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Adler, Polly, 129 Backer, Evelyn (Evie) Weil, 75, 113, Adolfo, 188, 198–201, 203 151–154, 153, 162, 255 Aga Khan, Karim, 133, 170 Bailey, David, 181 Agnelli, Gianni, 69–72, 71, 133 Baker, Russell, 246 at ball, 139, 148, 233, 244–245 “Bal des Ardents, Le,” 107–108 cruises hosted by, 76–77, 97, 138 Baldwin, Billy, 226, 258 Agnelli, Marella, 34–35, 69–73, 71, balls 130 charity, 101–103, 180 at ball, 139, 148, 190, 239–240, hosted by Beistegui, 203, 244 244–245 hosted by Dunne, 66, 111, 112, 180 cruises hosted by, 76–77, 97, 138 masquerade (bal masqué), 107–110 Albee, Edward, 142 Mods and Rockers Ball, 103 Alexander, Shana, 99, 179 Paraguay ball plans, 255 Alsop, Susan Mary, 135, 215 See also Black and White Ball Amory, Cleveland, 110–111, 128–129 Bankhead, Tallulah, 28, 179 (Capote), 51–52, 94, Barry, Bertha Eastmond, 126–128 101, 252–254 Barzini, Benedetta, 145, 232–233 Arvin, Newton, 26, 32, 36 Beaton, Cecil, 31, 38, 40, 41, 100, 120, Astor, Brooke Marshall, 44, 182, 193 243 Astor, Caroline, 109–110, 124 at ball, 139, 227 Astor, Carrie, 109–110 Capote’s letters to, 92, 114 Astor, Minnie. See Fosburgh, Minnie on Capote’s lifestyle, 76 Cushing AstorCOPYRIGHTEDMy FairMATERIAL Lady design by, 111, 156, 194 Astor, Vincent, 44 views on ball, 150 Avedon, Richard, 34, 132, 139, 181, “beautiful people” (“BP”), 165 203, 227, 258 Beistegui, Charles de, 203, 244 Bender, Marilyn, 118, 186 Baby Boomers, 118 Benton, Robert, 248–250 Bacall, Lauren, 85, 90–92, 132, 142, Berendt, John, 197 215–216, 229 Berenson, Marisa, 194, 200, 202, 208, Bachardy, Don, 143, 212, 229–230 210, 215

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Bergdorf, Herman, 190 Bouche, Denise, 210 Bergdorf Goodman, 190–193, 198, 200, Boular, Sonny, 14–15 258 Bouvier, “Black” Jack, 115, 116 Bergen, Candice, 143, 208, 243–244 Bouvier, Janet, 115, 116 Bernstein, Leonard, 132, 133, 141, 178 Bowles, Paul, 38 Bigi, 190–191 Bradley, Jenny, 31–32 Birstein, Ann, 195, 224, 229 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Capote), 7, 51, 67 Bjorkman, Carol, 119, 165–167, 258 Holly Golightly character, 7, 51, 100, at ball, 143, 215, 223 141 reports on ball by, 172, 202, 207, 239 masks in, 198 Black, Charles Alden, 127 Smith and, 64 Black and White Ball, 1–4, 211–214 stage version, 100, 141–142, 205 Capote’s reaction to, 5–6, 205–208, Tiffany’s and, 81 216, 234 Brooks, Richard, 100 cost, 254 Brown, Jimmy, 248, 249 criticism, 243–247, 248–250, 249 Brown, Pat, 248, 249 dancing, 146–147, 159–160 “Brush with , A” (New decor, 113, 153, 154, 156–157 York World Journal Tribune), 202 dresses, 189–197, 237–239, 238 Buchwald, Art, 84, 138 guest arrivals to, 220–228 Buckley, William F., 248 guest list, creation of, 123–124, Bundy, McGeorge, 84, 85, 229, 232 131–134, 135–149, 136, 153–154 Burden, Amanda Mortimer, 44–47, guest list, reaction to, 176–181, 118–120, 130, 146, 194, 238, 204–205, 230, 240–243 239 guest of honor selection, 33, Burden, Carter, 120, 127–128, 146 117–122, 123 (See also Graham, Katharine “Kay”) Caen, Herb, 244 invitations, 5, 160–162, 177 Caen, Maria Theresa, 208, 215 masks, 109, 166, 188, 191, 198–204, Camus, Albert, 31 225, 226, 237–239 Canfield, Michael, 115–116 media coverage, 164, 172, 202–204, Cannel, Ward, 247 207, 216, 225, 236–243 Capote, Joseph (stepfather), 13, 15, 20, menswear, 198 24, 41, 42 