New York Social Diary: Zing Into Spring 2019

From left to right: Emilia Saint-Amand, Emilia's withered claw, and Elizabeth Saint-Amand

On the right, Eleanora Kennedy may have had one too many sippies of Charlie Scheips' cabernet. Hic!

Both 1964 graduates of the Sandy Dennis School of Dramatic Art.

Just the one, dear?

How best to show off a graceful set of gams — in a pair of 1980s pleather skintights, or a tasteful almost-knee-length black dress that highlights both your knobby knees and weirdly shaped ankles?

The answer: Either one! High fashion knows no rules.

Veronica Webb shows off a piece of couture to an admiring Karen Eckhoff, while a subway bag woman looks on from the —

Oh, pardon me. That's dear Darcy Rigas.

It's not a female impersonator doing Ruta Lee — it's darling Toni Holt-Kramer looking vintage in champagne!

Agnes Gund demonstrating that dentures are on the "Out" list for spring, while spray tan aficionado and DL fave Joanna Fisher is back and ready for party action.

TOGETHER AT LAST ...

Vivi von Cuntington's favorite ladies: Sana Sabbagh and Joanna Fisher!

The pic at R7 is like something from a zoology textbook. Are they all the same species?

Joanna Fisher should not show her arms to anyone but a licensed professional. She looks like a fat raccoon.

Amy Fine Collins still looks like Amy Fine Collins, space alien.

Amy Fine Collins is Spock in drag.

Have Joanna Fisher and Nina West ever been seen in the same room?

These are the glamorous types I'm missing out on in my flyover state? I'll have to find a way to live with that.

Martha Glass is veering into Morlock territory.

I LOVE OP!!!!!!!! That is all.

Patricia Begley's saucily off-kilter ginger wiglet fashion steals the show at a benefit for Bad Nerves

So I guess it's true, money can't buy you good looks.

[quote] Ann Harris and Martha Glass are wondering where you've been!

I've been hiding from that gruesome twosome

Nancy Missett recoils tastefully from "Barbara" (né Bill) Georgescu

Hair show!

Darling Kate Khosrovani and Holly McCloskey. Don't feed them after midnight, kids!

Grace Meigher's sleeveless look was the talk of le monde when her spray tan began to run saucily down her arm.

I think it's her actual arm running, not just the spray.

Where are the token homosexuals in their perky spring blazers?!

Deeda Blair is not particularly having the foolishness of the hoes on the left

Peder Hagberg and Andrew Solomon bid a jaunty "Hay gurl hay" to Miss Theeng at R26

Some articles are valuable The diary was one of the few that wrote about the tragic death of Jack Paar's daughter, Randy.

[quote]Some articles are valuable The diary was one of the few that wrote about the tragic death of Jack Paar's daughter, Randy.

Yes, how did we ever survive without it!

[quote]Deeda Blair is not particularly having the foolishness of the hoes on the left

It would be so nice if dear Deeda managed to remove her hospital gown before attending events.

I simply will NOT REST until we receive an update on our divine Somers Farkas!

I heard Somers ate a two-bite brownie and fell into a coma.

The good news is DL fave Don Burns is still out and about, this time with a female date (lookin' fierce gurl!) at the Annual Palm Beach Policemen's Ball at Mar-a-Lago. Given porn boys can be SO demanding, one needs all the police support one can get!

No sign of Mackinzie.

Looks like Uncle Don has had some Botox.

Thank you OP! Having such a shitty night and this has helped so much.

Op is everything.

R21 is the pic that looks like a zoology textbook.

Here's Mackinzie. He now calls himself a videographer (quelle surprise!), and posts from Beverley Hills. Jealous, bitches?

I'm puzzled why Ann and Martha's hair looks so neglected.

Is it because they have just emerged from their winter burrows?

I have no idea who any of these people are. At all.

And I'm fine with that.

Yay! My favorite wing of Datalounge!

Bless you, OP. I condole you. (Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet, and Watch.)

It seems only yesterday Andrew Solomon was almost dewy!

Clearly he hasn't joined the queue of billionaires like Peter Thiel waiting for their teenage plasma longevity transfusions.

