fall for riding to hounds; winter for the debutante balls, and deep winter for Palm Beach or sport fishing in the Keys.
• French socialites - Wikipedia.
• From Costume Balls to the Stage (1956) - "Baron Alexis de Redé, a vital fixture in high society at the time, was looking for an artist to design the set and costumes for the Bal des Têtes he was holding at the Hôtel Lambert on the Île Saint-Louis in 1956. Lilia Ralli, an influential figure in the fashion world, recommended Christian Dior’s new assistant Yves Saint Laurent. In the process, Saint Laurent met the choreographer Roland Petit and the dancer Zizi Jeanmaire, who became his friends and for whom he would go on to design many costumes. Saint Laurent let his imagination run wild, creating extravagant outfits for the Bal des Têtes in 1956 and later for the Bal oriental in 1969 and the Bal Proust in 1971."

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• George & Amal Clooney’s growing global reach - "While George is busy urging Biden to bow out of the presidential race, Amal has Netanyahu firmly in her sights."
• Gilded Age - Wikipedia.
• Gloria Vanderbilt Dies at 95; Built a Fashion Empire - "Gloria Vanderbilt, the society heiress who stitched her illustrious family name into designer jeans and built a $100 million fashion empire, crowning her tabloid story of a child-custody fight, of broken marriages and of jet-set romances, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 95."
• Golden Ish - "Virtual award recognizing all those stylish and Styles-ish."
• Goodbye to the original celebrity private jet - "Learjet, once synonymous with private jet travel for the super-rich and famous, will stop production this year."
• Goodwood brings glorious end to English social season - "A peek inside Britain's secret garden party."
• Gossip, sex & social climbing: the uncensored Chips Channon diaries - "Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon’s diaries caused a stir in 1967. Now edited by Simon Heffer and published unredacted, they reveal even more juicy detail about British high society between the 1920s and 50s."
• Grace Kelly's father exploded at Rainier before wedding: 'No one charges my daughter!' - "Grace Kelly's father was furious with Prince Rainier III after he demanded the Hollywood star hand over a hefty dowry, a documentary claimed."
• grande dame - woman who is socially prominent, respected, and experienced, especially one who is haughty and advanced in age.
• Guide to the 2016 Hamptons Party Social Circuit - The New York Times.
• Gunther Sachs: playboys of the world RIP - "Taki Theodoracopulos mourns the passing of Gunther Sachs - and an era when gentlemen played hard and died young."
• Gwyneth Paltrow’s night at the ball with daughter Apple was like - "The actress’s daughter has just ‘come out’ in Paris. Rachel Johnson’s did the same. It’s been more than ten years since my daughter Charlotte 'came out' (for the first time, I should say, in the girls-in-pearls, royal court sense) in Paris at Le Bal des Débutantes, just as this year’s nepo-deb, Miss Apple Martin, did this very week."

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• Happy Valley set - group of hedonistic British and Anglo-Irish aristocrats and adventurers who settled in the "Happy Valley" region of the Wanjohi Valley, near the Aberdare mountain range, in colonial Kenya and Uganda between the 1920s and the 1940s. From the 1930s the group became infamous for its decadent lifestyles and exploits following reports of drug use and sexual promiscuity.
• haut monde - Fashionable society.
• He's Been Hiding Celebrities Since 2007 - "With haunts like The Bird Streets, Bootsy Bellows and Delilah, John Terzian is the rare club owner that famous people trust. But when everyone is a paparazzo, how does he keep a secret?"
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• Hedda Hopper - (1885-1966). One of America's best-known gossip columnists, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons.
• Henry Kissinger, Social Fixture - "After leaving the White House, he returned to New York and became an in-demand guest, hitting the party circuit with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna."
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• Henry Symes "Harry" Lehr - (1869-1929). Socialite and the husband of Elizabeth "Bessie" Wharton Drexel. Using his wife's fortune and his reputation as "The Fun-maker" of New York and Newport society, Lehr attempted to establish himself as successor to Ward McAllister.
• High society - Wikipedia.
• hostess with the mostess - a most dedicated hostess willing to please everyone.
• How a Nepo Baby Is Born - "Hollywood has always loved the children of famous people. In 2022, the internet reduced them to two little words."
• How Celebrity Memoirs Got So Good - "One way to explain this shift is fairly simple: the move toward unfiltered storytelling tracks with the dominance of social media, a tool that has undeniably transformed the celebrity landscape. Gone are the days of the inaccessible, mysterious A-lister of the tabloid era, whose public perception was determined largely by the whims of paparazzi. Now, with platforms like Instagram, access to public figures and the inner workings of their lives are just a screen swipe away - and firmly within their control, making authenticity (or at least the performance of it) the key to attracting a loyal audience."
• How climbing the social ladder could hold the key to a long & healthy life - The Telegraph.
• How Jackie Kennedy & Lee Radziwill Found Careers & Happiness in the 1970s - "After lives marked by glamour and tragedy, the Bouvier sisters embraced their second acts in New York City."
• How the history of debutante balls can help us understand women's lives - "It’s Easy to Dismiss Debutante Balls, But Their History Can Help Us Understand Women’s Lives."
• How the upper classes 'bonk' - The Telegraph.
• How to have a social life - but still succeed at work - The Telegraph.
• How to spot a socialite - The Rich Life. Blog written by David Desmond, a columnist for The Palm Beach Daily News.

