haut monde

variants also haute monde
Definition of haut mondenext

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Hopefully this means some more beautiful people might find something in my album.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • On a deeper level, Bridgerton season 4 also explores the idea of a wealthy man from the royal, upper class falling for a woman from the working class, much like Cinderella.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Visitors flock to the A-list graves here, with Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Jim Morrison among the most-visited.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Against this backdrop, A-list film festivals have become vital platforms for Iranian cinema as a form of cultural resistance.
    Tina Ahmadi Krol, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 22 Feb. 2026.

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