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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2024
Eye Candy

Hot Parties of the Week

Charles Finch and Chanel Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner; Free Arts NYC 25th Annual Art Auction Benefit Gala; Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2024.

Bill and Babe Paley in 1958
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

Elena Zhukova
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.

An illustration of a man in coattails and a top hat by Marc Luc in 1923
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.

Kiwi Lee at Paris Fashion Week FW24 Street Style
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.

Burj Al Arab hotel and Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
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.

Marcie Pantzer
Movers & Shakers

We see you: Marcie Pantzer

This avid letter writer and luxury stationery designer is championing the craft of correspondence.

Freya Allan at TOM FORD WINTER 24
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.

Aerial view of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.

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Join us for the party