R21. I’ll have you know that bottled blonde on the far left is none other than Mrs. Wilbur Ross.

I'll be turning 45 this year so approaching "gay irrelevance" very soon. Does anyone know how I can become a walker for society dames?

Is there an online course? A Jerry Zipkin how-to manual?

I think R20 is possibly the funniest thing I have ever read on DL. I laughed all night last night and now still had to look at this thread and I'm still laughing.

Can you do this one? My mind is in a flurry of ideas but I fear none will land.

Do all these ladies go to the same hairdresser and dermatologist?

Is the lady on the right in R24 the real life inspiration for Mimi Kanasis?

Whatever happened to Daniel Benedict (Mr. "I have only had one facial expression since birth") and Andrew Safir?

I used to know a lot of the people featured on the NYSD threads. My father's, although English, social life in NY was very Park Ave/Palm Beach.

But he's dead now and think so are many of his friends.

The only one I know from this lot is second from the left @ R21 - she's ALWAYS in these pics.

I'm SO glad COLOR is back!

Far left "Who is you, gurl?"

I think I burned the cookies.

[quote]Where are the token homosexuals in their perky spring blazers?!

HERE, R26 >

Did someone say cookies?

Seriously, this might be the largest collection of truly ugly people in captivity. They can't be real New Yorkers; New Yorkers are beautiful... every one of us.

Very occasionally you'll see a movie star in the mix.

Yes, Rosemary Harris IS still alive.

Very soon our appearance to the humans will be undetectable.

[quote]I think [R20] is possibly the funniest thing I have ever read on DL. I laughed all night last night and now still had to look at this thread and I'm still laughing.

[quote]Can you do this one? My mind is in a flurry of ideas but I fear none will land.

[quote]see offsite link on sitedistrict.com

Borrowed and paraphrased from Paul Rudnick on another occasion, r45, but it works here, too.

"People have asked, am I dressed like a healthy lung or a strange new genital? My answer - why not both? My outfit makes me feel absurd and feminine, like my husband."

Is the tubby at R 57 wearing a see-through dress? High fashion for fatties in NYC?

love this thread!

Hold on to your man!

Seriously, does NYC society inbreed?

An interlude for tasteful friends.

Hats

MORE hats.

Did someone say "hats"?

The gays

A familiar face AT LAST!

MORE gays.

like the pocket square gays with $1,000 bikes

Lorraine Gallard wore her Annie Leibovitz costume for the occasion!

Palm Beach 0r La Cage Aux Folles? You decide.

Did someone say 1966?

Gay means HAPPY.

How did Christina "I just ate a bus" Kushnick get into the joie de vivre of the event? "No panties!"

Gays come in threes.

as I said...

Where is Jill Zarin? Or Sonja " You don't touch the Morgan letters" Morgan? Or the Countess? This is bogus society.

back to the heteros.

and back to the gays again.

I ❤️ you, NYSD Troll!

That's an adorable Token Homosexual™ & expensive nephew snap.

Nephews are rather like throw pillows: one must always remember to remove their price tags before they're taken out.

[quote]Whatever happened to Daniel Benedict (Mr. "I have only had one facial expression since birth") and Andrew Safir?

Isn't that him on the left in R70 (or one of them, in any case)? He used to be blond, I believe, but the blinding teeth haven't changed.

WHO FARTED? Maria Patterson (left), [italic]that's[/italic] who!

R88, no, that guy is Jeffrey Banfield. I can't believe I remember his name! Like the "Where's Waldo" of NYSD. He has had that same hilarious swoopy-doop hairdo forever. It is his "signature," I am sure.

No NYSD thread is complete without SOMERS FARKAS.

I'm not usually this shallow, but is there ONE attractive person at the NYSD events?

[quote]I'm not usually this shallow,

So why now?

woah. they redid the website!

Ou est Muffie?

Clearly these are third tier socialites. NOT the real thing.

Thank you r60!

Nope, R96, that's the best there are.

Then where are the Astors and the Rockefellers, R98?. . and the rest of the REAL fancy crew?

