Masked balls have gone the way of the orange spoon, archaic relics of a lost elegance. (I think we can all agree that Halloween doesn’t walk the sexy line between anonymity and exhibitionism with quite as much sophistication as the costume parties of the past). Let’s take a look at the most famous masked ball of the 20th century, Truman Capote’s Black & White Ball, held November 28, 1966, at the Plaza Hotel.
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