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• I never thought I’d miss the Gridiron Club dinner, but I think now maybe I do - The Washington Post.
• Ice baths before breakfast? Just say no to the lifestyles of the rich & famous - "Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed his morning routines. They show how the private jet set have a life uninterrupted by life."
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• Igor Cassini - (1915-2002). "King of society gossip." American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain. He was the second journalist to write the Cholly Knickerbocker column. He also coined the term "JET SET". The term, which replaced café society, came from the lifestyle of traveling from one stylish or exotic place to another via jet plane.
• India’s wedding of the year is over. Here's what happened - "Prime minister Modi’s blessing and a Kardashian cameo - here’s what happened at India’s wedding of the year."
• Inside Jackie Kennedy's Secret Life as a Newspaper Reporter - "The new biography Camera Girl delves into her career - including her coverage of Queen Elizabeth's coronation."
• Inside most star-studded party in history - "The most famous celebrities on the planet have descended on the Hamptons for an ultra-exclusive all-white bash. Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez: a US billionaire has just hosted what might be the most A-list party of all time."
• International Celebrity Register - 1959. Editors: Earl Blackwell, Cleveland Amory & Sydney Wolfe Cohen.
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• International Debutante Ball - since 1954. Invitation-only formal debutante ball to present young ladies from upper-class families to high society. Founded in 1954, it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Young women from around the globe and all over the United States are brought together at the ball and the surrounding parties, including daughters of Presidents of the United States, diplomats, nobility, senators, ambassadors and governors. The International Debutante Ball is considered the most prestigious and the most exclusive debutante ball in the world.
• Ira von FÜrstenberg, Jet-Setting Princess & Actress, Dies at 83 - "With her aristocratic lineage, high-profile husbands and famous friends, she embodied a chic life of luxury as an international social figure."
• Iris Apfel dead at 102 - "Fashion icon and self-proclaimed 'geriatric starlet' passed at her home in Palm Beach, Florida."
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• Irving Paul Lazar - (1907-1993). American talent agent, dealmaker and social arbiter. Through the wit of his occasional client Humphrey Bogart, became known as “Swifty.” He was a tremendous snob who prided himself on his ability to get huge commissions for his literary (or acting) clients without having seen or read their work. Every Oscar night he gave a big party (for stars only – his definition of course) at Spago when it was located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. On Lazar's list, success has replaced Ward McAllister's criterion of pedigree. "Are you going to Swifty's?," people in Hollywood asked weeks in advance of the upcoming Academy Awards event.
• It’s Called the Met Gala, but It’s Definitely Anna Wintour’s Party - The New York Times.
• It's My Privilege: Glorious Memoirs by the Very Rich - "A look back at a time when the super-wealthy felt they had nothing to lose by letting readers inside their gilded corridors."
• Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at 73 - "Ivana Trump died after 'falling down staircase of NYC townhouse."
• Ivana Trump Left Behind $34 Million. Here’s What Is In Her Will - "A Manhattan townhouse, a Miami Beach condo, some French property and her dog Tiger Trump are among the items to be split between Ivana Trump’s kids, a former nanny and a mysterious friend."
• Ivana Trump’s Funeral, a Gold-Hued Coffin & the Secret Service - "On Wednesday afternoon, when a funeral was held for Ms. Trump at an Upper East Side Catholic church, former President Donald J. Trump, along with his current wife, Melania, was there, seated in the front row, across from their three children: Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. The Trump Organization had handled the funeral arrangements, and the coffin had a gold hue. The Secret Service stood by."

