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The archive · The OG Diva era

The room before
the algorithm.

These are not mood-board images. They are receipts: real women, real rooms and a professional network built before social media made community a business model.

AT ITS HEIGHT · NEW YORK CITY · MIAMI · PHILADELPHIA · WASHINGTON, D.C. · LOS ANGELES

One New York gathering in June 2006 survives in nearly 200 original frames. This public edit shows the people, conversation and energy that made the room matter.

The original Divas Who Dine gathered around a long table in New York City in June 2006
THE ORIGINAL TABLENEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
Zoë Alexander, far right in a red polka-dot top, with four women at a Los Angeles Divas Who Dine event circa 2006
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER · CIRCA 2006 · ZOË ALEXANDER, FAR RIGHT
Three Original Divas seated together at a New York City Divas Who Dine gathering in June 2006
THREE ORIGINAL DIVAS · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
Three women in conversation at a New York City Divas Who Dine gathering in June 2006
THE CONVERSATION · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
Two Original Divas smiling together at a New York City gathering in June 2006
THE WOMEN WERE THE POINT · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
Two women seated together at a Divas Who Dine table in New York City in June 2006
AROUND THE TABLE · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
Two women smiling at a Divas Who Dine gathering in New York City in June 2006
REAL ROOMS. REAL RELATIONSHIPS. · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
An Original Diva addressing the table at a New York City gathering in June 2006
TAKING THE FLOOR · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
A woman sharing her expertise at a Divas Who Dine gathering in New York City in June 2006
SHARING EXPERTISE · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
A woman holding an issue of Us Weekly while speaking at a Divas Who Dine gathering in June 2006
MEDIA WAS IN THE ROOM · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
An Original Diva addressing a Divas Who Dine gathering in New York City in June 2006
WOMEN WITH SOMETHING TO SAY · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006
An Original Diva contributing to the conversation at a New York City gathering in June 2006
A ROOM BUILT TO EXCHANGE VALUE · NEW YORK CITY · JUNE 2006

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