In its August 1930 issue, British Vogue introduced “Miss Elsa Maxwell” as “one of the world’s most brilliant party-givers”, adding delightedly that “her mystery dinner party was a sensation of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The life of Elsa Maxwell, the 20th century gossip columnist and socialite, is now the decorative backbone ...

Nobody can tell for sure what it is or why, but the yeastiest dish on TV this season is served up about midnight every Tuesday when the Popocatepetl of party-givers, Elsa Maxwell, rises onstage at NBC ...

In her hobble-de-hoyden Tuesday night romps on NBC-TV’s Jack Paar Show, doughty Prattler Elsa Maxwell. 74. has merrily trampled and spiked the foibles, veneers and peculiarities of such vulnerable ...

Though largely forgotten today, Elsa Maxwell (1883%E2%80%931963) was vastly influential all over the world infrom the 1910s to the 1950s, holding court with royalty ...

Elsa Maxwell, in a column about Dewey, pointed out that our Presidential candidates, as often as not, have nothing in particular to recommend them. Miss Maxwell was disturbed by the fact that people ...

The life of Elsa Maxwell, the 20th century gossip columnist and socialite, is now the decorative backbone of one of New York's newest private social clubs. Nestled in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, ...