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Haven't you always wanted to be one of the in crowd? But if the beautiful people won't have you, how about joining one of these collectives? Collective nouns, that is.
 
art herd (Richard Lacayo)

associates

beautiful people

chatterati

circle

claque

clique

commentariat

confreres (especially when these are fellow-tramps)

coterie

dark forces     shadowy group blamed for anything you like

digerati

dwarf stars and bit players     Richard Lacayo on the NY art market

elbow roomers In geography and urban planning, elbow roomers are people who leave a city for the countryside to seek more land and greater freedom from governmental and neighborhood interference. Some are carrying out activities such as large-scale gardening, the raising of horses or other animals, or farming, or otherwise have a genuine need for the space.  (wiki)

elite

entourage

faction

fashion pack

following

gang

gentlebeings

God squad

groupuscule
 
in-group

muserati

mutual admiration society

Prawn sandwich brigade    football liggers who only turn up for the corporate hospitality

self-righteous eco-prigs Times Aug 8 07

sect
 
set

smug marrieds

The Hay Stack     Hay on Wye groupies

the high heid yins     what the Scots call TPTB

TPTB    The Powers that Be
 
train