New York Social Diary: A Return to Form
Robert Guerrero 
It's been absolute ages, lovelies! We are so happy to report that society has come home to New York to celebrate the fall social season. We've been out almost every night for weeks and have so enjoyed seeing all of the new faces on our oldest friends.
And our oldest friend by far is dear Leonard Lauder, pulled from his hyperbaric chamber and poured into a tux, and evidently enjoying the city's new legal marijuana! It's a grand time to be mostly alive.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 180 | October 2, 2022 10:21 PM |
Jane Moss couldn't believe that the photographer had a twelve-inch pianist in his pocket but the others in her party wanted to see for themselves!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 2, 2021 12:24 AM |
Freshly risen from her crypt for the evening, Mary McFadden scans the crowd to seek a fresh victim to quench her insatiable thirst for human blood.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 2, 2021 1:22 AM |
Former Solid Gold dancer, Di Mondo, in Venice for NYSD favorite Geoffrey Bradfield's birthday in Venice.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 2, 2021 1:24 AM |
oops on the double Venice ..
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 2, 2021 1:26 AM |
Well done OP - good kick off to one of my favorite themes on DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 2, 2021 1:27 AM |
Jessica Markowski is a vision in a floral bathmat she purchased at Ocean State Job Lots.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 2, 2021 1:32 AM |
R4- She evokes Gloria Vanderbilt in the 1970's who had the same who had the same pale vampire coloring.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 2, 2021 1:44 AM |
How do I obtain an invitation to these soirées? Seriously.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 2, 2021 1:49 AM |
Does Ivanka know about R5?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 2, 2021 1:52 AM |
NYC society doesn’t really exist anymore. It’s a charity circuit of wealth- some of the charities silly, some worthwhile. Money is all that matters and women (and men) have stylists and decorators. Individual taste, private parties (face it, exclusive access was more fun than mere ka-ching). And New York Social Diary is obsessed with Palm Beach which is one of the most vanilla and boring destinations for the wealthy (and not wealthy) you can imagine. NYC society is booorrriiinnngg.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 2, 2021 1:55 AM |
I left out “is gone” (individual taste and private parties)
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 2, 2021 1:57 AM |
Boston society is boring. NY society is garish. If you want to go to some of these just go to the calendar in the NYSD website and find one that sound like your style. Men’s formal wear can be had on eBay for pennies on the dollar, should that be an issue. If you have the bankroll go to several and repaint back to us.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 2, 2021 2:04 AM |
Amelia and Chloe Green-Vamos haven't left their homes since March 2020 but they couldn't pass up the chance to support Victims of Translucence. The twins are long-time board members and lifelong survivors of the affliction.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 2, 2021 3:13 AM |
Who's the big blonde hunk in the Nehru jacket at r1? Is he available?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 2, 2021 3:16 AM |
Janet C. Ross knows that the secret to increased support for her foundation is under the table handjobs between salads and entrees. Eric Osth increased his commitment by 15 percent!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 2, 2021 3:19 AM |
Darling R16, don't you recognize Shayne Doty? Perhaps it's because it looks like he got the covid-25 instead of covid-19. I knew him at Duke. He reminds me of Prince Charles, if he was vocal about hating the poors.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 2, 2021 3:27 AM |
Lisa Schiff won't let incontinence prevent her from the latest gallery opening. Her puffer jacket came with a matching diaper!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 2, 2021 3:43 AM |
Wispy-haired seductress Christine Crowther and Dr. Katherine "Head and Shoulders" Grimm flank spicy [italic]Canada's Drag Race[/italic] eliminee Kimora Amour
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 2, 2021 3:48 AM |
Dinner began with a dramatic first course of duck-billed platypus stuffed with caviar and Certs.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 2, 2021 4:14 AM |
Little known NY Society secret:
Leonard Lauder is the older, heavier illegitimate brother of Montgomery Burns
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 2, 2021 4:24 AM |
Where would we be without Geoffrey Bradfield and his veneers.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 2, 2021 4:40 AM |
Makeup enthusiast, DL favorite, and part-time raccoon furry Joanna Fisher displayed the doll house she created during quarantine. The intricate structure, based on her palazzo in Venice, features a tanning salon, vaginal steam room, slave quarters, glam stations, and a personal abattoir!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 2, 2021 4:47 AM |
^^Is Joanna Fisher a man? (Or has she ever been?)^^
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 2, 2021 5:04 AM |
[quote]I adore these threads.
