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also haute monde
as in café society
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Noun
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Yet the influencers have thrived by portraying Dubai as a magnet for the business-class (and above) global jet set, who are drawn to the city’s futuristic, crossroads-of-the-world appeal.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Others are favored by the Insta-famous jet set.—
Tim Chester,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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This is the Olympics for the beautiful people.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
13 Mar. 2026
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The theater was packed with young, beautiful people who cheered the dancers like Knicks fans.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Villa Eugénie later became a luxury hotel, and to this day, the beau monde hold court at this seaside address.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Sotheby’s sale will crystallize an era when personal style was central, and when Brynner moved among a swath of Europe’s beau monde with last names like Agnelli and Aga Khan.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Dec. 2025
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the coastal city of Mar del Plata thrived as a summer playground for Argentina’s upper class.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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In contrast to the space, time and knowledge required to know the paintings in prestigious museums—taxonomies that are often signifiers of upper class existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Long before Marc Jacobs was filling his runways with A-list front rows or Sofia Coppola was making Oscar-winning films, the pair were simply two twenty-something creatives coming up together in a very specific moment of downtown New York.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Between those two A-list gigs, Gabrels has done even more experimental stuff such as work with Boston’s jazz/jam/globetriping outfit Club d’Elf.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Jagger’s bandmates, rock ‘n’ roll comrades, and other A-listers attended their vows—Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Brigitte Bardot were just a few of the glitterati in the pews.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
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The edifice may at first appear to have realized the modernist dream of injecting avant-garde art into everyday life, but its architects’ intention that the building serve only the glitterati of its day evacuated this modernist aesthetic of the socialist ideals typically underpinning it.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Haut monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haut%20monde. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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