Hamptons season: the arrival map, 4 September
The season closes. We track the final weekend helicopter rotations, the rental market clearing, and the shift from Southampton lawns to East Hampton dining rooms.
Hamptons season·July-AugustThe final weekend
The last Friday of August marks the final full trading floor exodus. Blade helicopter seats from Manhattan sell out on Fridays, and this is the last such Friday of the summer. The return rotation follows over Labor Day weekend.
Rental market cleared
Season-long rentals in Southampton and East Hampton clear $1M for the summer, and the rest of the East End takes the overflow.
The benefit circuit
The Southampton benefit season is over. The charity-benefit complex now shifts focus to fall programming in the city.
The autumn pivot
Deal flow continues, but the geography changes. Expect the first post-Labor Day dinners in East Hampton to serve as informal closings for summer negotiations. The linen wardrobe transitions to cashmere by mid-September, and the circuit moves back to Manhattan.
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On the circuit
Hamptons season
Wall Street’s summer capital. The trading floors empty on Fridays and reconvene at Southampton benefits and East Hampton dinner parties, and deal flow continues, in linen.
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