Is the Hamptons Becoming Palm Beach?
By: Brock Colyar | Published: 2025-06-24 11:00:00 | Source: www.curbed.com
Aerin Lauder (center) speaks to Alina Cho (left) and her mother, Kim Cho.
Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine
It’s the Friday night of Memorial Day weekend, and a set of well-bred, well-kept society types has descended on the Hedges Inn. The historic hotel in East Hampton has just reopened under new ownership with a restaurant called Swifty’s, after the former Upper East Side socialites’ haunt. In one corner of the room, Ina Garten sips a martini and giggles with her husband, Jeffrey, and the director Rob Marshall. At the bar, the makeup artist Bobbi Brown chats with New York Fashion Week’s Fern Mallis….
