Paris Hilton Trades the Engraved Card for a Text

Palm Beach hosts know the invitation is half the party, and Paris Hilton — who calls herself the queen of throwing them — has settled on hers: Paperless Post invites dressed in a Y2K theme, built above all to be textable. The choice traces back to her Los Angeles club days, when word of her after-parties spread guest to guest by text rather than by mail. It is a small detail, but a telling one for anyone who plans a season of their own: even a hostess with her pick of engravers wants an invitation her guests will actually open on the way out the door.

With reporting from Vanity Fair.