Years ago, DPC posted a blind item about some society couples. Two couples, all were friends. Wife in Couple #1 knew that Wife in Couple #2 was having trouble getting pregnant. One day, Wife #1 returned home and her husband informed her that Wife #2 was finally pregnant -- by him. Husband #1 and Wife #2 ran off together, married and had their child. Several years later, the husband and child were in a car accident: the child was killed and the Husband lost an arm.

I always wondered who that was about.

Enjoyed the hat series. Very festive and colorful.

Manhattan dermatologists and plastic surgeons must be billionaires at this point.

J'adore this thread.

Thank you DL. I needed a good laugh. Especially the "gays...gays... back to the Hereros .... gays"

Most of those haints look like they were brought in from the morgue.

Haaaaay

This is my favorite thread so far this week.

Somebody else will have to caption this one, I don't even know where to start....

That woman on the left would be a panic to go out for lunch or Happy Hour with. Whoever she is. I'm sure she has some stories.

R108. God bless you. Just laughed until tears started welling up. Where to begin???

By the pricking of my thumbs —

Margo Langenberg, Sana Sabbagh and CeCe Black this way comes.

I feel like the queen on the right in r108 has this ensemble in every color. You know he has orange shoes and panties on too. And to that I say - werq queen. I go out in shitty north face and banana republic dullness - you do you, boo.

R105

"We're so glad you felt up to coming to the gala, Rosemary."

"Y'all, I may be a fat, nelly piece with a penchant for loud colors, but look at ALL of this rich daddy dick I'm getting behind Broom Hilda's back."

You can relax now, darling denizens of DataLounge, your queen is here! I've been wintering at the Equator, but New York society's prodigal grande dame has finally returned.

Nobody serves emaciated sternum quite like our Somers!

This is more camp than 1/2 the bitches at the Met gala.

[quote] emaciated sternum

r117 lol

You've summoned her!

My favorite color? Madras, of course!

Oh god... I had madras cargo shorts from J.Crew in the early 00s (or 90s?). I didn't know people wore that anymore. I still like those shorts but they're cut for the 90s, which means you could stuff an elephant in there.

[quote]I've been wintering at the Equator,

Thank heavens! For a fearful moment I was worried Somer's tan may have faded to a shade less than Rottisserie Donatella.

Madras Men, R120

Somers Farkas with an Muffie Potter Aston.

Muffie is a regular on the Sundance bootleg circuit, lending her forehead to back-alley movie screenings.

Even Philip Treacy was stumped with this one.

Someone once described Muffie Potter Aston as a "blonde Klingon" and that's all I can see when I look at her.

W&W for R126's friend.

Somers really puts the T in tanorexic (and takes it out again!).

I'm always amazed how people who have that much money and access to designers and stylists can look like such busted-ass freak shows. Looking at the NYSD pictures, most of them just look ridiculous.

So, so funny. That’s all.

R129. They look great. The only thing wrong with them is that they're all white. Not fashionable these days, nor woke.

r100 well, you'll know him if he's here.

The photo at R83 is wonderfu --a little gay chipmunk timidly hiding behind two gay walkers. Perhaps it followed them home?

for r108

"Well yes -- Bertie is 'special needs,' but we prefer to think of him as just SPECIAL."

Is that Somers’ husband at r119? OMG....

Somers Farkas is downright frightening. The beef jerky tan, the emaciated frame, and the insistence of showing her sternum and ribcage at every opportunity. It's grotesque.

R135 - The marriage of Somers and Jonathan Farkas has been as much of a riddle as a relationship for some time now. We spotted Mr. Farkas sweeping into the Carlyle for the Literacy Partners Gala kick-off party with Nancy Moonves, the former wife of Leslie Moonves, and the following night we spotted him with another beauty at the Jack Welch book party at The Four Seasons. Friday night, Somers, looking chic and soigné, sans Jonathan, swept into the Mandarin Hotel at the Time Warner complex for the New Yorkers for Children gala benefit.

“What gives?” many have asked.

Here is the story, short and succinct: the couple separated quietly but publicly. Both camps tell a different story as to the cause. However, they have been divorced for some time, unknown to the public, as they continued their relationship as “Mr. and Mrs.” fulfilling their roles to each other as promised. For one of them, that became “not enough.” They are now known again as Miss Somers White and Mr. Jonathan Farkas.

