Jet set
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Jet set is a term for an international social group of
The term "jet set" is attributed to
Jet passenger service in the 1950s was marketed primarily to the upper class, but its introduction eventually resulted in a substantial democratization of air travel. Although the term "jet set" can still be found in common parlance, its literal meaning of those who travel by jet is no longer applicable as such.[3]
History
The British international air carrier
Other cities on the standard jet set routes were
Not only sun was chased - which extended to African safaris, solar eclipses, and yachting the world over. Skiing generated considerable new allure, and resorts in the French, Italian, and Swiss alps drew jet-setters from all points of the compass, as did emerging "destination" developments elsewhere.
The original members of this elite, free-wheeling set were those "
The term was joined in the spring of 1962 by Vogue's coinage of the term "the Beautiful People". This expression initially referred to the circle that formed around President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Readers of the 15 February 1964 Vogue could learn "What the beautiful people are doing to keep fit." The two phrases ran for a time in tandem; in 1970, author and social commentator Cleveland Amory could fear "that the Beautiful People and the Jet Set are being threatened by current economics."[2]
A sign that "jet set" had passed from urbane use was the 1974 country song "(We're Not) The Jet Set", in which George Jones and Tammy Wynette claim they are "the old Chevrolet set," as opposed to leading a glamorous, "jet-setting" lifestyle.
The flagging concept of a literal "jet set" elite gained a second wind with the introduction in 1976 of the supersonic
Still, by any term and any mode of travel, the set continues on. Celebrities. Supermodels. Million- and billionaires. Socialites. Movie stars. "Beautiful people". With more media attention than ever through the acceptance of paparazzi, proliferation of amateur-generated smartphone photos and videos, ease of social media posting, and expanding celebrity culture of the 21st century.
See also
- Celebrity culture
- Elite
- High society
- International Debutante Ball
- Jet Age
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- Pan Am (TV series)
- Playboy lifestyle
- Setjetting
References
- ^ Vallance, Tom (20 March 2006). "Oleg Cassini - Obituaries". The Independent. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008.
[Oleg Cassini] and his younger brother Igor (who became the Hearst newspaper gossip columnist 'Cholly Knickerbocker' and coined the phrase 'jet set')…
- ^ The Ladies Home Journal September 1970:81, noted Barry Popik, "Beautiful people".
- ^ Niemietz, Kristian (19 December 2013). "In praise of cheap flights". Spiked.
...air travel has been transformed from a luxury good to a mass-market product.
- ^ Swopes, Bryan (26 October 2022). "26 October 1958". This Day in Aviation. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Portofino has long been fashionable with what we once called 'the jet set'." "History and tourist information on Liguria, Italy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- OCLC 958205262.
- ^ On-line NOVA transcript (18 January 2005)
- ^ 366 in the 747-100 inaugurated in 1970; 400 by 1983 in the 747-300; and 467 in the 747-8 of 2010; see: Boeing 747 Specifications
Further reading
- OCLC 419736.
- Wilkes, Roger (2003). Scandal: a Scurrilous History of Gossip. London: Atlantic. ISBN 978-1-903809-82-2.
External links
- "The Opening of the Commercial Jet Era". Archived from the original on March 2, 2006.