the jet set
noun
somewhat old-fashioned
: wealthy people who often travel to different parts of the world
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At Dante, a view of the Hollywood Hills, indigo booths and a ceiling mural in pastels strike the mood for the jet set crowd.
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Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 June 2025
Today’s festivities host a global who’s who of the jet set.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
But Brewer is hardly a member of the jet set, earning about $44,000 a year between her job teaching English as a second language at a local university and her side hustles.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
The physical locations of their retail spaces further this idea: Miron Crosby’s flagship studio is located in Dallas’s ritzy Highland Park Village, and another is in Aspen, Colorado, unofficial home of the jet set.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
The Colony Edit offers yet another reason for the jet set flock its perfumed halls.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
The area was founded by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV in the 1960s and now attracts the jet set.
—Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Opened in 1954 by Madrid-born playboy Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, the seafront resort put Spain’s Costa del Sol on the jet set’s party circuit, drawing the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, and the Duke of Windsor (to name a few).
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 31 July 2024
The billionaires, along with other members of the jet set, were at a party thrown by Major Food Group on Saturday, a day before the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami.
—Felipe Marques, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 June 2025
Today’s festivities host a global who’s who of the jet set.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
But Brewer is hardly a member of the jet set, earning about $44,000 a year between her job teaching English as a second language at a local university and her side hustles.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
The physical locations of their retail spaces further this idea: Miron Crosby’s flagship studio is located in Dallas’s ritzy Highland Park Village, and another is in Aspen, Colorado, unofficial home of the jet set.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
The Colony Edit offers yet another reason for the jet set flock its perfumed halls.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
The area was founded by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV in the 1960s and now attracts the jet set.
—Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Opened in 1954 by Madrid-born playboy Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, the seafront resort put Spain’s Costa del Sol on the jet set’s party circuit, drawing the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, and the Duke of Windsor (to name a few).
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 31 July 2024
The billionaires, along with other members of the jet set, were at a party thrown by Major Food Group on Saturday, a day before the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami.
—Felipe Marques, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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