The nude look is not attractive in a fat gal.

She put black people on either side because she thought they'd be slimming.

Hey! I'm the only one who gets to ZING into SPRING!

Somers and Jonathan Farkas, with Mistress Amon (right). Mr. Farkas, heir to the discount clothier [italic]Alexander's[/italic], has developed acrotomophilia, a fetish for women without left arms.

This is a very esoteric and well done thread, kudos all.

Valerie Sobel clenches her fist and takes aim after Datalounge's Patron Saint Princess Michael of Kent exclaims "darling, it looks like an elephant took a shit on your head!" as Juan Bastos looks on in delight.

Clearly Somers must now be referred to, when referred to on DL, as "Miss Somers White, formerly Farkus".

The thought of that dewy summer flower being engulfed by her former spouse does set the imagination racing. The former surname was strikingly appropriate given it mimicked the probable sound emitted by guests when they walked in the door.

Is Somers an example of what is called " white adjacent'?

Somers is "white barbecued."

I love how Miss Somers White, formerly Farkus, has determined she will always be burnt orange. So committed, that dessicated harpy!

Macabre. Utterly macabre.

Still my favorite thread this week. Lots of scathing wit in evidence. Also, that Somers woman looks like she's transforming into a mutated specimen of praying mantis.

Somers, guuuurl, put some clothes on!

Let's take a walk down memory lane...

Circa 2002

"Last year, Somers White, a mainstay of the black-tie benefit circuit, became the third wife of Jonathan Farkas, an heir to the Alexander's department store fortune. He was about 15 years her senior and made it a condition of marriage that they have no children, Mrs. Farkas said. She, too, reports no regrets. 'I get two wonderful stepchildren, and I have more time to spend on Jonathan,' she said. 'This way, we get to be kids together.'

Like Somers ever could've had children with her raging anorexia.

R144, I think Somers Post-Farkas sounds a little more up-market.

True fact: "farkas" means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Make of that what you will.

Rob Ryan, please tell me this is Photoshopped and not real.

I mean Rob Rich

[quote]Rob Ryan, please tell me this is Photoshopped and not real.

[quote]see offsite link on smugmug.com

Who *is* that r155? Golly. I thought Jabba the Hut got killed.

Lady Sondes finds the company of homosexuals exhilarating.

Surely you all know John Catsimatidis, New York billionaire and king of panty pudding.

I only buy my panty pudding at Gristedes!

[quote]Lady Sondes finds the company of homosexuals exhilarating.

Lest we forget the era of the walker.

In London the photos of the social scene are VERY different.

The London society homesexuals.

"homesexuals"

Oh, my goodness - what a blunder!

sorry about that.

Things have gone to the dogs since Betty Kenward died.

If she separated you with a semi-colon in her copy, it certainly meant something! The secret codes of her punctuation were known by all!

Why are the New York "society" pics so moribund?

"She put black people on either side because she thought they'd be slimming."

She was wrong.

"I love how Miss Somers White, formerly Farkus, has determined she will always be burnt orange. So committed, that dessicated harpy!"

AHEM...

Jean Shafiroff, still unable to accept her status as the FORMER chair of the Southampton Hospital's 59th Annual Summer Party, shamelessly hogs photographer Rob Rich all evening.

With her "status" as a self-proclaimed designer and one of Gotham Magazine's "100 Most Powerful New Yorkers" she intimidates poor Rob to stay by her side all evening, as he fears he'll never work in this town again.

[quote]In London the photos of the social scene are VERY different.

[quote]see offsite link on tatler.com

They are different; the people don't look like tenants in a Roman catacomb and they don't have hideous tans that make them resemble a catcher's mitt.

I want more of Princess Michael in New York.

[bold]Princess Michael of Kent was accused last night of insulting a party of black diners at a smart New York restaurant with a racist slur, allegedly telling them to "go back to the colonies". The reported outburst made the controversial member of the Royal Family a hate figure in the city, where she was depicted as a jumped-up aristocrat offending American ideals of equality and racial harmony.[/bold]

The London photos, they all seem to need to have their mouths open, to depict "having a good time".

