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Our Favorite Looks from the Frick Collection’s 2026 Young Fellows Ball

From Renaissance to Rococo, New York's next generation arts patrons pulled out all the stops for the museum's most fashion-forward night of the year.

Last week, the Frick Collection threw open its doors for one of New York’s most anticipated fêtes: the Young Fellows Ball. Now nearing its third decade, the sold-out gathering drew hundreds of the city’s best-dressed under-45s, there to support the museum’s exhibitions, conservation efforts and public programming—and, just as importantly, to be seen doing it. Guests responded to the year’s theme, Travel Through Time, with an unforgettable array of ensembles inspired, no doubt, by the highly anticipated “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture” exhibition, which explores the intricacies of fashion in 18th-century British portraiture. The result was a scene........

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