I don't understand these threads. AT ALL. I think you have to be over 70 to relate to anything being discussed on them.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 2, 2021 5:06 AM |
Somers White Farkas White Farkas White Farkas broke my heart when she started hiding her sternum from us.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 2, 2021 5:19 AM |
Can someone explain the backstory on Joana Fisher? She looks like a John Waters character.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 2, 2021 5:36 AM |
New York Society died when the President and Mrs. Trump changed their residency to Florida.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 2, 2021 6:21 AM |
Why do all of these women have such bizarre facial expressions? Or is it just the photos?
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 2, 2021 10:03 AM |
Geoffrey Bradfield's soiree in La Serenissima really deserves its own link. A candlelit evening of old boilers and queens in a baroque interior: what could be more desirable? All that's missing for true glamour is Fergie and a sling room.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 2, 2021 10:28 AM |
Honestly, looked at this twice and thought, at bottom right, it read ALIENTOWN.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 2, 2021 10:28 AM |
Why do people think Aerin Lauder is pretty? It’s Ronald’s exact face on a woman.
R8 she might be somewhat pretty but with those overinflated porn star lips it’s hard to tell.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 2, 2021 10:28 AM |
Does the magazine still exist? Nvm I’m thinking of quintessentially
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 2, 2021 10:32 AM |
R31 Is it possible to give a MARY! for a link?
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 2, 2021 10:34 AM |
Might Graydon Carter sue Geoffrey Bradfield for coiffure infringement?
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 2, 2021 10:34 AM |
Wait-- Geoffery Beene is (a) alive and (b) gay?
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 2, 2021 10:39 AM |
I will give Mary McFadden this... she's looked like that for the past 15-20 years. I guess if you start off looking like you're 80, it's easy to maintain being "ageless."
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 2, 2021 10:40 AM |
To make sense of one of the screamers at Geoffrey's ball, here's his profile...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 2, 2021 10:59 AM |
Those two frocks at R15 look like they were made by girls in their high school Home Economics class.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 2, 2021 11:06 AM |
[quote] Geoffrey’s program with his portrait. A touch of Dorian Gray? He never ages.
Oh my, the derangement!
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 2, 2021 11:12 AM |
[quote]Oh my, the derangement!
More probably a case of dear Geoffrey having paid for his air ticket and hotel room.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 2, 2021 11:23 AM |
Conjunctivitis is a symptom of COVID. You couldn't get me within a half mile of darling Leonard.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 2, 2021 11:25 AM |
Actually I’m a big fan of Leonard. His second wife is 👍🏻 and he donated his billion Dollar Cubist art collection to the Met.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 2, 2021 11:29 AM |
R39 Make sense of?! I'm just left with more questions after that! Principally: why did the NYT profile him?
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 2, 2021 11:38 AM |
Opening the offsite images on this thread is like enduring a series of jump scares. Even when you sort of know what’s coming, they’re terrifying.
In other words, bravo, DL, bravo.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 2, 2021 11:38 AM |
This is DL at its best @R46
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 2, 2021 11:57 AM |
[quote]Make sense of?! I'm just left with more questions after that! Principally: why did the NYT profile him?
Yeah, weird isn't it. Maybe there was more that couldn't be said.
Remember the notorious Bryanboy? He was another self-creation.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 2, 2021 11:59 AM |
It must have been a true "Insta moment".
