Extravagant parties are explored in a special on National Geographic Channel, Party Like..., premiering on Thursday, February 9, 2012 (9:00 p.m. ET). Party planners put on events with the excesses of the most notorious partiers, including the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and a Roman Emperor, in this two part special, according to press information from National Geographic Channel.
Party Like… goes behind the scenes at some of the world’s most extravagant parties, in past and present, to discover what it takes to put on the biggest, most excessive and most outrageous events ever. The parties include a marquerade ball suitable for Queen of France, Marie Antionette and party styled after the Roman emperors. What can modern party planners learn from the excesses of their forebears, who risked their reputations (and sometimes their lives) to please their eccentric, super wealthy clients?
Party Like... the Queen of France premieres on on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Dylan Marer, executive event producer to the stars, has been hired to put on the annual Playboy masquerade, a decadent masked affair that attracts Hollywood insiders and sexy starlets. Dylan's client, Hugh Hefner, expects the very best, but he's also looking for a fresh take on the masquerade theme. Dylan looks to the ill-fated Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, for inspiration. Marie Antoinette was a bewitching teenage queen who also happened to love a good masquerade party.By examining the details of the queen's infamous masquerade parties at the Paris Opera two centuries ago, this episode explores one of the world's most enduring party themes, and sees what it takes to throw an unforgettable, successful masquerade with costumes, makeup and live entertainment in this day and age.
Party Like....A Roman Emperor premieres on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Dylan Marer, one of Hollywood's A-list party planners, is used to meeting the demands of his celebrity clients, but this time he's been asked by the Palms Casino in Las Vegas to throw a summer bash. Marer looks tothe emperors on ancient Rome for inspiration. Among his inspirations is an emperor who has been accused of outrageous excesses including orgies, dining on ostrich brains and riding around in a chariot drawn by naked virgins. Dylan's determined to wine and dine the Casino's 3,500 party guests in the style of the hard partyng gluttonous Romans. Party Like a Roman Emperor throws down the party-planning gauntlet in a city where excess is practically a religion.
Party Like...airs on National Geographic Channel.
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