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also haute monde
as in café society
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Noun
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And El Camineto attracts the international jet set, with many loyal, repeat guests.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Valentino Garavani, the legendary fashion designer whose namesake label dressed the global jet set, died Monday aged 93.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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If Tell Me Lies scratched your itch for watching wealthy, beautiful people make spectacularly terrible decisions that ripple through their entire social circle, Gossip Girl basically invented that formula.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Hall works as the other half, but too much of her character is based around the underwhelming irony that even beautiful people can have insecurities.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 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
Noun
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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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Thematically, Wuthering Heights is reminiscent of the director’s previous movie, Saltburn, which also saw a rough outsider infiltrating the upper class in Britain.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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During the president's public event in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, the A-list star joined him on stage briefly to express his gratitude.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Pearlman, an Emmy Award winner and New York Times bestselling author, has made a name for himself in recent years with performances including magic tricks and mind reading for sports teams, A-list celebrities and other major global brands.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
26 Feb. 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 5 Mar. 2026.
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