Don't pooh-pooh it. She was as much a core part of NYC as a well-known reporter, athlete, or mogul.
Nina Griscom, Model, Entrepreneur and ‘It Girl’ of the 1980s
Nina Griscom, a model, television host, fashion plate, columnist and entrepreneur who came to be known as an “It” girl in the high society whirl of 1980s New York, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 65.
Ms. Griscom venerated the Roaring Twenties and lamented the loss since then of manners and elegance. “I don’t see anybody entertaining nicely at home,” she said in an interview for the GiGi line of handbags. “I haven’t seen a thank-you-note in a long time. It’s very serious and ponderous and vulgar.”
https://legacyobituary.com/nina-gris...0s-dies-at-65/
The Party Girl, Till the End
Nina Griscom, society fixture, ’80s “It” girl and tabloid regular, faces illness in fine fashion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/s...a-fighter.html