Calista Flockhart leads Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans cast at dazzling black-and-white premiere

Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore and Naomi Watts lead the way on the black carpet at the hotly anticipated premiere of Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans.

It was a black-and-white affair in New York yesterday when the cast of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans gathered ahead of the miniseries’ hotly anticipated premiere next week.

Leading the way was Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart who nailed the two-toned theme as she walked the black carpet at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

Flockhart, 59, wowed in a floor-length gown by Zuhair Murad teamed with Tiffany & Co. jewellery – a super stylish ensemble that would get the stamp of approval from her on-screen character Lee Radziwill, the sister of former US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Calista Flockhart attends the Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans New York premiere on January 23. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

The Ally McBeal star wowed in her floor-length gown by Zuhair Murad. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

The actress accessorised her outfit with Tiffany & Co. jewellery. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

The actress and her castmates each portray real-life figures from the ‘70s on the show who are referred to as the “Swans”.

The FX miniseries – which premieres locally on BINGE on February 1 – is based on the real-life drama when famed author Truman Capote (played by Tom Hollander) exposed his social circle of socialites, aka his so-called “Swans”, in an article published in Esquire.

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The Feud cast from left to right: Diane Lane, Chloe Sevigny, Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Calista Flockhart. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

The fallout was swift and saw Capote was shunned from the group in spectacular fashion.

Playing a Swan alongside Flockhart is Aussie actress Naomi Watts, who looked stunning at the New York premiere.

Aussie actress Naomi Watts fittingly rocked a swan handbag to the event. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

Actress Demi Moore channelled a swan in her Balmain gown. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

Wearing a Givenchy lace gown, Watts channelled her inner Babe Paley – the fashion icon she plays on the series – with black opera gloves and a very appropriately swan-shaped crystal clutch from Judith Leiber Viveka.

Also bringing the glam were co-stars Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore, who channelled a literal swan in her Balmain gown, thanks to its swam motif.

Diane Lane nailed the black-and-white brief in this silky satin number. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

Chloe Sevigny never misses a fashion step. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Molly Ringwald is a vision in velvet and tulle. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

Hollander, who is superb as the late, great Capote, kept it simple in a tux – a sartorial option his “rebel” on-screen ego would most definitely have not chosen.

“I think in a world where people were much more repressed, [Truman] was a great show off in a world where everyone is showing off all the time,” Hollander told People magazine at the event.

Ringwald – who plays talk show host Johnny Carson’s second wife, Joanne Carson – agreed.

She told People that Capote and the Swans were indeed “the influencers of their day”, likening their statuses to the Beyoncés and Taylor Swifts of this era.

Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans premieres February 1 on BINGE

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