Most evenings, the lipstick-red bar at New York’s Baccarat hotel buzzes with women in fur vests whose shellacked nails and oversized jewels sparkle under the refracted light of $127,400 crystal chandeliers.
Some drink $895 bottles of Dom Perignon Plentitude out of $290 champagne flutes; others, a $250 twist on the Vieux Carré cocktail served in $310 double rocks glasses.
