Remembering the Party of the Century: 13 Masks Designed in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball

Truman Capote, like Holly Golightly, the protagonist of his famous short story, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," could be a tease. In the lead-up to his buzzy Black and White Ball, for example, the author was rarely seen without a marbled composition notebook (now in the collection of the New York Public Library), which contained the guest list to the highly exclusive fete. For social types, being included therein was like attaining the Holy Grail--and Capote knew it. You were either in or you were out...