It's SO hilarious to be posh and young in London!

They're having a raaaarely good time!

Madonna should've aged gracefully into the New York society scene instead of pretending that she's a Millennial.

Marie-Chantal may be a Greek princess, but Coralie Charriol Paul had a talk with the stage hand to make sure that the spotlight was on HER.

The New York Social Diary and Larry King threads are DL at its very best.

a more dignified (sort of) photo of Princess Michael in New York.

^^ worth clicking on - it's quite a group!

Mary "I drink the blood of young virgins" McFadden.

Lights out! Baroness Gabrielle Von Langendorff has applied her makeup in the dark once again.

[quote]I love how Miss Somers White, formerly Farkus, has determined she will always be burnt orange. So committed, that dessicated harpy!

Is she related to the tanning bed mom from NJ?

No one can ever go on about how ugly British Royals are again. None of them look as deranged and dessicated as these people. Though I wish they did. The whole thread kept me laughing out loud. Thank you, OP.

"I love how Miss Somers White, formerly Farkus, has determined she will always be burnt orange. So committed, that dessicated harpy!"

It's New York thing. You wouldn't understand.

The Farkases are a reverse Jack Sprat.

Jack Sprat could eat no fat.

His wife could eat no lean.

But, together both

They licked the platter clean.

Standing together the Farkases spell out "10."

r169 She's starting to turn into Leona Helmsley right before our eyes!

I'm not American so have no idea who these people are. What makes New York "society"? Old money? Success in the arts or industry?

R162 - I so love London.

I love the Baroness and her day-glo blush!

What is "panty pudding?"

"If you found a look that works for you, stick with it," advises style doyenne and DL fave Joanna Fisher.

Lollipop and lamb chop: Amy Fine Collins and Joanna Fisher invigorate a swell affair with their sea-themed evening wear.

Joanna out on the town again with bestie Sana Sabbagh! Never have wax and oil looked so good together.

vivi von cunthingham……

any kin to dada de vagilitis

Omg the sow in big black bow

NO

R181, she buys Rouge Roll-on in bulk.

to be xxxbig but to dress xxxx fug,,,,,odd

Y'all better LEAVE Joanna Fisher along while she gears up for Miss Continental Plus

^ alone, goddammit

[quote]It's SO hilarious to be posh and young in London!

Yes, R173. Especially when you're the one on the right -- Earl Percy. He's the heir to the billionaire Duke of Northumberland, who owns Alnwick Castle (Harry Potter location) and near London, the equally immense Sion House estate.

[quote]Marie-Chantal may be a Greek princess,

According to Forbes, the family made 200 million last year ALONE through their hedge fund.

That money didn't come form no where. It came from people who lost out.

There needs to be global legislation to shut hedge funds down. Because aside from being dangerous for economies, they are beyond immoral.

Who wants to be the meat in a Lauder sandwich? We bring our own mayonnaise.

Category Is: "Beauty" in a Bedsheet

Maggie was just telling me how she stays looking so youthful! Would you believe that she's never been under the knife?

Black is slimming! And so very NYC.

Here's to the ladies who lunch!

The 40yo twinks (here, at left) have large wardrobes and the IMrL 2019 Chicago outfit is ready and equally pulled together. Body, skin, tits, ass and junk fully tuned up, promising several more years of hotness.

Stout on on left = "JockProf" on Grindr - does sports with undergrad age men - but from different colleges. Chemical engineer - he's got 8 thick hard inches and is an in demand daddy top.

"What makes New York "society"? Old money? Success in the arts or industry?"

If you are a woman, you get to be a part of society if you marry a rich man or are the daughter of a rich man. No need to do anything yourself, except host charity events in order to be seen and photographed.

These are mostly very low-grade NY socialites.

There are no high-grade socialites anymore. Deeda Blair is the closest you'll get and she was already upthread. Nan Kempner and Babe Paley were diluted versions of their predecessors and what we have today are facsimiles of facsimiles of them.

If there still exists an old school, Old Guard socialite in NYC I'd love to see them.