menu, 79, 157, 163, 230 Capote, Nina (mother), 9–15, 17–18, music, 157–159, 213, 218, 228, 230 21, 24, 36, 41, 42 plans for, 16, 100–103, 112, 151–154 Capote, Truman, 16, 96, 153, 222 Plaza Hotel, 79, 154–156, 213, 258 books by pre-ball dinner parties, 147, 214–218 Answered Prayers, 51–52, 94, 101, security for, 203–204, 208, 230–231, 252–254 235 , 39–40 Blackwell, Earl, 128 Handcarved Coffins, 254 Blair, Josie, 203 House of Flowers, 40 Block, Kenneth Paul, 173, 202, 238, , 39 239 , 51 Bogart, Humphrey, 90, 91 , 255 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 287

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Other Voices, Other Rooms, 22–23, at ball, 141 25, 28–29, 31, 32 on , 98 , 21, 38, 79 Cerf, Phyllis, 27, 30–31, 39, 82, 154 characteristics of, 12, 24–25, 37–38, Chaplin, Charlie, 28 61, 100 Charles VI, king of France, 107–108 childhood of, 9–15, 17–19 Chez Ninon, 193 on criminal investigations, 137 Chicken Hash, 79, 157, 163, 230 death of, 256 “Christmas Memory, A” (Capote), 12, early parties thrown by, 14–16, 30, 100, 205 31, 39 Churchill, Pamela. See Harriman, friends as book subjects of, 51–52, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward 252–256 Churchill, Randolph, 70 Indiscretion of an American Wife Clarke, Gerald, 38, 255 (film), 40 Clutter family, 59–61, 98, 245, 246. in International Celebrity Register, 128 See also In Cold Blood (Capote) love life of, 26, 32, 36–40, 64, Combs, Sean “Puffy,” 259 251–252 (See also Dunphy, Jack) Cooke, Hope, 171 at New Yorker, 19–20, 30 “Côte Basque, La” (Capote), 253 post-ball problems of, 250–256 Cowles, Fleur, 128 residences of, 74–76, 135, 251 Cowley, Marjorie Craig, 182–183 short stories by: Cunningham, William, 165, 191, 258 “,” 12, 100, Curtis, Charlotte, 143, 156, 170–172, 205 204, 220, 240–243 “La Côte Basque,” 253 Curtis, Tony, 248, 249 “,” 23 Cushing, Harvey, 43, 46 “Mojave,” 252 Cushing, Mary “Minnie,” 144–145 “Mrs. Busybody,” 13 Cushing sisters. See Fosburgh, Minnie “Unspoiled Monsters,” 254 Cushing Astor; Paley, Barbara “The Walls Are Cold,” 23 “Babe”; Whitney, Betsy Cushing views on California, 28, 251–252 Roosevelt writing for Vogue, 27–28, 138 See also Black and White Ball; Daly, John, 169 Breakfast at Tiffany’s; In Cold Blood; dancing, 146–147, 159. See also balls; individual names of friends Black and White Ball “Capote Corner” (New York Times Book Dancing for All Occasions, 160 Review), 30 Daniel, Clifton, 171 “Carol” (WWD), 166 Daniel, Margaret Truman, 232 Carson, Joanne, 255, 256, 258 Davies, Elizabeth, 161–162, 174, 204, Cartier, 202 223, 241 Caruso, Enrico, 155 Davis, George, 23, 25 Cassini, Igor, 168–169 De la Renta, Oscar, 144 Castillo, Antonio, 189 Dewey, Alvin, 62, 65–68, 81–86, 258 Celebrity Service, 128 at ball, 144, 196–197, 216, 229, 231 Cerf, Bennett, 27, 30–31, 39, 51, 82, on criminal investigations, 137 94, 137 views on Capote, Smith, 64 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 288

