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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 Answered Prayers (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, 215 285 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 286 286 INDEX 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 Truman Capote, 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 The Grass Harp, 39–40 Blackwell, Earl, 128 Handcarved Coffins, 254 Blair, Josie, 203 House of Flowers, 40 Block, Kenneth Paul, 173, 202, 238, Local Color, 39 239 The Muses Are Heard, 51 Bogart, Humphrey, 90, 91 Music for Chameleons, 255 bindex.qxd 1/3/06 11:39 AM Page 287 INDEX 287 Other Voices, Other Rooms, 22–23, at ball, 141 25, 28–29, 31, 32 on In Cold Blood, 98 Summer Crossing, 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 “A Christmas Memory,” 12, 100, Curtis, Charlotte, 143, 156, 170–172, 205 204, 220, 240–243 “La Côte Basque,” 253 Curtis, Tony, 248, 249 “Miriam,” 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 288 288 INDEX 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 INDEX 289 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 Leland Hayward 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.