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Corrections: May 18, 2025

Corrections: May 18, 2025

New York Times18-05-2025

An article this weekend on Page 22 about the actress Meghann Fahy misidentified the name of the fruit bouquet featured in the Netflix series 'Sirens.' It is the Delicious Party, not the Party Dipped Fruit Delight.
An article this weekend on Page 86 about Coco Chanel's holiday home on the French Riviera misattributes the quote, 'You dress or not as you choose for dinner.' The line was written by the Vogue correspondent Bettina Wilson about Chanel's dinner parties at La Pausa; it was not said by Chanel.
An article this weekend on Page 94 about the trio of artists known as PaJaMa refers incorrectly to the book 'Paul Cadmus: 49 Drawings.' It is a portfolio of drawings by Cadmus, not the catalog of an exhibition at Hauser & Wirth last year.
Errors are corrected during the press run whenever possible, so some errors noted here may not have appeared in all editions.

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