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• Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady - The New York Times.
• Jackie Kennedy, the Mona Lisa & the French Ambassador's Wife - "Jackie may have brought Leonardo's masterpiece to Washington in 1963, but she didn’t do it alone."
• Jackie Kennedy’s Childhood Home Hits Market In East Hampton, New York For $55 Million - "Located in East Hampton, New York, the home is called Lasata, which means ‘place of peace’ in the Algonquin language of the native Montaukett people. It’s being sold by Los Angeles-based television, commercial, and film producer David Zander, who purchased the home for $24 million in 2018. The home has also been published in numerous magazines around the world and is recognized as one of the country’s most iconic properties. Built in 1917 and designed by notable architect Arthur C. Jackson, the home was used as the Bouvier’s family’s summer home in the 1920s. According to the book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto, the property was owned by her grandfather, the late John Vernou Bouvier Jr., and she spent summers as a young child at Lasata."
• Jackie Kennedy’s Former D.C. Home Is On The Market For $26.5 Million - "The storied mansion where former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy stayed following the assassination in 1963 of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, is listed for $26.5 million. She bought the 18th-century residence in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., known as the Baker House, to be her personal home, but decided to relocate a year later as the four-bedroom, four bathroom home attracted too much attention from the public and especially the paparazzi. The Georgetown home, now combined with two other homes, spans 16,300 square feet with 13 bedrooms."
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1960s Style File From the Archives [PHOTOS] - "A lookback at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's style in the 1960s from the Archives."
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• Jacques de Bascher - (1951–1989). "The man who fuelled the rivalry between former friends Karl Lagerfeld & Yves Saint Laurent by having a love affair with both of them and the reason Karl Lagerfeld suffered from a broken heart for years."
• Jerry Zipkin - (1915-1995), a celebrated fixture on the international social scene for almost half a century, often referred to as "a man about everywhere."
• jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022 - "Jets belonging to entertainers, CEOs, oligarchs and billionaires produce equivalent to emissions of almost 40,000 Britons."

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• Kendall Jenner parks in handicapped spot to go for a workout - "Rules for thee but not for me! Kendall Jenner is caught parking her luxury Land Rover in a handicap spot for AN HOUR during Hot Pilates class in West Hollywood."
• Knickerbocker - was a term for Manhattan's aristocracy "in the early days" and became a general term, now obsolete, for a New Yorker.

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• Lee Radziwill: a life in pictures - "Radziwill, the younger sister of Jackie Kennedy, has died at the age of 85. Married three times, she was a well-known socialite and a successful interior designer."
• Lee Radziwill Interview - YouTube 12:11.
• Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's elegant younger sister - The Telegraph.
• Lee Radziwill, Style Icon & Kennedy Onassis Sister, Dead at 85 - "The younger sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis passed away on Friday in New York on Friday, February 15, 2019."
• Lily Safra, Star-Crossed Socialite & Philanthropist, Dies at 87 - "Lily Safra, a Brazilian-born socialite and philanthropist who led a star-filled, star-crossed life with enough jet-setting ups and tragedy-filled downs to fill a dozen Danielle Steel novels, including the bizarre death of her fourth husband, the banker Edmond J. Safra, died on July 9 at her home in Geneva. She was 87."
• List of American heiresses - list of some American socialites, from the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European nobility, peerage and royalty.
• Lobster Palace Society - from the late 1890s through the 1910s, there emerged a spectacular, dazzling nightlife along Broadway. The classic way to spend a night on Broadway began with cocktails, then to a show, then to one of the gaudy, extravagant “lobster palaces.”
• Locust Valley lockjaw accent - colloquial term for a brand of speech, widely recognized as the stereotypical upper class American accent and usually associated with the traditional elite of the New York metropolitan area, particularly those on the North Shore of Long Island.
• Lord Lucan & the Enduring Mystery of Who Killed Sandra Rivett - "It has been 50 years since the 7th Earl of Lucan disappeared after allegedly killing his children's nanny. Is there something about this age old tale of rich people getting off scot-free that keeps us all obsessed?"
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• Louella Parsons - (1881-1972). The first American movie columnist. She was retained by William Randolph Hearst, possibly because she had praised Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, and her columns were read by 20 million people in 400 newspapers worldwide.