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Dewey, Marie, 62, 66–68, 97, 258 Women’s Wear Daily, 164–167 at ball, 144, 196–197, 202, 211, 216 youth and, 118, 119 In Cold Blood publicity and, 81–86 See also Black and White Ball; masks; dieting fads, 182 individual designer names Dietrich, Marlene, 28, 139, 177 Faulk, Bud, 11 Dillon, Sydney, 253 Faulk, Callie, 11 DuBois, Diana, 115 Faulk, Jennie, 11 Duchin, Eddy, 158 Faulk, Lillie Mae. See Capote, Nina Duchin, Peter, 157–159, 208, 218, 228, (mother) 234, 259 Faulk, Sook, 11–12 Dudley, Drew, 147 Fell, John R., 102 Duke, Doris, 127, 148, 162 Ferber, Edna, 27, 30–31 Dunne, Dominick, 66, 111, 112, 180 Fonda, Henry, 132, 142 Dunphy, Jack, 36–40, 52, 65, 227, 229, Ford, Henry, 139, 304 244, 251 Fosburgh, James, 44, 76, 143 Dynel, 185–186 Fosburgh, Minnie Cushing Astor, 43, 44, 139 Eason, Archie, 201 Fox, Joe, 68, 85, 94, 141 Elizabeth Arden, 182 Frankau, Ethel, 191 Esquire, 197, 248–250, 249 Fremont-Smith, Eliot, 99 Esquire’s Fashions for Men (Berendt), Friede, Eleanor, 135–136, 146–147, 197 148, 161, 217 Eula, Joe, 202 Frost, Robert, 20, 30 Evangelista, Joe, 213, 217–218, Furstenberg-Herdringen, Franz Egon 227–228, 233, 258 von, 54 “Everybody’s Whispering” (Sheppard), 167 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 229, 234 exercise trends, 182–183 Garbo, Greta, 28, 139 Gill, Brendan, 232 Fairchild, Edmund, 164 Gimbel, Piedy, 82, 217 Fairchild, John, 57, 164–165 Goodman, Andrew, 199 Fakhri Bey, Ahmed, 54 Goodman, Edwin, 190 fans, as fashion accessory, 225 Goodson, Mark, 178, 212, 216 Farrow, Mia, 137, 222, 228 Gordon, Benny, 159, 230 fashion industry Graham, Katharine “Kay,” 6, 82–87, dresses for ball, 189–197 137, 222, 245, 252, 258 International Best Dressed List, at ball, 210, 226, 227, 229, 230, 236, 129–130 243 menswear for ball, 198 dress worn by, 197, 259 pantsuits, 193 on Agnelli cruise, 76–77, 97 society columns and, 164–174 as guest of honor, 121, 122, 123, 162 stores, boutiques, 190–193, 194–195, mask worn by, 200 239, 243, 258 Graham, Philip, 76 trends, 152, 167, 181–186, 191–192, Grass Harp, The (Capote), 39–40 198–199 Greenhill, Fred, 174 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 289

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Greenwald, Marilyn S., 172 Holzer, Leonard, 119 Greenwich, Connecticut, 18 House of Flowers (Capote), 40 Greenwich Village, 24 Humplik, Heinz, 182 Guest, C. Z., 34–35, 55, 82, 104–106, Hylton, Elizabeth, 84, 135, 195–196, 130, 254, 258 211–212 at ball, 240–241 dress worn by, 190 illustration(s), 125 Guest, Winston Frederick Churchill, art of, 172–174 105, 240–241 masks, 109, 166, 188 Guinness, Dolores, 54, 130, 170 In Cold Blood (Capote), 2, 59–61, 96 Guinness, Gloria, 34–35, 53–58, 55, criminal investigation of case, 62–65, 130, 132–133, 170, 258 137 at ball, 139, 229, 232 criticism of, 245, 246 dress worn by, 189–190 documentary about, 78–82 Guinness, Thomas Loel, 54–56, 170, execution of Smith and Hickock, 207 65–68 Gundersen, Karen, 80–81, 143, 193 as movie, 93, 95, 100, 205 Gunther, John, 222 as “nonfiction novel,” 60, 81, 97 publication of, 74, 77–78, 81–82, 205 hair styles, 184–186, 209–210 publicity about, 95–100, 138 Halston, 130, 167, 194, 198–201, 203, research for, 61–65 208, 215 sales of, 86–87, 99 Hamill, Pete, 245–246 “In crowd,” 131 Handcarved Coffins (Capote), 254 Indiscretion of an American Wife Hardenbergh, Henry, 154–156 (Capote), 40 Harriman, Averill, 70, 137, 158 “Inside Fashion” (Herald Tribune), 167 Harriman, Marie, 158 International Best Dressed List, Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill 129–130 Hayward, 34–35, 70, 182, 217, 258 International Celebrity Register (Amory), at ball, 142, 190, 201 128–129 and, 92–93, 152 “International Daisy Chain” (game), 39 Hart, Kitty Carlisle, 