“The people in the Hamptons thought the first party was the end of the world,” explains Steven Gaines, author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons. “They were afraid of a noisy showbiz crowd and thought it was going to be an invasion, and it turned out not to be.” The last White Party went down in Beverly Hills in 2009, and despite Diddy talking late last year about a return, no 2018 date has been announced.

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