A Night to Remember........

With New Year's Eve soon upon us, I was thinking about parties.....great parties.......

In 1966, at the Plaza Hotel in NYC, Truman Capote, at the height of his fame (author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood) gave the 'party of the century' and it became the pinnacle of New York social history - never to be surpassed.  The final guest list was a mix of New York socialites, Hollywood idols, artists, authors and writers and political powerhouses that included Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, Johnny Carson, Candice Bergen, Henry Fonda, Kennedys, Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Andy Warhol and many others. The guests were instructed to wear masks of only black and white.

It is said that Truman made 500 friends and 15,000 enemies that night.........

Plaza Hotel New York City

Invitation to the Black and White Ball

Truman said the people were the only flowers needed at the ball.

Lee Radziwill - Jacqueline Kennedy's sister.

Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin

Marella and Gianni Agnelli (Fiat magnate)

Henry Fonda and Shirlee Mae Adams

Johnny Carson

Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra

Candice Bergen

Lee Radziwill and Truman Capote

Andy Warhol

Princess Luciana Pignatelli wearing a 60 carat Harry Winston diamond on her forehead

Gloria Guinness

Katharine Graham

Truman Capote

(all photos via Life Magazine, Party of the Century by Deborah Davis, Pinterest and Tumblr)

Cheers,

Deb xx