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NEW YORK’S FIRST LADY OF PHILANTHROPY AND FASHION JEAN SHAFIROFF

‘We love welcoming guests and always having the house full of people’

The old adage “charity begins at home” is one that leading New York socialite and philanthropist Jean Shafiroff has clearly taken to her big heart.

Whether it’s at her deluxe Park Avenue pad in Manhattan – a classic Upper East Side apartment awash with old masters – or here on her two-acre estate in the swish Hamptons on Long Island, accomplished hostess Jean regularly throws open the doors of her homes to host lavish charity bashes championing women’s issues, children and animal rights, among other deserving causes.

In the imposing shingle-style mansion in exclusive seaside Southampton, on New York’s Long Island, Jean supports the local animal shelter and hosts a glitzy fundraiser every summer for the local hospital.

Last year’s glorious summer soirée

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