Tinsley, Minnie, Byrdie, Zani—never have socialites been so omnipresent, nor harder to tell apart. Should you care to, an at-a-glance guide to the people you’re most likely to see at a perfume launch or costume ball, making a mad dash toward the paparazzi.
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Olivia Palermo
New School student aggressively fresh on the scene. At war with Socialiterank.com, Tinsley Mortimer, others. |
Amanda Hearst
Pushes low-energy lightbulbs on friends, dates Winston Lapham (son of ex-Harper’s editor). |
Lydia Hearst Shaw
Amanda’s cousin. Busy fashion model is as much a minor celebrity as Tinsley Mortimer. |
Arden Wohl
Kooky NYU film school grad is never seen without eighties headband. |
Byrdie Bell
With boyfriend Bingo Gubelmann (Marjorie’s cousin), half of the most hilariously named couple in society. |
Victoria Traina
Danielle Steele’s daughter and a muse for Proenza Schouler. If you’re lucky, she’ll show up with an Olsen. |
Dabney Mercer
Tinsley’s less polished but equally blonde sister left Peter Som and now takes care of new dog full-time. |
Minnie Mortimer
Tinsley’s sister-in-law hightailing it out of New York social world to marry filmmaker Stephen Gaghan. |
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