{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 18: Ethereal Excess \u2013 Carlos de Beistegui\u2019s Venetian Ball","description":"Described, in all seriousness, as the \u2018Ball of the Century\u2019, the Beistegui Ball of 1951 was a fancy dress event like no other: the guest list, the costumes, the late-running pre-party rehearsal \u2013 everything was taken to an extreme. But at what cost? As guests partied, they also pondered: \u2018memorable\u2019 the event certainly was; \u2018merry\u2019, perhaps not. Join Lucy and Ben as they discuss the enigmatic host and why his legendary entertainment may not, in fact, have been the party of all parties. Notes  Nicholas Foulkes, \u2018Don Carlos de Beistegui\u2019, The Rake (March 2016). https:\/\/therake.com\/stories\/icons\/don-carlos-de-beistegui\/. Nicholas Foulkes, Bals: Legendary Balls of the Twentieth Century (2011). \u2018The Beistegui Ball\u2019, Scala Regia (January 2009).  http:\/\/scalaregia.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/was-in-late-summer-of-1951-that-charles.html. \u2018Ball of the Century\u2019, British Path\u00e9 news clip.  www.britishpathe.com\/video\/ball-of-the-century\/query\/Orson.  ","author_name":"Dress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dressfancy.uk","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9714086\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/42029816"}