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• Maury Paul - (1890-1942). Journalist who became famous as a society columnist for the New York American. Writing under the pseudonym "Cholly Knickerbocker", he coined the term "CafÉ Society". In addition to coining the phrase "Café Society" to describe the people who frequented tony night clubs and expensive restaurants, he also invested the expression "The Old Guard" (the "Four Hundred") for the venerable New York families. Paul focused on the very well-born and extremely rich. In addition to his daily column, each week he wrote three features for the Sunday edition of the American. The column and features were carried by the over 60 newspapers of the Hearst syndicate. On 17 July 1942, Paul died of a heart condition at his New York home. He was 52 years old. He was succeeded as Cholly Knickerbocker by Igor Cassini.
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• Max Jacobson - (1900-1979). German-born New York physician, nicknamed "Miracle Max" and "Dr. Feelgood", who administered amphetamines and other medications to several high-profile clients, including President John F. Kennedy.
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van’s Glamorous Turn - "Famous actors, singers, athletes and housewives are fans of the Mercedes-Benz van, which has become a staple in streets outside events like the Met Gala."
• Met Gala 2022 Dress Code? Gilded Glamour - "At the bottom of the Met Gala invitations sent every spring is an inscription small in size but vital in importance: the dress code. In 2020, for 'Camp: Notes on Fashion,' it was studied triviality. In 2021, for 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,' it was American independence. And come May 2, 2022, for 'In America: An Anthology of Fashion,' it will be gilded glamour, white-tie."
• Met Gala 2023: Everything we know about the theme, hosts & guests - "Why this year’s Met Gala theme could face some resistance."
• Met Gala 2023 red carpet: celebrating Karl Lagerfeld - in pictures - "The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City hosts the fashion world’s biggest night of the year. The theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, in tribute to one of the longest careers in contemporary fashion history. Lagerfeld’s legacy is on abundant display."
• Met Gala 2023: Seven of the best looks over the decades - "'The first Monday in May' has come to be known as the night the fashion industry lets its hair well and truly down. There are stunts, frocks the size of caravans and selfies that go on to be seen by millions of people all over the planet."
• Met Gala 2023: Where to Watch the 2023 Met Gala Livestream - "The countdown to the 2023 Met Gala has begun. For the third year in a row, Vogue will be hosting the official Met Gala red carpet livestream on Monday, May 1, giving viewers the inside look at one of the most anticipated - and star-studded - events of the year."
• Met Gala 2024: Everything you need to know - "The first Monday in May is nearly upon us. The Party of the Year. The Oscars of the East. Fashion's Biggest Night. The theme is simply the title of the Costume Institute's new exhibition, 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.' The Met Gala also has a "dress code." This year's dress code is 'The Garden of Time.'"
• Met Gala 2024: Everything You Need To Know - "What’s the dress code, who’s hosting, who’s going and how to watch. Guests have been instructed to dress for 'The Garden of Time,' so named after a 1962 short story by J.G. Ballard about an aristocratic couple living in a walled estate with a magical garden."
• Met Gala 2024 fashion: The best looks from the red carpet - "Celebrities descended on New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night for the annual Met Gala. The extravagant event raises money for the museum's Costume Institute. Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth were co-chairs alongside Anna Wintour."
• Met Gala 2024: The 'delicious irony' of the Met Gala's Garden of Time theme - "In JG Ballard's dystopian story The Garden of Time - which has inspired this year's dress code - the super-rich hide themselves in Arcadian splendour while the 'great unwashed' riot. It seems an unlikely choice of theme for fashion's event of the year."
• Met Gala: Seven of the best looks over the decades - "From Cher's naked dress to Rihanna's 'omelette gown', the gala has seen many iconic looks. As the fashion event of the year approaches, Ellie Violet Bramley looks back at some of its magic moments."

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• NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY - since 2000. "Your Link To Society." Website that publishes photographs of various socialites and also provides a calendar of events that they might attend.
• Noor Muqaddam: The high society beheading that stunned a nation - "The rape and murder of Noor Muqaddam, by a man from the same circle of rich friends, outraged Pakistan - and it highlighted the shocking levels of violence women there face."
• Nouvelle Society - a term coined by a Women's Wear Daily (WWD) editor to denote a glittering Vanity Fair of new money and conspicuous consumption that flourished in New York in the 1980s.

