Truman's Swans

Kate Harrington, Truman Capote and Gloria Swanson At Studio 54 June 1978

“Babe Paley had one flaw; she was perfect. Other than that, she was perfect” -Truman Capote

(July 28, 1929-May 19, 1994) No words today, just a pictorial homage to the one and only JBKO.

  Ann Woodward 1955

  Babe and Willam Paley 1958

“I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity." Diana Vreeland

Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline The Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Royal Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Princess of Monaco Did you know... 1. She was born HSH Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Princess of Monaco on January 23, 1957 at the Prince's Palace , Rocher de Monaco, Monaco. 2. She has been married three times; divorced once, widowed once and currently estranged since 2009 from her third husband Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick 3. She received her degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne University and is fluent in French, English, Spanish, German and Italian. Since her mother's sudden death in 1982, the Princess has served as the reigning first lady of Monaco (until her brother's marriage to Charlene Wittstock in 2011) , taking up the numerous causes and charities her mother was associated with including the Princess Grace Foundation and UNICEF. 4. If her younger brother, the reigning HSH Pr...

The scene outside New York's PlazaHotel on November 28, 1966 for Truman Capote’s exclusive Black and White Ball

Gloria Guinness and Pamela Hayward (later Harriman) doing her Christmas shopping on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Gloria Vanderbilt and Truman Capote arriving for an evening at the theatre, circa 1960.

"I have an absurd kind of extravagance. If I see an orchid that’s fantastically expensive, I’ll buy it. It’s worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure." Lee Radziwill

Mrs. Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr. (later known as Babe Paley), the bestdressed woman in the world at her home in Hobe Sound, Florida 1947

  “More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones” Truman Capote

Long before the Kardashians, Hadids and Hiltons there existed a trio of sisters that turned the practice of ‘marrying well’ into an art form. The Cushing sisters - Minnie, Betsey and Barbara, known by her childhood nickname Babe-captivated the American public  with their glamorous lifestyles wealth, privilege and their six high-profile marriages to some of the top families in The Social Register.  At the center of it all was their social-climbing mother, Kate Cushing, known as ‘Gogsie’ who groomed her daughters to marry well, schooling them from childhood in the art of pleasing powerful men. The first to marry was the middle sister, 21-year-old Betsey Maria Cushing who caught the eye of James Roosevelt II, the eldest son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, First Lady Eleanor. 1000 guests made up of America’s elite gathered on June 4, 1930 to witness the wedding between the young Roosevelt and his beautiful bride, who defied tradition and wore a Grecian-inspire...

Marella Agnelli Photographed by Richard Avedon 1959

Babe Paley At Kiluna Farm in Manhasset, Long Island 1964

Gloria Guinness 1963

C. Z. Guest photographed by Slim Aarons at in front of the pool at Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida circa 1955

  “When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else” The Duke of Windsor