[quote]If there still exists an old school, Old Guard socialite in NYC I'd love to see them.

I was a friend to the brother of one of them. You will rarely see the old guard they keep away from the photographers and stay in the background. They don't like to draw attention to themselves, when they give to charities they do so anonymously. This helps them avoid grifters, thieves and other low life types.

What #213 said . They are mainly WASPs and yes they stay away from photos for the most part . You will see them out at Piping Rock country club on Long Island and in Palm Beach . They drive old Mercedes and never drive flashy cars . Most are very old blue blood money and many won’t be seen with the likes of the people shown in these photos .

[quote]They drive old Mercedes and never drive flashy cars

My friends brother- in -law drove a 22 year old Mercury that looked like an ashtray and smelled like one ( he was a cigar smoker). If he ever drove up to your house you would think he was the help and not someone who was worth $500M.

Surely there are still Astors and Rockefellers and the like around.

You don't see any grand names on these pages. The occasional widow/divorcee who has nothing better to do and is probably rejected by the elite.

R45 is what Victoria Beckham will look like as an older lady.

Is that Jennifer Jason Leigh’s mother in r59?

They might be quiet and more discreet but I’ll choose the New Guard over the Old any day.

Who is the bigger girl in all the photos? The one with the black dress?

Topsy Taylor, bungling the vaunted advice of Bob the Drag Queen, came into the room Gunt First.

Yes, 'Topsy Taylor' is the name of a real person and not a cartoon character.

"Joanna Fisher is on the verge of being "Chrissy Metz" obese"

Oh Joanna darling, I didn't see you standing there!

Did I tell you how divine you look tonight, darling?

Topsy Taylor - MTF?

This gene pool could use some Chlorine

That is known as Republican helmet hair, R224

Now, I think we should all chant a prayer

to our Mother Goddess Nancy Reagan

Is that mothballs I smell?

All these parties look so fun...

These parties look like a very uncomfortable way to spend a few hours.

Only get your hormone replacement vials directly from the endocrinologist, Carole and George warn. CVS had our prescriptions swapped for months!

Oh god I feel like I'm going to hell for that one now...

Someone alert John Waters -- Divine is alive as a blonde.

[quote[]Surely there are still Astors and Rockefellers and the like around.

There are descentants of these families around but they have married and have surnames you would not recognize. They may prefer not to be recognized as being part of a famous family. If they are lucky to have inherited a small trust fund (great family fortunes rarely last beyond the second generation) they prefer to live quietly.

Jeeeezuz! The ladies at OP’s link look ghastly! NY’s high society ghouls.

I suspect their dermatologists and plastic surgeons secretly loathe them.

The ladies at the second link look better. Especially the older one with the red coral, multi-stringed choker. It sits perfectly on her neckline, and her facial work looks settled and quite good!

R10, just her arms, Darling?

Also, when did Veronica Webb become white???

R17, a “benefit for bad nerves? Bitch, I love you!

Btw, their dresses and suit ensembles look like something the poors pick up at Belk.

Gross. 🤮

Hello all of you New York Bottom Feeders. Just because you work in unfulfilling "jobs" ( it's so cute that you have to work) and spend 85% of your piddly income on housing ( the rent money goes to us), that is no reason for you to make disparaging remarks about your superiors. Face the facts - you were born to amuse us. You ridicule us about our chic wardrobes and our names ( Muffie, Bitsy, etc),while you have names such as Megan and Kaitlyn. So, worry about the insignificance of your own lives, continue taking anti-depressants ( which we manufacture), and live your meager existence, knowing that we who are higher on the food chain would wipe our feet on your mothers if we could. After all, one of us is now POTUS, so shove it. And, when you are holding the doors open for us, remember to bow so you don't come in eye contact with us. You are unworthy.

R231 is the content that I am here for...I laughed and laughed.

Creepy as these ghouls are, at least they don't have visible tattoos.

Oh please, R238. Have your girl pick you up your weekly supply of 7 gallons of Vodka and your 21 packs of Benson & Hedges.

Yes, love. You never have her buy them by the carton, because one day, you’ll quit.