"The classic Venetian meal included: cheese pie with mushrooms and candied pumpkin, Venetian crepe bundle with smoked ricotta, Guinea fowl, frozen eggnog mousse with Venetian baicoli and yes … the birthday cake — one of I think five that weekend. Rosa Salva catered — the best apparently in Venice, which I believe. Darling Geoffrey, if not already loved enough, gave a brief toast … a gift to all."
I LOVE candied pumpkin...and they had more footmen than attendees. Take your pick!!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 2, 2021 1:06 PM |
At this point I will gladly admit that my ex-boyfriend’s aunt is the executive editor of this great work of social commentary….no gossip or insights I’m afraid though
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 2, 2021 1:27 PM |
Dominant daddy Olivier Miller-Cassegrain knows to keep one thumb on the stem of your glass, and the other in the ass of your femme.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 51 | December 2, 2021 2:22 PM |
Isn't Judith Pisar looking fresh and well rested? Although if she lifts her face any more she'll have to start tilting her head back to see you!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 2, 2021 2:28 PM |
It's always troubling when the smile doesn't match the eyebrows.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | December 2, 2021 3:07 PM |
[quote]At this point I will gladly admit that my ex-boyfriend’s aunt is the executive editor of this great work of social commentary
And here we thought this modern Gibbon was all typed by David Patrick Columbia with his laptop resting on his bed!
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | December 2, 2021 4:30 PM |
More than half of these people in the pictures look improperly/accidentally embalmed. That said, as always, I'm enjoying this thread!
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | December 2, 2021 6:15 PM |
R49 - loved reading the details of this party, and love its location. Looks like a glamorous evening spent, even with all those cryptkeeper attendees.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | December 2, 2021 6:22 PM |
R49 - William Featherby? I have to admit, I love the surname Featherby.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 2, 2021 6:25 PM |
To R1 and R4...I'm still laughing at the comments!
L. Lauder has glowing red eyes and McFadden still looks like a Vampire& drinks 2 pints of at night. Does this shit still go on?
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 2, 2021 7:32 PM |
It's "2 pints of BLOOD" at night. I was laughing soooo hard at the photos, my contact fell out!!
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 2, 2021 8:43 PM |
The East Hampton Home and Garden Tour Party was held at The Maidstone Club in East Hampton. Here, some of the attendees form a barricade to keep out the Jews and Catholics.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 2, 2021 8:57 PM |
I love how they seem to hire the worst photographers in the world for these events.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 2, 2021 8:57 PM |
Lys (nee Leonard) Marigold and Dianne (nee Doland) B. learned to perfect their makeup and hide their Adam's apples by watching YouTube tutorials, and finally have the confidence to live in the world as women full-time!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | December 2, 2021 9:05 PM |
Those last two links are redirecting to the 404 page
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | December 2, 2021 9:08 PM |
Sonia Manzano asking about the whereabouts of the host’ sheepdog.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 2, 2021 11:10 PM |
On 10/19/21, Arlene Dahl's soul was extracted. It took her body about six weeks to get the message.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | December 2, 2021 11:21 PM |
R31 where these the party favors?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | December 2, 2021 11:45 PM |
Where do these gouls and fools get all their money?
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | December 3, 2021 12:30 AM |
To R60, Do the WASP's really still care about the Jews and the Catholics in 2021? No one cares about "SOCIETY" anymore except the WASP'S!! I'm white trash from East Falls in Philly, and people only care about who I work for-who my clients are?
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 3, 2021 1:30 AM |
What happened to that woman with the awful doll makeup and the fake title -- duchess or countess something? Owned a big estate on Long Island?
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 3, 2021 1:32 AM |
Isn't that half the old women on the Gold Coast" Seriously!!
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | December 3, 2021 1:42 AM |
R71. It’s increasingly rare. The Protestant country clubs that never had Jews or Catholics will now have a few of each. The Jewish members have carte blanche to blackball any prospective new Jewish members and they don’t hesitate to use it. The Catholics are usually WASP wannabe Irish and they are more concerned about too many Jews in the club than the WASPs
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | December 3, 2021 1:45 AM |
These people looked like stuffed specimens from a natural history museum or the rejects at Madame Tussaud's wax works.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | December 3, 2021 1:50 AM |
[quote]What happened to that woman with the awful doll makeup and the fake title -- duchess or countess something? Owned a big estate on Long Island?
