Inside Truman Capote's Black & White Ball; Leena Kim. Editor. Leena Kim is Town & Country’s Editor, covering the travel, jewelry, style, arts and culture, education, and weddings beats.

On the drizzly night of Nov. 28, 1966, writer Truman Capote would host “the party of the century” at New York’s Plaza Hotel. The Black and White Ball signified the peak of Capote’s career ...

What Capote managed to achieve with the Black and White Ball remains truly singular; its opulence and envious guest list aside, thanks to Capote's connections and social standing, he was able to ...

What the fictional Black and White Ball documentary is likely based on is a 29-minute short documentary that the Maysles brothers made that same year about Truman Capote, titled A Visit With ...

The first ball was held in 1933, “modeled after the famed Black and White Ball of Mexico City.” Magnon also founded the Swastika Club for young women at a time when the symbol still meant good ...