[Truman Capote] Came To My 17th Birthday Party, With Gloria Vanderbilt

“[Truman Capote] came to my 17th birthday party, with Gloria Vanderbilt. He was wearing khakis, an evening shirt with a bow tie, black patent pumps, and a leather jacket. I was impressed by that combination of casual and elegant. He was tiny, like a petunia, but a petunia with thorns.”

-Michael Lindsay-Hogg