In the first episode ofFeud:Capote vs.
The Swans, Naomi Wattss Babe Paley and Chloe Sevignys C.Z.
Guest greet each other in front of a restaurant called La Cote Basque.
Babe and William Paley outside La Côte Basque in 1965.
Meanwhile, Tom Hollanders Truman Capote sits in an idling cab outside.
Keep the meter running, he tells the driver.
We dont want to go in quite yet.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Aristotle Onassis at La Cote Basque in January 1973.
This is a lunch, its clear, thats as much about the company as the cuisine.
Feud: Capote vs.
Yet at La Cote Basque, the fashion often outshone the food.
Gloria slips off her little black coatleans across the tablegets a kiss on the cheek from Truman.
Meanwhile, Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill are described as geisha girls.
The vicious roman a clef led to Capotes swift ousting from high society.
Fittingly, however, another society restaurant would later take over its famed first location: the Polo Bar.
As much as things change, they also stay the same.
