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Lauren Santo Domingo: The Last Swan Standing

Ah, behold the legendary swans of Fifth Avenue, gracefully navigating the bustling concrete jungle with an aura of unattainable elegance and effortless poise. Those were the days. While Truman Capote's coined term "swan" still reverberates, there's been a resurgence in pop culture's fascination with these iconic figures, propelled by recent portrayals in Hulu's "Feud" series and TikTok accounts like @ladiesofmadisonave (or similar handles), alongside the proliferation of “Old Money” aesthetics on Pinterest boards. These women, evoking the spirits of Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Jackie Kennedy, Empress Wu Zetian, the Countess Casati, Queen of Sheba, Diana Vreeland, and even the fictional Miranda Priestly or Blair Waldorf, epitomize power and hedonism concealed beneath a captivating ‘ice queen’ facade.

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