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Wedding Fans at Fifth Avenue Weddings Stir Public Fancy
A sharp critique of the wedding fan culture at elite ceremonies. It depicts intruders and opportunists, from nosy outsiders to paid social climbers, pressing through ushers and church doors to glimpse the gown, the groom, and the prestige. The piece blends satire with portraits of audacious behavior and the policing of fashionable weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claribel Astor Vanderbilt
Townsend Delaney, Vanderbilt
Mortimer Spuyten Duyvil
Fifth “Avenue Church of the Apostles
Pandora
Motora
Sachool
Gladys
Lios
Paris
Bourdon
Alice Roosevelt
London
England
Stapderaby
May Goelst
Duke of Roxburghe
Bobby