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• Old Guard vs CafÉ Society - "Old Guard types (the Mrs. Astor Set who liked sitting in their clubs and drawing rooms) eschewed all notoriety beyond weddings, funerals, and debuts. Café Society liked, really liked, getting their names in the papers." (The People, the Planes, the Glamour, and the Romance in Aviation's Glory Years Jet Set by William Stadiem.
• One of the World’s Greatest Shoppers Prepares to Share Her Treasures - "Mouna Ayoub has a huge collection of haute couture, and now, 252 of her Chanel pieces designed by Karl Lagerfeld are going up for auction."
• Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King break silence on THOSE lesbian lover rumors - "While appearing on Melinda French Gates' Moments That Make Us interview series, the 70-year-old media mogul, who has been with partner Stedman Graham for over 35 years, reflected on her close bond with King, 69. Oprah Winfrey shut down the longstanding rumor that she and her longtime best friend, Gayle King, have secretly been in a decades-long romantic relationship."
• Oscars 2022: the after parties - in pictures - "Award winners and nominees celebrate into the night in Los Angeles after the 94th Oscars ceremony including the Governors Ball and the Vanity Fair party."
• Ostend - coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders, Belgium. In 1838, a railway connection with Brussels was constructed. Ostend became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first ferry sailed to Dover. Important for the image of the town was the attention it started to receive from the Belgian kings Leopold I and Leopold II. Both monarchs liked to spend their holidays in Ostend. Important monuments and villas were built to please the Royal Family, including the Hippodrome Wellington horse racing track and the Royal Galleries. The rest of aristocratic Belgium followed and soon Ostend became known as "the queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts".

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• Pamela Harriman: 'Churchill's secret weapon' in the fight against the Nazis - "Winston Churchill's aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered 'the greatest courtesan of her era'. Decades after her death, she still divides opinion - was she a smart power player, or 'shameless' and'repellent'?"
• Paris Hilton says it's 'hard' for her to be normal in new documentary - "According to Paris Hilton, she's been playing Paris Hilton all of these years. One of the first celebs to become famous for being famous, Hilton is sharing her story in a new documentary titled 'This Is Paris.'"
• Paris Hilton testifies to US Congress about childhood abuse - "Paris Hilton has called for change to youth treatment facilities and described her own traumatic experience of alleged abuse before a US congressional committee."
• Paris Hilton wants to be the 'Queen of the Metaverse' - "'I've always been an undercover nerd, so I've been obsessed with anything to do with technology and the future,' Hilton told CNN Business in an interview last month. 'Now my new nickname is 'The Queen of the Metaverse,'' she added, referring to a sobriquet she has used on the red carpet and in a number of her social media posts, which, according to her company 11:11 Media, first emerged in the NFT space on Twitter."
• Paris: The Memoir review - "How a celebrity nymph conquered the Earth. With its dizzying spirituality and devotion to ‘sacred’ skincare, Paris Hilton’s memoir exposes a culture in which the self only exists if validated by a selfie."
• Park Avenue Princesses
• party looks from Kate Moss to Kylie - in pictures - "The closest we’ll get to a party this year is poring over Bianca Jagger in gold lamé, Cher in feathered Bob Mackie and Elton John as King Louis XIV."
• Peggy Guggenheim: ‘She was trying to find herself’: the untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker - "The socialite and collector prioritised art over family and claimed she had 1,000 lovers. But a new UK exhibition tells another tale - that of the five years she spent in Hampshire and Sussex leading a relatively ordinary life, as her granddaughter explains."
• Petit Saison - of the four social seasons in the U.S.A., Spring was called "Petit Saison".
• Pilot fish - Ernest Hemingway bitterly immortalised John Dos Passos as a "pilot fish" for the wealthy in A Moveable Feast.
• Prince William is set to be an usher at the Duke of Westminster's 'society wedding of the year' - "King Charles won't attend amid rumours of tension over a past Queen Camilla 'snub'."
• Princess Grace's 40th birthday scorpio ball, Saturday, November 15, 1969 - Arxaiognosiafos.blogspot.com.

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• Rarely seen photos from the Met Gala show celebrities letting loose - "The Met Gala, known as fashion's biggest night, returns to its typical slot - the first Monday of May - after two years of disruptions due to the pandemic. The event, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City coincides with the opening of part two of the exhibition, 'In America: An Anthology of Fashion,' hosted by the museum's Costume Institute. Guests have been asked to dress in 'Gilded Glamour and White Tie,' referencing the lavish Gilded Age, a three-decade period at the end of the 19th century that transformed American infrastructure and society life."
• Ready, steady, pout ... how selfies can help you climb the social ladder - "A new paper suggests that ‘sexy selfies’ can help women out-compete one another. But is this about gendered oppression - or academics selecting eye-catching areas of research?"
• Red Cross Ball 2022 will be on Casino Square - "Presided over by HSH Prince Albert, the 73rd Monaco Red Cross Ball takes place on Friday, July 18, on Casino Square for the second time since its creation."
• Remember when Grace Kelly threw a lavish party exclusively for Scorpios? - "You might assume that Grace Kelly's 700-strong royal wedding ceremony to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956 was the apex of her social legacy. But 13 years later, on Saturday November 15, 1969, the American film star-turned-princess threw herself one of the most peculiar and extravagant birthday parties in history. 'The Scorpion Ball,' Kelly's horoscope-themed 40th birthday celebration, was held at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo, Monaco."
• Richard Lugner - (1932-2024). Austrian businessman in the construction industry, a Viennese society figure, and a political candidate not affiliated with any of the Austrian political parties. In 1992, 'Mörtel' Lugner and Mausi Lugner (his former wife Christina) brought Harry Belafonte to Lugner City, and also took him along to the Vienna Opera Ball. Each year thereafter, the couple would pay a celebrity to visit the shopping centre and then accompany them as their guest to the ball. The only star Lugner was unable to have as his guest, despite several attempts, was Liz Taylor.
• Royal Ascot, Epsom, Wimbledon & Goodwood - "The definitive guide to what you can and cannot wear."