I haven't seen Benson & Hedges in years. All the rich folk smoke Parliaments or Marlboro Lights now.

More Topsy Taylor. We need her story.

Topsy Taylor is a helicopter pilot.

anyone with over a million bux goes str8 to hell, to be an indian beggar next time round..

Thanks r239 - that was one of mine... I felt bad right after posting though! They seem nice... (but seriously they're transitioning by accident or something)

There are Rockefellers around still carrying their own names.

Lots of the Astors in the UK are in parliament. Of the children of the famous Mrs Astor of New York, four of the five were daughters, so they were enveloped into the Roosevelts, Van Alens, Draytons, and Wilsons.

There are two Astor great-(great, etc) grandsons left, but they must be living entirely private lives. You can't find anything on them--no society galas, etc. Nothing like that.

R242, actually, they now smoke American Spirits.

Exhibit “A”:

Deeds, former Benson & Hedges aficionado, now puffing on the “healthy” cigs.

None of these souls have ever seen the Social Register.

Topsy Taylor was at Vogue in 63. That's cool.

Once I moved to Washington, all of New York Society was gone.

Wasn’t Topsy ripped off for millions by some Swede or Norwegian whom she was having “alone time” with, while traversing the friendly skies in her private plane?

A nice post for a change:

Barbara Feldon, looking fantastic for 86.

Most of these people are hideous. I know people like to talk about the superiority of New York, but the London pictures prove that is wrong. Hell, you could take pictures of socialites in many other US cities and they would look better. Charleston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Denver, San Fransisco, and any number of other cities has to have socialites that look better than this group of people.

[quote]Barbara Feldon, looking fantastic for 86.

Why would she bother looking good for 86? He's dead, you know.

R255, some of the ladies have held up very well.

The ones who tanned back in the 60s and 70s, & who continue to do so, like Ms. Raccoon Eyes, upthread, are the ones who look hideous.

Tanned skin never forgets. And the Obagi peels are helpful, yet they leave the skin thinner than before.

This is why I never leave the house without smearing sunscreen on myself, every day, no matter what. It is probably the one single habit that has saved my skin. Retin A has also helped tremendously, but the sunscreen? That’s the ticket.

Also, dry brushing every morning. After 30, you have to make it a part of your daily routine, or you end up with crepey, sagging, dimpled skin by the time you hit 40.

I have a girlfriend in LA who is 58. She dry brushes every day, & uses sunscreen religiously. The skin on her body is like the skin of a 30 year old. It works. It really does.

[quote] Why would she bother looking good for 86? He's dead, you know.

Perfect.

R257, thanks for the tips. I have to look into dry brushing.

Yeah, R259. It’s the lowest priced investment I ever made for my skin. People recommend brushing with Ayurvedic body oils. Don’t do that, because it cancels out the benefits of brushing the skin when completely dry and can clog pores. I use Neutrogena Sesame Seed Oil after I shower. I put it on my skin while it’s still wet, then I pat, not rub, my towel over my skin to dry off. Afterwards, I combine Neutrogena SPF 110 with Nivea Essentially Enriched 48hr Moisurturizing Lotion, & work that into my skin, over my entire body, minus my face. Then I thoroughly wash my hands, and do my morning face routine of eye cream, Vitamic C serum, Nivea Cream from the blue tin (order ONLY the one made & packaged from Germany), combined with Banana Boat Baby, No Tears Formula sunscreen, SPF 75 or higher. Some people can’t handle that, but my skin does well with it.

At night, I wash with Cetaphil everywhere, including my face, use Retin A on my face, neck, chest, and ears, and use my eye cream, topped off with the Nivea blue tin for my face and body.

Also, I drink collagen/gelatin powder daily for my skin, along with Amla powder to reverse & prohibit the growth of gray hair, & & to make my hair thicker, stronger, & for it to grow faster. Amla works like nobody’s business. It’s what Indian women use to grow their hair out thick and healthy.

Good luck!

Countess Helen Fioratti who was "too old" to go to jail for tax evasion according to D. A. Morgenthau.

R261, she has been incarcerated by time.