39, 258 Isherwood, Christopher, 143, 212 Hawks, Howard, 90 Ives, Marion, 25 Hayward, Leland, 88, 90–93, 132, 142, 151–152 Jagger, Mick, 103 Hayward, Pamela. See Harriman, Javits, Jacob, 132, 140, 221 Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Javits, Marion, 224 Hearst, William Randolph, 89–90, 141 jewelry, 161, 186–187, 224–225, 257 Heinz, Dru, 194, 217, 239 John, Mr., 172, 198, 201 Herald Tribune, 167–168 John Fury (Dunphy), 37 Hickock, Dick, 62–68, 81, 245 John (Plaza doorman), 214–215 Hohenzollern, Michael, 102 Johnson, Betsy, 194–195, 239 Holly Golightly, 205 Johnson, Lynda Bird, 146, 226, Holzer, “Baby” Jane, 118–120, 124, 228–229, 232, 236 132, 145, 247 Johnson, Lyndon, 146 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 290

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Jones, Jennifer, 40, 47, 48, 66, 67, 142 Lazar, Irving “Swifty,” 66, 93, 95, 142, Jones, Jerry, 231, 257 258 Lazar, Mary, 95, 224, 258 Kagan, Miss (’s secretary), Lee, Nelle Harper, 12–13, 61, 62, 100, 214–215 140 Kaleidoscope, 194 Lerman, Leo, 16, 30, 37, 101, 134, 226 Katzenbach, Lydia, 193, 201 Lerner, Alan Jay, 80, 111, 141, 193 Katzenbach, Nicholas, 84 Levin, Herman, 149 Kazin, Alfred, 195 Lindsay, John, 140, 177 Kean, Benjamin, 148, 162 Local Color (Capote), 39 Keith, Kenneth, 93 “locomotives,” 120, 127 Keith, Slim, 34–35, 88, 89–93, 130, Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 137, 232, 253, 258 236 Keller, Louis, 125–128 Lyndon, Andrew, 32, 39, 61, 147, Kennedy, Eunice, 139 195–196 Kennedy, Jacqueline, 72, 82, 132, 133, 160, 176, 184 Mackintosh, Robert, 201 fashion trends by, 167, 191–193, Mademoiselle, 23, 25 198–199 magazine industry, 23, 78. See also indi- Lee Radziwill and, 114, 116–117 vidual magazine names Kennedy, John F., 72, 116, 117 maharajah, maharani of Jaipur, 206, Kennedy, Robert F., 75, 84, 137, 139, 234, 240 168–169, 176 Mailer, Norman, 51, 79, 140, 217, 229, Kennedy, Rose, 139, 199, 232 232, 236 Kenneth, 184–185, 209–210, 243, 258 Manners, Isabel, 54–56 Kerr, Walter, 178 Marcus, Carol, 19, 21, 49, 142, 253 Knickerbocker, Cholly, 110, 152, Marcus, Elinor, 18–19 168–169 Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, 153 Knickerbocker, Suzy (Aileen Mehle), masks 143, 168–170, 172, 202, 236–237 illustrations, photos, 109, 166, 188, at ball, 204, 220, 222 191 reports on ball by, 202, 204 worn to ball, 198–204, 225, 226, Knopf, Olga, 60 228–229, 237–239 Knowles, John, 152–153, 222–223 Masoner, Margaret, 144, 196–197 Kovalsky, Gedall, 213 Masoner, Paul, 144, 196–197, 211 Ku Klux Klan, 14–15 masquerade balls (bal masqué), Kuralt, Charles, 225–226 107–110. See also balls Matthau, Carol. See Marcus, Carol Lambert, Eleanor, 129 Maugham, Somerset, 29 Lane, Kenneth Jay, 143, 186, 201, Maxwell, Elsa, 110–111, 165 232–233 Maysles, Albert, 78–82, 147, 233, 257 Lasker, Mary, 75 Maysles, David, 78–82, 147, 233 Laver, James, 107–108 McAllister, Ward, 124–125, 241 Lawford, Pat, 139 McCullers, Carson, 25, 175, 179 Lawford, Pat Kennedy, 201, 217, 223 McGrory, Mary, 86 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 291

