cafe society
Fashionable restaurant crowd
Cafe society refers to the fashionable social set that frequents stylish restaurants, nightclubs, and other gathering spots—particularly the wealthy and glamorous who made themselves visible in such venues during the mid-twentieth century.
The term evokes an era when being seen at the right places mattered as much as actual accomplishment: She moved easily through cafe society, photographed at every opening.
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- cafe terraceOutdoor restaurant seating area
- jet setWealthy international socialites
- coffee houseEstablishment serving hot beverages
- belle époqueA flourishing cultural period
bistro · espresso bar · glamorous · elite · fashionable · literary salons · Montmartre · bohemian lifestyle · mingle · people watching · sidewalk tables · decadence · intelligentsia · exclusive · art nouveau · Left Bank · outdoor seating · Gertrude Stein
- Literary ParisLost Generation, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- Coffee HistoryBrazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Yemen, coffeehouses
- French IntellectualsJean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Sartre, Voltaire
- milieuenvironment, setting, atmosphere, scene, context
- social spheressubcultures, online communities, countercultures
cafe societyhomebodies
People preferring domestic life
shut-ins · hermits · recluses · domestic life · private sphere
cafe societyworking class
Manual laborers collectively
common folk · the masses · ordinary people · blue-collar workers · the proletariat
cafe societyrural community
Settlement outside cities
small-town life · backwoods · rustic life · flyover country · village life
society, cafes, café, cafés, social, socialize, socialized, socializing, socialization