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Socials Flit From a Museum Ball to a Burberry Fête

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Tinsley Mortimer, at the Museum of the City of New York's Winter Ball. see all photos >

Christopher Bailey and Amy Astley, at the Burberry fragrance launch. see all photos >

It's charity gala season in Manhattan (this week alone saw three major dos), and that means one thing: Tinsley Mortimer sightings. "Believe me, I love a fancy dress," said the much-photographed social at Wednesday night's Museum of the City of New York Winter Ball, sponsored by Christian Dior. Over dinner in the museum's flower-filled corridors, conversation turned to weekend plans. Tory Burch, who spruced up her Dior chiffon with a Fred Leighton brooch affixed to her waist, seemed to have everyone beat: She's jetting over to Dubai with the kiddies for a little family time.

Meanwhile, at the Teen Vogue party celebrating the launch of the new Burberry fragrance, The Beat, the magazine's editor, Amy Astley, was having difficulty getting to the end of her list of U.K. music favorites. "Kate Nash, Laura Marling, Blondelle," said Astley, throwing a nod across the Soho Burberry shop to where her co-host, Daisy Lowe, was deep in conversation with Blondelle member Will Cameron, Jr. "Oh, and Amy Winehouse, obviously. And M.I.A." Arriving a bit on the late side, Burberry designer Christopher Bailey immediately got down to business (i.e., shilling for the new youth-targeted scent). "There's a heritage in England that the brand embraces," he explained, turning down a waiter's offer of a teensy-tiny shepherd's pie. "Every generation of kids comes around and makes that heritage new again—makes it play to their beat."

— Derek Blasberg (Museum of the City of New York) and Maya Singer (Burberry)