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• Season (society) - historically referred to the annual period when it is customary for members of a social elite of society to hold debutante balls, dinner parties and large charity events.
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• Sheilah Graham - (1904-1988). British born, nationally syndicated American gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age". Along with Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, Graham came to wield sufficient power to make or break Hollywood careers - prompting her to describe herself as "the last of the unholy trio."
• Sloane Ranger Handbook - Revisiting the guide 35 years on - "Looking Back at Princess Diana and the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook. Princess Diana made a certain kind of posh Londoner internationally famous. We spoke to co-author Peter York about the book's runaway success—and whether Sloanes still exist today."
• Small talk: No. 1 phrase people who are good at small talk always use, says Stanford public speaking expert - "Small talk might seem trivial, but it can deliver big results. It can help us forge new or deeper connections with others by allowing us to discover unexpected areas of common interest. It can enable us to establish or reinforce our personal reputations, giving us an opportunity to demonstrate warmth and empathy. Favorite phrase was 'Tell me more,' and it happens to be one that people who are good at small talk always use."
• Social Elite - Wikipedia.
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• Social Index-Directory - since 1921. The Social Index-Directory (aka 'The Black Book') each season publishes an index of residents and seasonal visitors to Palm Beach, Miami, the Bahamas and other Florida Resorts. Those listed in the Social Index-Directory have recognized social standing in their communities, both in Florida and their other residences. 265 Sunrise Avenue #204, Palm Beach, FL 33480.
• SOCIAL JET LAG - the fatigue you experience after trying to cram in too many social activities into one's schedule.
• Social Register - directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite. The original New York Social Register first was published in 1886 by Louis Keller, a German-American of wide social acquaintance, who combined the "visiting lists" of a number of fashionable ladies to compile the families included.
• SOCIAL REGISTER Association - directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite (socialites) in the United States (approx. 25,000 entries).
• SOCIAL SECRETARY - "...not to be confused with a personal assistant."
• SOCIALITE - Wikipedia.
• SOCIALITE: A HISTORY - New York Social Diary.
• Socialites by nationality - Wikipedia.
• Society of Patriarchs - (1872-1897). Was a committee of 25 “representative men of worth, respectability, and responsibility.” created by Ward McAllister in 1872 known for hosting the Patriarch Balls, the "epitome of conspicuous display and upper-class ritual and etiquette" during the Gilded Age. The Society, which lasted for approximately twenty-five years, was disbanded on April 9, 1897, two years after McAllister's death, reportedly due to a lack of interest. The increase in the number of private ballrooms and desire for less structured entertainment led many of the younger generation to resist the Patriarchs and their balls, which came to be known as the "Dowager's balls."
• Sociolect - variety of language (a register) associated with a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group (precisely termed ethnolect), an age group, etc.
• SoufflÉ Furstenberg - Recipes by Truman Capote.
• Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - (1971-). American fashion and entertainment executive and former senior advisor to the first lady Melania Trump. Before her controversial role in politics, she produced various notable events in New York City, including the Met Gala, and later worked as the founding fashion director for Lincoln Center and facilitated the expansion of its Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

