Make hair appointment to make sure your stylist will be available on gala day (color, cut $350; blow-out, $100). Order gown(s) in custom colors at a designer trunk show, if you haven't ordered already ...
The stupidest question I ever asked was at a dinner party at a rambling summerhouse in East Hampton. We were seated at a long, white-washed barnwood table with matching Louis XV salon chairs—an ...