A erin Lauder knows there is one story in her repertoire of anecdotes about her grandmother, Estée, that always delights a crowd. (I know because I’ve heard it before.) Aerin credits Estée with inventing the GWP (“gift with purchase”) and frequently tells the crowd-favorite (albeit unverified) story of how Queen Elizabeth sent a lady-in-waiting to Harrods to collect her GWP when Estée Lauder made its debut at the department store.

Could a better audience for Lauder exist than those who attend Kappa Tablescapes? Luminous co-chairs Shelby Krause Goff , Maddy McGuire , and Sophie McGuire made the perfect choice in Lauder as the luncheon’s keynote speaker; she serendipitously released a book called Living With Flowers earlier this year. (For last year’s tricennial Tablescapes, Carol

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