That would be the radiant Baroness von Langendorff, who's pushing 90 years old. No idea if she's still kicking.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 77 | December 3, 2021 2:01 AM |
[quote]I'm white trash from East Falls in Philly
Just like Princess Grace!
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | December 3, 2021 2:02 AM |
Hey, she lived at Henry Ave& Coulter St across form McMichael Park I grew up in the project that her dad built (Kelly for Brickwork) I fucked more European Royalty that Grace Kelly did!! My daughters didn't KILL me by driving odd a cliff (she's a fucking whore)
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | December 3, 2021 2:09 AM |
By driving OFF a cliff (like HSH Princess Stephanie did-caused a stroke that killed HSH Princess Grace) OP, you remembered I grew up in East Falls!!
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | December 3, 2021 2:14 AM |
[R 20} Kimora Amour! I had to look twice, lol.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | December 3, 2021 2:35 AM |
Those “parties” look exquisitely painful. Does anyone think they are fun? What kind of twisted set of priorities does one need to consider a party like that fun? The narcissism of that Geoffrey guy and DiMondo are mind boggling. A weird world - absolutely nothing attractive about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | December 3, 2021 2:52 AM |
Here's a better picture of the exquisite Baroness.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 83 | December 3, 2021 3:08 AM |
[quote]Owned a big estate on Long Island?
If it didn’t have a Tasteful Friends thread THEN, it should have one NOW.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 84 | December 3, 2021 3:11 AM |
Everybody who's anybody
Is bound to attend this tremendous party
Not for enjoyment, but merely to see
Everybody who's anybody.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | December 3, 2021 3:13 AM |
She swindled some Nepali diplomat out of millions he had planned to give to his family. The house on LI has been for sale for years--like most Stone buildings it's dated and looks like a fancy shopping center.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | December 3, 2021 3:15 AM |
The Bradfield part looks an especially unfun collection of former clients and scattered screamers to pad out the lack of men. Empty rooms, stale air, and pointless pretension don’t make for a cosy evening. Staplegun queens dreaming of being Carlos de Beistegui is a dull folly.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | December 3, 2021 3:16 AM |
R84 yeah I remember we had a thread on it when they were auctioning off the furniture.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | December 3, 2021 5:30 AM |
staplegun queens. I love it. I've stayed at Palazzino Alvisi. Not by choice, rather by association. I don't like it because it's sanitized spotless very high luxury ambiance in a spectacular setting, and it's a rental. This creates a cold and empty vibe. I'd rather be invited to someone's home, shabby or chic. If I must rent rooms, why not a hotel. Yes its beautiful but it is FAKE, in a critical way. Now if some billionaire bought a palazzo and restored it to the hilt with an iffy pastiche of real and fake, but overall well done, and invited me to say. and it looked exactly like Palazzino Alvisi, then I would like it, probably.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | December 3, 2021 5:44 AM |
R83 The Baroness is not even trying with the make up. Slip shod at best. Maybe she has a shaky hand, poor thing. Regardless, she can afford to have someone do her face.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | December 3, 2021 6:06 AM |
The rakish Dianne B. (no last name given—smart girl!) staggers [italic]pauvre petite[/italic] Lys Marigold with the kind of SBD that can only come from a skosh too many passes at the deviled egg tray. Cheeky cater waiters!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 91 | December 3, 2021 7:11 AM |
Apologies to lovely R63, who first posted about our Dianne and Lys. Just don't catch Di after she's eaten a heaping plateful of [italic]tarte a l'oignon[/italic]!