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McNamara, Robert, 135, 176–177 Obregon, Maning, 174 Meehan, Kay, 214 Observations (Avedon), 34 Mehle, Aileen. See Knickerbocker, Oelrichs, Marjorie, 158 Suzy Onassis, Aristotle, 117, 184 Mellon, Paul, 139, 178 Onassis, Jacqueline. See Kennedy, Menichetti, Lee, 201 Jacqueline Merrick, David, 100, 141–142, 205, O’Neill, Oona, 19, 27–28 228, 242, 258 O’Shea, John, 251, 252 Metrecal, 182 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Capote), Meyer, Agnes, 197 22–23, 25, 28–29, 31, 32 Milinaire, Catherine, 144–145 “Miriam” (Capote), 23 Paley, Barbara “Babe,” 6, 34–35, 43–46, Mods and Rockers Ball, 103 45, 173, 205, 254 “Mojave” (Capote), 252 at ball, 139, 157, 188, 214–215, 234, Monroeville, Alabama, 9–15, 21 239–240 Morrow, Sherman L., 131–133, 133 book character based on, 252–253 Morse, Tiger, 194 death of, 256 Mortimer, Amanda. See Burden, dress worn by, 190–192 Amanda Mortimer exercise routine of, 182–183 Mortimer, Stanley, 44–46 fashion influence of, 152 Mortimer, Tony, 44–47 Gloria Guinness and, 57–58 “Mrs. Busybody” (Capote), 13 on International Best Dressed List, 130 Murder by Death, 254 Kay Graham and, 76–77 Muses Are Heard, The (Capote), 51 marriage of, 46–52 Music for Chameleons (Capote), 255 mask worn by, 200 My Fair Lady, 111, 156, 194 pre-ball dinner party by, 148 Slim Keith and, 91–93 Nemy, Enid, 221, 240, 250 Paley, Dorothy, 46 Newman, David, 248–250 Paley, William S., 6, 46–52, 47, 148, Newsweek, 76, 80 252–253 , 14–15, 17, 24 pantsuits, 193, 239 New Yorker, 19–20, 30, 60–61 Paraphernalia, 194–195, 239, 243 New York Public Library, 259–260 Park, Nona, 193 New York Times, 240–242 Parks, Gordon, 201 New York Times Book Review, 30 Parks, Mrs. Gordon, 236 New York World Journal Tribune, 164, Parr, Jean, 216 168–170, 237–239 “Party, The” (Hamill), 245 Nichols, Mike, 133, 142, 177 Paul, Maury, 110, 152, 168 1960s Payson, Susan, 231, 250–251 characteristics, 3–4, 133 Pearson, Drew, 245 fashion trends, 181–186 Persons, Arch, 9–15, 179 jewelry trends, 186–187 photography, 174, 181, 216–217 youth movement, 117–120 Pierce, Phoebe, 18 Novak, Kim, 248, 249 Pignatelli, Princess Luciana, 138–139, Nye, Harold, 64 148–149, 183, 186, 224, 257 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 292

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Pilates, Joseph, 182–183, 252 Sassoon, Vidal, 184 Piro, “Killer” Joe, 160 Sbarra, 183 Plaza Hotel, 79, 154–156, 213, 258 scavenger hunts, origin of, 111 Plimpton, George, 137, 225, 244, Schatzberg, Jerry, 103 258 Schippers, Mrs. Thomas, 192–193 Podhoretz, Norman, 82 Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 132, 140, 228, Porter, Katherine Anne, 25–26, 140, 229, 243 177, 254 Schwab, Charles M., 224–225 Powell, William, 89 Schwab Diamond, 224–225, 257 Preminger, Otto, 95 Selznick, David O., 40, 47, 66 Prince, Harold, 244 Sheppard, Eugenia, 143, 172, 200, Proust, Marcel, 26–27, 94, 189 202–204, 220, 226, 237–239 Pryce-Jones, Alan, 244 Shonnard, Sophie, 193 “publi-ciety,” 111, 128, 130 Shrimpton, Jean, 181 Sinatra, Frank, 91, 137, 169, 213 Radziwill, Grace, 116 at ball, 222, 227–228, 233, 244 Radziwill, Lee, 114–117, 130, 132, 138, In Cold Blood movie and, 95 254 Smith, Jean Kennedy, 139 acting by, 251 Smith, Oliver, 141 at ball, 139, 148, 190, 224, 230 Smith, Perry, 62–68, 81, 245 Onassis and, 117, 184 Smith, Stephen, 139 Radziwill, Stanislas, Prince of Poland, Smith, William D., 98 114, 116–117, 138, 139, 148 Sobel, Louis, 95 Random House, 25, 27, 29. See also Social Register (Keller), 125–128, 171 individual Capote book titles society, 110–112 Rasponi, Lanfrasco, 133 class distinction