Go to any party and there’s always a hotspot. A place where the real action is, where the real power lies.
Social power is that certain something that transcends mere beauty, brains, rank and wealth. Those almost go without saying. True social power packs a fiercer punch: nowness, cleverness, controversy and cachet. Imagine Lady Lola Bute shaking down billionaire mega-donor Jamie Reuben for a windfall for her charity, or Coleen Rooney spilling all to Amol Rajan about her Wagatha Christie woes, and you get the picture: a cosmopolitan cocktail of fun, fizz, danger and wit.
There’s exhilaration to be had when one social lion grapples with another. And there’s shock, awe and sheer amazement at witnessing naked social power in action. Here are the perfect specimens of that power. They’ve made the cut. Who hasn’t?
For the full list, pick up the August issue, on newsstands now.