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• TATLER - since 1901. "The original social media." Latest party pictures | Luxury guides. Primary focus is on social trends of the upper class. Parties and society events are also portrayed. It also reports on luxury fashions and high-jewellery.
• Tatler's guide to snobbery - The Guardian.
• The Big Dame Hunters Are A Dying Breed - Chicago Tribune.
• The Branded Marriage of Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker - "The latest wedding in the family became a walking ad for Dolce & Gabbana. Is this a new model for celebrity matrimony?"
• The Capote Tapes: inside the scandal ignited by Truman's explosive final novel - "He partied with high society America but caused outrage when he spilled their secrets. Ebs Burnough talks us through his new film about Answered Prayers - the ‘smart, salacious’ novel Capote never finished."
• The Complicated Sisterhood of Jackie Kennedy & Lee Radziwill - Vanity Fair.
• The Coterie - was a fashionable and famous set of English aristocrats and intellectuals of the 1910s, widely quoted and profiled in magazines and newspapers of the period.
• The Last Days of John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Kennedy - "Questions swirled around John and Carolyn in the summer of 1999—about their marriage, their careers, their futures, and most of all, what led them to make the tragic choice to board John’s tiny airplane that foggy night in July."
• The Man Who Made ‘Everyone Look So Famous’ - "That was how Andy Warhol described Richard Bernstein, who gave Interview magazine covers their signature look. Everyone wanted it - until they didn’t."
• The Shocking True Story of the Kidnapping That Rocked European Society - "A thrilling new book tells the tale of the violent 1978 abduction of Baron Édouard-Jean Empain in Paris - an ordeal that changed the world of French privilege forever."
• The Souls - were a small, loosely-knit but distinctive social group in the United Kingdom, from 1885 to the turn of the century. If their children are included, the group lasted up to about 1920. Their members included many of the most distinguished British politicians and intellectuals.
• The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters & the British Aristocratic World into Which They Married - Amazon.com.
• The Triumverate - Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont & Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs.
• The White Party That Brought Kim Kardashian, Drake & Tom Brady to the Hamptons - "Michael Rubin, the billionaire e-commerce mogul, hosted a celebrity-filled, Independence Day bash at his beachfront mansion on Long Island."
• They Don't Make Socialites Like They Used To - "Ryan Murphy’s new series, 'Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,' recalls the fine art of getting dressed."
• This Is Paris: Hilton documentary puts the reality in reality TV - "The heiress gained notoriety as the original social media influencer. As she shows a vulnerability the world has never seen, will fans take note or turn away?"
• Tilden's Extract - "It cost six cents for half an ounce and could be purchased at any drug store in New York. It was recommended for 'over-wrought hostesses,' who were advised to take a small dose before receiving guests or going out to dinner, to prepare them for the 'rigors' of the evening ahead. Tilden's was pure extract of hashish." (Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address - Amazon.com.)
• Titled Americans, 1890: The Real Heiresses' Guide to Marrying An Aristocrat - Amazon.com.
• Top 10 International Society Events of the Year
• Top 20 Socialites of All Time - New York Magazine.
• Top moments from the White House Correspondents Dinner 2023 - "President Joe Biden joked about a range of topics at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday but struck a serious tone as he called for the release of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. The annual dinner, hosted inside the Washington Hilton, drew thousands of guests in support of freedom of the press, something Biden called 'the pillar of a free society, not the enemy.'"
• Tout-Paris - ("everyone in Paris") is a French expression referring to the fashionable and affluent elite of the city, who frequent fashionable events and places, and establish trends in upper-class culture. It is equivalent to the "jet set" elsewhere.
• Town Topics - (1879-1937). Notorious weekly published in New York City reporting high-society peccadilloes and often identifying perpetrators by name.
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• Truman Capote's Swans - the legendary beauties of a long gone New York who constituted his friends and muses, whom Truman Capote nicknamed his "swans", they included among others: Babe Paley (“Swan numero uno”), Gloria Guinness, C.Z. Guest (“the cool vanilla lady with champagne hair”), Marella Agnelli (“the European swan numero uno”), Lee Radziwill (“a special friendship”) and Slim Keith.

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• Ultimate Dinner Party Guests - "Who wants to dance and drink and eat alone? Certainly none of the soigne bons viveurs celebrated here. Though they were all well acquainted with the finest wines and the most succulent dishes known to man, this magnificent seven were far from being simply 'browsers and sluicers', as Sir PG Wodehouse used to put it."
• US socialite who gave it all up to become a Carmelite nun - "Sister Mary Joseph lived the first sixty years of her life as San Francisco socialite Ann Russell Miller. A 92-year-old nun, who took a vow of silence, solitude and poverty, has died at the monastery where she lived for the past three decades - however the full story of Sister Mary Joseph's life is far from traditional."

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• vanderbuilding - definition & explanation.
• Vogue World: Stars flock to Britain’s answer to the Met Gala - "It was billed as Britain’s answer to the Met Gala, and last night’s inaugural 'Vogue World' at the Theatre Royal on London’s Drury Lane didn’t disappoint."
• Vogue World’s red carpet - in pictures - "Some of the biggest names in fashion arrived at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for London’s answer to the Met Gala. Organised by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, it aims to raise funds for London’s struggling art scene."