R35, Don Burn's date is famous model Mag Wildwood, just down from shooting with Yunioshi.

Good picture of Nathan Lane at R108

r249 that's a pack of Saratoga Menthols.

The guy on the right in r81’s photo looks like he belongs in the House Of Wax

And then there are these two.

Honey Kurtz maneuvers the corpses of Susan Rose and Marjorie Hart to party attention!

Roe Green knows that you can see her white bra through her blouse, she just doesn't care. Stare all you like.

R261 Ugly cunts

R269 - Rose doesn't have to worry as long as she keeps Priscilla Heudlein nearby. I can't stop staring at those eyebrows, wondering if she could've saved $15,000 on her brow lift by buying a glue stick and did it drag-style.

R271 Priscilla hasn't been able to blink since they removed her eyelids in 2013, poor thing. She looks ten years younger but she always looks like she's staring.

[quote]Several years later, the husband and child were in a car accident: the child was killed and the Husband lost an arm.

[quote]I always wondered who that was about.

Yeah, if ONLY there was a defining way to know who the husband was!

I don't have my glasses, but that's Bill Blass and Debbie Harry at r59, right?

@R45 - Minnie and Roman Castevet

[quote]There are no high-grade socialites anymore. Deeda Blair is the closest you'll get and she was already upthread. Nan Kempner and Babe Paley were diluted versions of their predecessors and what we have today are facsimiles of facsimiles of them.

According to the article at R234, Topsy Taylor (upthread at R221 and R224) is genuine-article old NYC money and has a Jackie-style Mid-Atlantic accent. She looks like a brassy broad from Atlanta, Dallas, or Houston.

^ Oops, the article at R244

Armory McAndrew audibly queefed right before DPC took this shot! She's hilarious!! 💨💨 😂🤣

Don't try to pretend there's an original nose anywhere in this pic.

Anh Duong is taking you back to Studio 54 (complete with authentic Quaaludes) while AFC is giving you 4th of July country jamboree. Let's party!

R221, I almost spit the water in my mouth when I read, "bungling the vaunted advice of Bob the Drag Queen". God I find that line hysterical. The only person I want to hear say it out loud is Tim Gunn.

"Designers, (blah, blah, blah), stop bungling the vaunted advice of Bob the Drag Queen. Make it work!"

R280, don't compliment Anh Duong. Her head is big enough.

Tom Brokaw forgot his teeth on the way to honor Lesley Stahl and the poor dear was simply FURIOUS at his mistake.

Tom Brokaw looks like an OLD MONKEY!

Love this thread it makes the rest of DL so déclassé.

Darling Kate Levin couldn't decide on a hairstyle for the occasion, so she chose all of them.

Tupper Thomas, Jeb Berkley, and Ellen Baer pucker up and show their pretty gum lines for the birdie!

Poor Kelly Bensimon's pipe-cleaner arm came off just before the picture was taken, but she figured a workaround! Clever girl.

That is your best caption ever OP

I am still laughing.

You win Datalounge tonight

Fun fact: When Laurie Tisch wore this outfit to a benefit for the Special Olympics, organizers guided her to the area for the competitors.

DeDe McMahon accessorized her Moroccan-influenced dress-jac with an on-trend pair of asymmetrical eyebrows.

The Phantom of every woman's heart: Henry Buhl, and he's been waiting for you.

When you're as glam-glam-glamorosa as the Baroness Gabriella von Langendorff, you attract two eligible swains for the evening.

Still laughing from the Kelly Bensimon post OP.

Thank you again

I thought the rich were supposed to be pretty and desirable. I've seen perhaps two desirables in this long-ass post.

David Netto -- still a handsome man, but that suit -- a bit snug, non?

Just For Men aficionado Tom Kaplan smiles for the birdie with the preserved corpse of socialite/war criminal Henry Kissinger.

Carole Delouvrier and Susan Gutfreund are telling you to STOP — in the name of glamour!

How you gonna keep NYSD fave Joanna Fisher down in her seat? Why, with Lady Lilliana Cavendish, of course!

Edward Lee Cave and Irene Aitken, coming in for a little good-night kiss.

Old Jews and saggy WASPS