Society Darlings

Society Darlingsthink socialites are stuffy? check out this debutante partyWhen most of us think of society girls, we conjure up images of wealth and aloofness. Lang Phipps, a grandnephew of Lady Astor and author of the New York magazine cover story "Confessions of a Young WASP," grew up with them, as did photographer George Whipple. In words and pictures on these pages, they reminisce about debutante balls and introduce us to eight stunning women who aren't the least bit standoffish....