The real life 'Palm Royale': Meet the original Palm Beach influencers who ruled ... trends now
Apple TV's glamorous new hit show 'Palm Royale' provides a glimpse into the gilded but conniving world of Palm Beach high society in 1969 - but who were the real women to dominate the social scene that year?
The posh beach city played host to some of the wealthiest and most iconic Americans of the time, including Estée Lauder, Marjorie Merriweather Post and Noreen Drexel.
Now, stunning time-capsule images carefully preserved in the state archive now provide a peek behind the curtain at what life was really like for those on the scene as they dressed to the nines in floor-length colorful print gowns and draped themselves in extravagant jewelry.
For many, these powerful women were the original Palm Beach influencers - but rather than parading their outfits on TikTok like residents today, they relied on glittering parties, galas and charity balls to showcase their style.
Estée Lauder was pictured in a blue teal gown and dazzling headdress waltzing with professional dancer Verne Casanave
Diana Auchincloss (left), stepmother to actress and model Brooke Shields, pictured at a fashion show during a benefit for St. Mary's Hospital at the Everglades Club
Lyn Fisher Sheresky Revson, the wife of Revlon founder Charles Revson cultivated a fashion collection that landed her on the 'best-dressed' lists of society publications
Many of images were taken at exclusive locations such as Worth Avenue and Royal Poinciana Plaza, with high-society chronicler Bert Morgan capturing a host of events including a March 1969 gala to benefit St. Mary's Hospital at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach and a Red Cross fundraiser at The Breakers.
One picture set of a fashion show as part of the St Mary's Hospital event features Diana Auchincloss, stepmother to actress and model Brooke Shields.
Auchincloss, pictured in a floor-length blue and white printed gown with green bow and matching satin shoes, was previously married to to Thomas Gore Auchincloss, a member of the Onassis family.
Her father was the German Vice Consul in the US. The well-connected woman was also a debutante and member of the Grosvenor Ball committee, according to a New York Times wedding announcement.
Also at the fashion show was Mary Obolensky, a former FBI worker and later dedicated philanthropist including support of the Russian Nobility Association and Cancer and Blood Foundation.
Obolensky also established the Mary Obolensky Underwood Foundation for Leukemia Research before her death in 2006.
There is also a relaxed image of Eugenie Marron with Alwin Franz and Edwin B. Coleman on the elite shopping street of Worth Avenue where designers such as Chanel hold storefronts.
Marron, a New York socialite who set world records as a pioneering deep-sea fisherwoman, dazzled in bright red slacks and matching top with a Peter Pan collar.
Marron became the first woman to catch a giant blue fin, according to her obituary.
Marjorie Merriweather Post (right) is seen in one Bert Morgan snap reigning over a a Red Cross Ball at world-famous luxury hotel The Breakers
Everglades Club members celebrate the club's 50th anniversary in February 1969
Mary Obolensky, a former FBI worker and later dedicated philanthropist including support of the Russian Nobility Association and Cancer and Blood Foundation
Agnes Carvel is pictured at the Everglades Club at a gala for St Mary's hospital in March 1969
Mrs. George Matthews in fashion show at the Everglades Club for the St. Mary's Hospital ball in Palm Beach March 8, 1969
Joyce Hepworth, moved to Palm Beach with her husband George in the 1960s. She developed
