If you're like me, holiday season means one thing: really amazing parties. Today's Book Friday is a spotlight on a book that draws on the costumes of just-past Halloween season but in an ultra-glamorous, infamous way.
Bals is a book about balls, the swankiest, most daring and memorable parties that the 20th century was lucky enough to host. The images are incredible, not only for their breadth of destinations and characters but also pure extravagance. Let these images take you to other worlds of delight. Enjoy!
1 Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes at the Oriental Ball.
2 Three masks designed by Oliver Messel worn by Elsie De Wolf and her two escorts to the Flora and Fauna Ball.
3 French starlet, Zizi Jeanmaire and her camel at the Cuevas Ball.
4 Princess Lee Radziwill adjusts her mask.
5 Marisa Berenson dressed for the Proust Ball as La Casati.
Kevin Sharkey 
