Columbia grad throws some crazy parties (and you're probably not invited)

Who says Columbians can't have a good time, or at least dress up in wacky costumes? CU grad Shien Lee caught the attention of The New York Times yesterday with her project Dances of Vice,

a peripatetic costume ball that, depending on its theme, may on any given evening be home to a kinky assortment of self-styled jazz babies in lacquered bobs, burlesque queens, 1940s calendar girls, Edwardian fops or paunchy prelates in mitered hats.

These costume balls take place once a month, and they are very popular among the "nightlife elite." (Apparently there is such a thing.) Let's take a look!

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