The Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was transformed into a glittering palace of gold, crystal, and autumn florals for the annual Metropolitan Heritage Gala. High-society elites, European ambassadors, Wall Street titans, and cultural royalty mingled beneath the towering stone arches. Champagne flowed from ice sculptures, and a thirty-piece philharmonic orchestra played on the grand staircase. Clara Hastings descended the entrance steps on the arm of Julian Vance.…
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