Charles Finch and Chanel Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner; Free Arts NYC 25th Annual Art Auction Benefit Gala; Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2024.
Swans revisited
Bill vs. Babe
With the overwhelming popularity of Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans, DP takes another look at the series’ most misunderstood character—Bill S. Paley
Movers & Shakers
We see you: Elena Zhukova
This former biologist and ex-wife of a Russian oligarch is set to be the next—fifth—Mrs. Rupert Murdoch.
From the Archives
Glorifying the Gigolo
In the 1920s, Americans didn’t know what the term gigolo meant. The Marquis de La Falaise set out to change that.
Eye Candy
Hot Parties of the Week
The Society of MSK’s 31st Annual Bunny Hop; Saks and Sabyasachi Celebrate Exclusive Showcase in Beverly Hills; The Elder Statesman & Eternity Movement Charity Shopping Event with Lola Bute; Paris Fashion Week FW24 Street Style.
Gold Diggers
DP’s Gift Guide for Swans
If her only fault is that she’s too perfect . . . here are some gift ideas for her.
High and low
A Tale of Two Restaurants
Dining at Dubai’s most memorable eateries—one half a mile in the sky, the other under water.
Movers & Shakers
We see you: Marcie Pantzer
This avid letter writer and luxury stationery designer is championing the craft of correspondence.
Eye Candy
Hot Parties of the Week
Frieze Week Los Angeles Welcome Celebration at Getty Villa Museum; NYBG The Orchid Dinner; Tom Ford Winter 24.
Travel
Free fall in Argentina
“Mango” is the slang for “money” in beautiful Buenos Aires—and right now, with the economy in shambles, there is mucha charla about mangoes.
Off Broadway
Play, boy
A few words with Max Wolf Friedlich, whose new two-person play, Job, has New Yorkers reaching for the Xanax.
Swan song
The first Mrs. Guest
C. Z.’s mother-in-law was an aviation enthusiast who bankrolled Amelia Earhart’s transatlantic flight.