at ball, 244–245 Redgrave, Lynn, 248, 249 columnists, 164 (See also Bjorkman, Relax-A-Cizor, 183 Carol; Curtis, Charlotte; Knicker- Revson, Charles, 180 bocker, Suzy (Aileen Mehle); Rivera, Diego, 105 Sheppard, Eugenia) Robbins, Jerome, 132, 141, 229 Holzer on, 119, 124 Robinson, Earl, 59, 62 International Best Dressed List, Robinson, Selma, 29 129–130 Rochas, Helene, 111 International Celebrity Register Rockefeller, Nelson, 140, 171–172, 178 (Amory), 128–129 Rockefeller, William Avery, 172 restrictions on Jews and, 127, 172 Rogers, Ginger, 82, 177 Social Register (Keller), 125–128, 171 Rolling Stones, 103 “Society by Suzy Knickerbocker,” 169 Roosevelt, James, 43 Soul Brothers, 159, 230 Russell, John Robert, 145 Spiegel, Sam, 91, 232–233 Stazione Terminal, 40 Saint Laurent, Yves, 165 Stengel, Casey, 248, 249 Saint-Subber, Arnold, 39–40, 141 Stone, Grace, 180 Salinger, Pierre, 248, 249 Stutz, Geraldine, 167, 193, 208 Saroyan, William, 49 Styron, William, 132, 140, 177 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 293

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Sullavan, Margaret, 91 Walker, Gillian, 233, 257 Sullivan, Ed, 248, 249 “Walls Are Cold, The” (Capote), 23 Summer Crossing (Capote), 21, 38, 79 Walters, Barbara, 116–117 Susann, Jacqueline, 140, 254 Warhol, Andy, 119, 143, 146, 225, 254, “swans,” 33–34, 73, 121, 122, 130. See 258 also Agnelli, Marella; Guest, C.Z.; Washington Post, 6, 76, 83. See also Guinness, Gloria; Harriman, Graham, Katharine “Kay” Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward; Webb, Robin, 76 Keith, Slim; Paley, Barbara “Babe” Wells, Bob, 196, 211 Westcott, Glenway, 148 tanning, 183–184 Weymouth, Yann, 243 Tate, Roland, 66 What’s My Line, 98, 169, 178 Tate, Vi, 66, 83–86, 144, 196–197, 211, White, John, 14–15 216, 231 Whitney, Betsy Cushing Roosevelt, Temple, Shirley, 127 43–45, 127, 139 Terry, Daise, 20 Whitney, Jock, 43–45 Tiffany’s, 81, 161–162 Whitney, John Hay, 127 To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 12, 61 Who Killed Society? (Amory), 110–111, Tree, Penelope, 146, 194–195, 215, 128 227, 239 “Why Your Parties Will Never Be as Truman, Harry, 153 Good as Truman Capote’s” Truman, Margaret, 171 (Newman, Benton), 248–250 tuxedos, 197–198 wigs, 185–186 “21” Club, 95, 193–194, 214, 216 Williams, Jonell, 144, 196–197, 211 Twiggy, 181 Williams, Mrs. Harrison, 130 Williams, Odd, 144, 196–197, 211, 229 United Nations Plaza, 74–76 Williams, Tennessee, 24, 178, 254 “Unspoiled Monsters” (Capote), 254 Wilson, Earl, 208 Wilson, Jean Sprain, 242 Valentina, 165, 201 Winship, Frederick, 242 Valley Independent, 246 Winston, Harry, 224, 257 Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne, 127, 155, Wisner, Polly, 121, 135 225 Wolfe, Tom, 119 Vanderbilt, Alice, 110 Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), 120, Vanderbilt, Alva, 109–110 164–167, 173–174, 238, 239–240 Vanderbilt, Gloria, 19, 49–50, 127, Women Wears Gaily (Weymouth), 252–253 243 Vanderbilt, Jean Harvey, 227, 228 Wood, Catherine, 18 Vanderbilt, William K., 109–110 Woodward, Ann, 253 Vidal, Gore, 254, 256 Wrightsman, Jayne, 192, 200 Vietnam War, 246 Visit with Truman Capote, A (Maysles, Yaddo, 25–27 Maysles), 78–82 Young Lions, New York Public Library, Vreeland, Diana, 25, 106, 119, 139, 259–260 243 youth movement, 117–120 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 294