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | December 3, 2021 7:24 AM |
[italic]Left:[/italic] Nonbinary Iris Apfel impersonator Hanna Arie Gaifman; [italic]right:[/italic] ubiquitous fashion plate Joanna Fisher mocks an onlooker who envies her effortless chic
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 3, 2021 7:39 AM |
At Geoffrey Bradfield's birthday party, the footman in front on the right is especially sexy.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 3, 2021 9:01 AM |
The plastic surgery on Anna's face looks fine in this photo but her arms betray her age.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 95 | December 3, 2021 9:29 AM |
R31 This sounds like what they would read about a late character on Murder She Wrote:
“Geoffrey is achingly elegant, a perfectionist, connoisseur of beauty, and a bit of an aesthetic snob. But he always strikes a balance between modesty and grandeur, bridging the distance between the past and present, yet always living for the moment.”
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | December 3, 2021 9:34 AM |
Let’s just say Poor William Featherby earns every bit of his keep as Geoffrey’s intern/companion.
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | December 3, 2021 11:13 AM |
R93 dear Joanna doesn't get dressed, she gets upholstered.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | December 3, 2021 12:16 PM |
R98 yes, but does she get Scotchguarded?
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 3, 2021 12:37 PM |
The bit about Geoffrey Bradfield being somehow Dorian Grey is pretty funny. I'm almost guessing it's shade.
His birthday party is so odd. It sounds so fabulous on paper (or whatever) and it's so lifeless and precious and try-hard and ugly in the pictures. It's like the high-end version of that Vice article about Corey Feldman's birthday party (see link).
Here's a trick I knew years ago (and I mean a helpful hint, get your mind out of the gutter): when planning a party for 16 people, restrict yourself to 16 people and find a venue that is intimate enough for 16 people. Renting out the Venetian version of Grand Central Terminal just puts that "unholy footsteps echoing in the dread mausoleum at blackest midnight" spin on things.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 3, 2021 2:01 PM |
R74 - it's so odd to me that people still willingly/voluntarily hold onto laughably out of date "legacy" prejudices re dgarding different religions or cultures (or skin color). It's classism for sure, but classism is also out of date enough to be just as tragicomic a persective. The individuals who choose to move through the world thinking these kinds of artificially imposed societal boundaries are still important, along with others of the same fossilized ilk, are spinning in ever smaller and cramped circles. May they eventually liberate themselves and thus catch up to changing times.
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | December 3, 2021 6:25 PM |
Oh, dear to my own typos.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 3, 2021 6:26 PM |
OK, somebody do this one. My bitchery chip just short-circuited.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 3, 2021 6:43 PM |
[quote]Can someone explain the backstory on Joanna Fisher? She looks like a John Waters character.
She reminds me of a mobster who enjoys crossdressing.
On one hand, she gives me "society fag hag" vibes; on the other, you'd think that if she had gay friends, they would have staged a fashion intervention long before now.
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 3, 2021 6:51 PM |
Less than 1k followers for Mr Weatherby’s Instagram. I guess dating that old fossil hasn’t helped his status as much as he’d hoped. He might do better if they weren’t all photos of artwork which I assume he’s pushing as a sales associate at Sotheby’s. More thirst traps William! Geoffrey won’t be around forever.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 3, 2021 7:20 PM |
No Somers Farkas? Did she wither away down to a stick? Did all that sunbathing fry her?
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 3, 2021 7:41 PM |
I would have loved to be at the soiree at R31. That's the sort of event that if I didn't hit it off with anyone, which would be unlikely, I would have found a way to amuse myself. That's one of the few party pics on these threads where I get the appeal.
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 3, 2021 8:44 PM |
Lauder looks more in the groove and presentable than those two women in the OP's photo. When a woman looks clumsy and ill-at-ease in a typical event photo, taken with care by the photographer, you can be she's picking at her ass within three minutes afterwards.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 3, 2021 9:03 PM |
I suspect the "footmen" in R49's link are all from south of Palermo.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 3, 2021 9:09 PM |
“Joanna Fisher NYC” is a fantastically entertaining Google image search. What a [italic]remarkable[/italic] woman.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 3, 2021 11:48 PM |
R107, she was last seen in October looking fat and washed out. It's like a layer of dust settled over her.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 4, 2021 2:06 AM |
But how do these people treat the help? That’s really the only I judge this social strata.
