Social Diary
Social Diary• September 21, 2022

All in the family

Monday night in New York, more back in town; a penthouse cocktail party celebrating a birthday, followed by a dinner party for forty celebrating our hero’s birthday...

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Social Diary• September 19, 2022.
The season has begun, last night at the THE GRILL and THE POOL, the annual Sunday night fundraising dinner for the Cancer Research Institute... READ MORE
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Heralding the arrival of New York Fashion Week

Social Diary• September 13, 2022.
The first luncheon of the Fashion season, the annual Couture Council of the Museum at FIT luncheon at Lincoln Center; sold out!... READ MORE
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The end of an era for all of us

Social Diary• September 12, 2022.
Summation of a Royal Life, of a mother’s children and then her own, and all for her people... READ MORE
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When Society was in Flower

Social Diary• September 7, 2022.
A view of the architectural monarch of the Gilded Age in summer, still going strong and up to date — Newport... READ MORE
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Social Diary• September 6, 2022.
With Fashion Week in New York upcoming, and fashion changing noticeably, we look back only fifteen years to see the changes... READ MORE
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Family, Family, Family

Social Diary• September 2, 2022.
And we return to the literary legacy of Chips Channon whose 20th century diaries so capture the world of political power. Plus we revisit the legacy of a great New York family... READ MORE
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First signs and first visits

Social Diary• September 1, 2022.
Another piece of evidence of the difference between a photograph and real life... READ MORE
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Knowing all the right people

Social Diary• August 29, 2022.
A private look inside the lives of the royals and aristos’ very active private lives as seen through the eyes of a boy from Chicago who wanted it all and wrote to tell about it... READ MORE
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Ghost Stories

Social Diary• August 24, 2022.
A reminiscence, a trip to Los Angeles that provoked beautiful memories of, at the time, the beauty and wonder of Los Angeles and Hollywood... READ MORE
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The Costume and Capote

Social Diary• August 23, 2022.
Today’s Diary was inspired by an article in the Daily Mail about an upcoming series about Truman Capote and his social ladies... READ MORE
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The bright young women of New York

Social Diary• August 22, 2022.
A beautiful, quiet weekend in the city, with a couple of moments from our archive of two remarkable New York women... READ MORE
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A wonder to perceive

Social Diary• August 19, 2022.
Lovely weather in New York, on a quiet late August weekend, watching the traffic on the river passing by the big town... READ MORE

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