Socialite University

Because Elegance Should Never Require a Porter There are two kinds of women who arrive at the airport. The first has one beautifully organized suitcase, a handbag, and the quiet confidence of a woman who knows exactly where she’s going. The second is wrestling with six bags, a neck pillow, a garment bag, and what appears to be everything she has ever owned. Socialite University has an opinion about this. Leave the six bags at home. Whether you’re traveling overnight for business, spending a...

You are sitting in a room with dozens, sometimes hundreds, of strangers who have all agreed to do the same thing at the same time: pay attention.

No download. No tuition. No invitation required — just walk through the gates and take a class. Etiquette has always had a door problem. Not a knowledge problem — the knowledge isn’t secret. You can buy the books. You can watch the videos. What you can’t buy, at least not easily, is the room: the finishing school, the family that already knew, the mentor who quietly tells you which fork, which greeting, which silence. That room has a door, and for most people the door is closed. I built...