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 4, 2021 2:16 AM |
How can so many ultra-wealthy people be so physically unattractive and so horrendously dressed?
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 4, 2021 2:20 AM |
Honestly, I'd stand next to Joanna Fisher for any photo op.
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 4, 2021 2:23 AM |
R115, average age of photo subject = 93.
Therein lies the great bulk of your answer.
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 4, 2021 2:26 AM |
One wonders do they still have "walkers" males that would escort society ladies? How I miss Spy magazine that turned the spotlight on petty society grande dames and would zero in on their "walkers."
| by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 4, 2021 2:30 AM |
At their age now, R118, they still do have walkers. Made of metal, rubber grips on the handles, U.S. first aid compliant.
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | December 4, 2021 2:34 AM |
I will give them this--many of them are still with their first wife. Or the second wife they married 40 years ago when they were 50 and she was 29
| by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 4, 2021 2:36 AM |
(119) Your response indicates you know nothing about New York society. The most (in)famous "walker" was the now deceased Jerry Zipkin, even Spy magazine always had a story about his social duties. Oh, surely you jest, such comedic talent.
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | December 4, 2021 11:05 PM |
R121, cunt, I, a native New Yorker, read Spy Magazine and knew about Jerry Zipkin. It's called "a pun". Pull your head out of your shit-slathered fucked-out asshole one of these days.
| by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 5, 2021 12:17 AM |
This is how I wish they talked to each other at those events.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 5, 2021 1:40 AM |
Do people stop spotting sarcasm as they get older?
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 5, 2021 1:42 AM |
After the third glass of champagne, yes.
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 5, 2021 1:55 AM |
Funniest thread I have read on here in years. I am crying laughing at the rapier wit. I'm only up to R 50 but I had to clap a hand for both the OP and the funny scribes.
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 5, 2021 7:33 AM |
alice + olivia’s Stacey Bendet looking rather demure in her Pussy Bow sweater.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 5, 2021 7:48 AM |
R129 she looks cute but too bad she’s standing next to Vampira.
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 5, 2021 7:55 AM |
[quote]alice + olivia’s Stacey Bendet looking rather demure in her Pussy Bow sweater.
Her eye makeup is truly frightening. Tone it down, hun.
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 5, 2021 9:18 AM |
R101 "laughably out of date "legacy" prejudices"? When did this go out of date? Sounds like you've had to worry about a lot about "artificially imposed societal boundaries".
Now pat yourself on the back for posting that. Problem solved! What will you fix next?
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 5, 2021 1:26 PM |
High levels of intermarriage especially among white ethnics makes all those legacy prejudices largely moot in the 2020a
Remember that many DLers are over 70 and assume the world has not changed from their childhoods 50 years ago.
(Though back in the 70s I will guarantee you they laughed at elderly relatives who thought the world had not changed since the 1920s)
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 5, 2021 1:59 PM |
[quote] Remember that many DLers are over 70 and assume the world has not changed from their childhoods 50 years ago.
Their childhood when they were in their twenties?
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 5, 2021 2:43 PM |
I think the image of old money lingers even though all of the old rituals began to end around the 70s. Children were more mobile and didn't keep up appearances. And family fortunes dwindle with succeeding generations esp. if offspring are lazy, spendthrifts or simply not entrepreneurial.
There are still private clubs, Junior League, charity balls, etc. but it isn't the Vanderbilts and whatnot. Similar things have occurred elsewhere. The old names have gradually disappeared. Family businesses have become run by professional managers if the family holds any financial interest at all.
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 5, 2021 2:54 PM |
Miss Featherby has a CAREER!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 5, 2021 3:04 PM |
I suppose all of this ^ ^ ^ explains Gayle King’s CBS Mornings
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 5, 2021 3:18 PM |
New York City has never been the same without Audrey Hepburn, Ed Sullivan and Kitty Carlisle Hart.
