Olivia Dunne turned Michael Rubin’s white party into a social media moment on Thursday, posting Instagram snaps that included a poolside photo with Jutta Leerdam from the Hamptons gathering. She also shared a TikTok before the event showing off the white maxi dress and matching heels she wore, captioning it “white party” with a heart emoji.
The timing made the posts land with extra force: Dunne was at the party on Wednesday while Paul Skenes was pitching for the Pirates that night, leaving her to attend alone. At the same time, Skenes gave up a season-high seven earned runs on six hits in a 10-6 loss to the Phillies, a reminder that the evening belonged to both a social event and a rough night on the field.
Dunne’s photos showed more than one familiar face. In another image, she posed with Tate McRae and Mike Hermalyn, and she was also seen hanging out with Sunisa Lee. The white party itself was held at Rubin’s Bridgehampton mansion on the east end of Long Island, and the guest list has long made it one of the summer’s hardest invitations to get.
That is why the photo with Leerdam drew attention. Leerdam is an Olympic speed skating champion, and her appearance beside Dunne added another high-profile name to a party that already has a habit of pulling in athletes, performers and social media stars. The question that remains is not who showed up, but how many more recognizable faces were in the room that never made it into Dunne’s posts.
For now, the clearest takeaway is simple: Dunne used one night in the Hamptons to push a well-timed set of images into the feed, and the poolside shot with Leerdam gave the party its sharpest image. The annual event has become a marker of late-summer celebrity culture, and Dunne’s posts put her right at its center again.
