Contemporary event planners draw inspiration from extravagant events throughout history, from ancient Rome to America's Gilded Age.
Party Like... goes behind the scenes at some of the world's most extravagant parties, past and present, to discover what it takes to put on the biggest, most excessive and most outrageous events ever. 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?