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 5, 2021 3:24 PM |
Cecil Beaton was saying this stuff back in the 20s in his diaries, that New York society was deadly: that it was simply all about money, and the conversation was dull.
So London is still the only city with any Society worth going out for?
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 5, 2021 3:38 PM |
London? No, dear. It’s not 1885.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 5, 2021 3:52 PM |
No it's not. Much more fun. Like the future Duchess of Marlborough flashing God knows what at Annabels.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 5, 2021 4:09 PM |
Dear r18: please tell us more about Shayne. For example: is he gay?
Also: I don’t quite get the comparison to Prince Charles: so is Shayne a closet snob?
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 5, 2021 4:16 PM |
r144's photo is the stuff of nightmares...
| by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 5, 2021 4:17 PM |
^^you can almost see her hoo-ha.
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 5, 2021 4:47 PM |
Audrey Hepburn of Tolochenaz Switzerland?
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 5, 2021 4:48 PM |
To R144, do these people do not own a mirror? Why would you buy a dress with the slit THAT HIGH? Is she that "fucking stupid"? No one wants to see her dirty parts.
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 5, 2021 4:59 PM |
[quote]Why would you buy a dress with the slit THAT HIGH?
Because the English upper class do what the hell they like. She's a baronet's daughter who married a marquess, who is the heir to the dukedom, Blenheim Palace, and a billion fortune. Obviously she doesn't give a flying fuck. Nor he.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 5, 2021 5:09 PM |
R151 that is a fiction you know.
| by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 5, 2021 5:30 PM |
r150 is all like "when aristocrats show pussy, it's classy."
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 5, 2021 5:44 PM |
William Featherby has certainly done a lot of nothing, according to his LinkedIn profile. (R138) Apparently you can spend a lifetime as an intern and sales associate. He has, however, distinguished himself by receiving his "Master of Science in Art, Law and Business" which he managed to achieve in just one year, through diligent study at "Christie's Education". Phenomenal intellect, no doubt.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | December 5, 2021 6:46 PM |
It's sort of funny that in addition to listing his degree from UCL, he also lists "Student" as one of his jobs.
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 5, 2021 6:57 PM |
To be fair, I think Featherby is too young to have done much, except an old man apparently
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 5, 2021 10:24 PM |
(R121) Use of vulgarity indicates a very limited vocabulary, in your situation, that doesn't surprise me.
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 5, 2021 11:44 PM |
R157, you appear to be an idiot.
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 6, 2021 5:17 AM |
It’s so funny because NYSD and Quest are the only “worlds” where the Meigher’s can imagine themselves as even remotely relevant. And there was a time - maybe 15/20 years ago, where those things mattered at least somewhat in those “social circles” but seriously no party goer or scenester even remotely gives a fuck about those lame publications anymore, and it’s hilarious to watch that family - especially the daughter who’s 45 and still lives with (and off) her parents, to try so desperately to cling onto those outlets (and all these represent) for dear life in the most pathetic attempts to feel “important.” While all her other social friends have rightly moved on.
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | December 6, 2021 7:02 AM |
The problem is social media. Media publications no longer have the monopoly on giving those who want it, media exposure. Regular people can craft their own image they want for others to see. Get enough followers and they can see you living your greatest life through well curated images and insta stories. The old cling to old media. The new socialites use the new.
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 6, 2021 11:38 AM |
[quote] The old cling to old media.
Let's be real, for most of the guests these are dress rehearsals of their own soon-to-come wake.
[quote] Here's a trick I knew years ago (and I mean a helpful hint, get your mind out of the gutter): when planning a party for 16 people, restrict yourself to 16 people and find a venue that is intimate enough for 16 people. Renting out the Venetian version of Grand Central Terminal just puts that "unholy footsteps echoing in the dread mausoleum at blackest midnight" spin on things.
