social season
High society's calendar
The social season is the time of year when elite gatherings, formal parties, and debutante events are concentrated—traditionally late fall through early winter in major cities.
The term evokes an older world of high society where wealthy families followed a calendar of balls, operas, and coming-out parties: The social season in London once revolved around Parliament's sitting.
Now often used nostalgically or ironically.
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- galaFestive formal occasion
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- cotillionFormal society dance event
- soiréeFormal nighttime social gathering
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- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- period dramaperiod costumes, costume drama, Victorian era, period piece, Edwardian era
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, country houses, manor houses, servants
- Victorian etiquettecalling hours, visiting cards, chaperoning, propriety, decorum
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- aristocracylord, titles, lady, heraldry, noble titles
social seasonoff-season
Low-demand period
low season · private retreat · rustication · recess · private life
social seasonoff-season
Low-demand period
social withdrawal · hibernation · seclusion · retreat · downtime
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