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• Waldorf's Sert Room Restaurant - located opposite the Empire Room on the north side of the Park Avenue Foyer, the Sert Room received its name from a series of 15 sepia-tone murals by Spanish artist José Maria Sert along its walls. The Sert Room was primarily used to house private social gatherings and charity events during the '30s.
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• Walker - a woman's escort at a social event. It is believed that the term "walker," first used by Women's Wear Daily, was coined to describe Jerry Zipkin (1915-1995), a celebrated fixture on the international social scene for almost half a century, often referred to as "a man about everywhere."
• Want to Live in Grey Gardens? - former home of Edith Bouvier.
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• Ward McAllister - (1827-1895). Self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s, and Mrs. Astor's "Social Minister". Coined the phrase "the Four Hundred". According to him, this was the number of people in New York who really mattered; the people who felt at ease in the ballrooms of high society.
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• What a Swell Party it Was - New York Social Diary.
• What Happened to Paris Hilton? Paris Hilton Now in 2016 - Los Angeles Times.
• What I Learned Dogsitting for New York City’s Opulent Elite - In a city of yawning class inequality, some side hustles let you glimpse how the other half lives.
• What Is the Met Gala, and Who Gets to Go? - "Deconstructing the party of the year, including how much it costs, who hosts and what you have to wear."
• What Jackie Kennedy Ate in a Day - "Jackie Kennedy took her breakfast in bed. Every morning, a White House butler brought a tray of toast with honey, orange juice, and coffee with skim milk. For lunch, the first lady had a cup of broth and a slim sandwich (which, on occasion, was grilled cheese.) Her dinner of choice? Cold poached salmon, followed by lamb with potatoes, string beans, and ice cream."
• What Tatler missed in their guide to snobbery - ready meals, public transport & swearing.
• What the butler saw: sex secrets of French presidents' palace revealed - "For 300 hundred years staff at the Elysée witnessed men flaunting their power over women, but no longer, says author of a new book."
• What the cleaner saw: dirty secrets of the upper crust
• WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER (WHCA) - April 27, 2024 (Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States) - (since 1920- Wikipedia). Known as Washington, D.C.'s 'Oscar weekend'.
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2024: Biden swings at Trump during White House Correspondents’ Dinner remarks as pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside - "Speaking to a crowd of nearly 3,000 journalists, celebrities and politicians, Biden added, 'Age is the only thing we have in common. My vice president actually endorses me.'"
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2024 Photos: Best Of The Red Carpet - "The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner will bring together celebrities, journalists covering the political beat, and the President of the United States on a night to celebrate the First Amendment."
• White House weddings - past & present - "Naomi Biden: Biden's granddaughter to marry at the White House."
• Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence - "People from higher social classes were more likely to be overconfident, a new study found. This attitude was interpreted by strangers as competence. In several experiments, researchers found that people who came from a higher social class were more likely to have an inflated sense of their skills - even when tests proved that they were average."
• Why rich convicts hire prison consultants - "Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is turning himself in on Monday - and we may see more headline convicts behind bars in the near future as cases like the college admissions scandal wind through the justice system. When the rich leave their luxury mansions for a spell in the big house, they sometimes turn to specialised consultants to cushion the blow of prison life."
• Why You Should Write More Thank You Notes - "A new study says sending gratitude letters and thank-you notes may have unexpected benefits for recipients and senders alike."
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• William d'Alton Mann - (1839-1920). American Civil War soldier, businessman, and newspaper and magazine publisher. As editor of Town Topics raised it to a hitherto unmatched mastery in the art of scandal. The gossip was personal, vicious, salacious. But the sophistication with which Mann served it up was a world above that of latter-day tabloids like the National Enquirer or the Globe.
• Working rich - defined having a net worth of between US$1 million and US$10 million and still working for a living (2008).

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• Yves Saint Laurent: From Costume Balls to the Stage (1956) - "Baron Alexis de Redé, a vital fixture in high society at the time, was looking for an artist to design the set and costumes for the Bal des Têtes he was holding at the Hôtel Lambert on the Île Saint-Louis in 1956. Lilia Ralli, an influential figure in the fashion world, recommended Christian Dior’s new assistant Yves Saint Laurent. In the process, Saint Laurent met the choreographer Roland Petit and the dancer Zizi Jeanmaire, who became his friends and for whom he would go on to design many costumes. Saint Laurent let his imagination run wild, creating extravagant outfits for the Bal des Têtes in 1956 and later for the Bal oriental in 1969 and the Bal Proust in 1971."