For insecure guys like Geoffrey Bradfield this is about deliberately showing off. Showing off that they can afford such decadence and opulence for a selected few (just like a queen bee in high school) and then share what all the outsiders missed so their envy and jealousy eats them alive. Of course, total outsiders like us laugh at these attempts, but others want to be part of that so-called inner circle so bad.
It's a common trick to make people desire something even more by telling (or showing) them they can't have it.
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 6, 2021 2:06 PM |
R134 you sound a bit constipated, hon, which probably means you're emotionally backed up too. If this out of touch social world makes you feel warm and validated as a person, then try to enjoy it wholly and without deflecting angrily to mask your insecurities just because someone (me) has a differing opinion on it. Opposing opinions don't have to hurt, love.
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | December 6, 2021 4:17 PM |
[quote]Of course, total outsiders like us laugh at these attempts, but others want to be part of that so-called inner circle so bad.
The world of NYSD looks very uncomfortable and off-putting, and many of the people are total freaks. It just seems so unappealing.
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | December 6, 2021 4:38 PM |
[quote]The world of NYSD looks very uncomfortable and off-putting, and many of the people are total freaks. It just seems so unappealing.
You should drop in for luncheon at The Colony Club, then. It's like that everywhere now.
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 6, 2021 9:36 PM |
Do any of these people in these photos have real, steady, paid jobs, or are they all a "consultant" of some type or a "director" of some nebulous organization?
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | December 6, 2021 9:51 PM |
[quote]Do any of these people in these photos have real, steady, paid jobs?
Yes, the Footmen, who also have higher IQs than any of the guests.
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | December 6, 2021 10:04 PM |
R161, you know the moment you use the word "hon" you tag yourself as a silly, sniveling eldergay, right?
| by Anonymous | reply 167 | December 6, 2021 10:18 PM |
^^I think you might mean R162, hon^^
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | December 6, 2021 10:23 PM |
R167 - wipe the smudges off that monocle, hon. That wonky eye apparently can't see too clearly.
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | December 7, 2021 12:11 AM |
How deep do they embrace the Trumps and write them checks?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 170 | December 7, 2021 12:16 AM |
(R158) Is that what you say when looking in a mirror.
| by Anonymous | reply 171 | December 7, 2021 2:32 AM |
I need to know more about the Baroness!
| by Anonymous | reply 172 | December 8, 2021 9:33 PM |
Mark Gilbertson and Geoffrey Bradfield are both trying out their new Rhyheim Shabazz butt plug at the annual Christmas Luncheons at Doubles.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 173 | December 15, 2021 7:55 AM |
Hilarious thread
For the insiders, or whatever: do these gay men ever walk in regular gay places? Bars, clubs, etc. Do they know current gay culture or are they totally secluded in their world?
| by Anonymous | reply 174 | December 15, 2021 9:15 AM |
They post on DL about the unaffordability of cashmere coast and lament that people don't "dress" for a trip to the supermarket or a plane ride to some resort destination.
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | December 15, 2021 12:25 PM |
R161 What a sad cliche you are. A gay man who can only talk about shit and uses 'hon' and 'love'. Your personality is so repugnant nobody gives a fuck what you have to say. You're just not worth it.
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | December 15, 2021 1:56 PM |
Hi, Geoffrey/R176. Tell us about how dear William services you. You know you can spill details here anonymously that you can't tell anyone else.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | December 15, 2021 5:35 PM |
I have met a couple of billionaires and other "society" types while I was involved with a nonprofit and the fundraising events. They were surprisingly normal appearing and easygoing, at least the ones I met. They were just regular people, on the surface. But this was not in New York.
As far as donating to Trump, haven't New Yorkers always despised Trump and not really accepted him into their social circles?
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | December 15, 2021 5:50 PM |
Nancy ([italic]né[/italic] Ned) von Auersperg is feeling "her" after shooting up estradiol in the powder room.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 179 | October 2, 2022 8:53 PM |
