<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Truman Capote held a masquerade ball on November 28, 1966, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.Bettmann/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>In November 1966, Truman Capote held a masquerade ball at New York's Plaza Hotel.</li><li>It was attended by over 500 guests, including Frank Sinatra, Andy Warhol, and Edward VIII.</li></ul><p>On November 28, 1966, Truman Capote threw what he called "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/fashion/black-and-white-ball-anniversary-truman-capote.html">a little masked ball</a>" for 540 of his closest friends.</p><p>To the rest of the world, it was the "<a target="_blank" href="https://about.jstor.org/blog/the-party-of-the-century-truman-capotes-black-and-white-ball/">party of the century</a>," a moniker it earned due to its extravagant and exclusive nature.</p><p>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 bring together a diverse and influential group of people in a way that hadn't ever been done before.</p><p>The planning, execution, and aftermath of the ball is examined in "<a target="_blank" rel class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/feud-truman-capote-swans-real-socialites-babe-paley-lee-radziwill-2024-2"><u>Feud: Capote vs. The Swans</u></a>" season two, episode three, titled "Masquerade 1966." Here's a look inside the real event.</p>