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Monday, March 7, 2022

The Era of Ladies Who Lunch Percolated a Frothy Nexus of Food, Fashion, & Culture




The Intersection of fashion, food, and fame, illuminated by money, politics, media, and society could be found in no place other than Gotham.


The era of the “Ladies Who Lunch” (LWL) best percolated this frothy nexus, hitting its stride mid-century - from the late 1950s and 1960’s; enjoying its heyday throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. 


Some credit Women’s Wear Daily publisher John Fairchild for inventing the phrase, “Ladies Who Lunch.” Stephen Sondheim claims to have coined the moniker: his 1970 hit play Company and LWL ballad sung by Elaine Stritch was a backhanded salute to the grand dames. Not to be “out-lunched,” New York Magazine too claims to have introduced the phrase.