The Social Season
It is worth knowing that almost anyone who has a reasonably sound dress sense, a few useful connections and a pound or two in their pocket can tread the once hallowed ground at such occasions as Royal Ascot, Glyndebourne, Cricket at Lords, Henley Royal Regatta, Badminton Horse Trails, Cowes Week, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Cartier International Polo Day and a plethora of charity balls.
Social events, social gatherings and the social season still have a strong presence in Britain, although many of the ‘old school’ would consider that the traditional English Season began to fade away with the official ending of the debutantes’ presentations at court in 1958 and finally died in 1977 with the last Queen Charlotte’s Ball. In times past ‘The Season’, was considered a highly desirable method of launching young debs, seeking suitable husbands, headlong into the upper class marriage market.
It is only fair to say that the British Social Season has changed quite considerably since those days of heady elitism when an onlooker would only spot society’s illustrious rich and fashionable at the Season’s social gatherings. Originally entry to some of these events was kept as quiet as possible because they were considered to be the last bastions of the privileged classes – the only places left where friends could meet in a convivial atmosphere without being disturbed by the rabble.
Nowadays, however, the Season exists only through the support of the non-traditional members of society, needless to say it is successful, often self-made, businessmen and corporate hospitality, not the aristocracy that keeps the British Social Season alive today.
Society Events Calendar
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Videos of Society Events
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