Class… as in style, elegance taste and refinement, as opposed to classrooms and lessons… is a subject of interest, insofar as it implies all forms of attractiveness, including allure.

This Saturday, the air smelled of spring and new flowers and I was invited by my friend Evelyn Lorentzen-Bell (whose family of Norwegian-American shipping magnates owned, among other vessels, the original “Love Boat”) to a book party for Classy, followed by a small dinner, at her house in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Classy is Derek Blasberg’s new best-selling collection of light-hearted essays and directives for girls in their twenties (and thirties), prominently featuring photographs of Evelyn’s daughter Byrdie Bell in the dual roles of refined and slutty versions of her own persona: A young lady now. Topics include online dating, pole dancing, how to tell if you have a drinking problem, how to throw a good party and tattoos.

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