Hannah Maguire

There were no clocks in Studio 54.

Obviously, it's a nightclub.

But there was a lot of speculation about when the club would close on a particular night because you never knew when it was coming.

Okay.

Until people worked out that the till roll was changed halfway through the night.

So people were like...

Hold on a minute.

OK, we've got four hours left, boys.

So it's really interesting stuff of like people constantly trying to crack the code of like what made it so magic.

And they never do.

To celebrate Thanksgiving in 1978, the bar staff and waiters all dressed up as pilgrims whilst they served guests giant turkey legs, a night that was paid for entirely by Valentino.

And apparently, when Valentino said to Steve Rubell, well, why do I have to pay for this?

And he just goes, well, America was discovered by an Italian.

All of these parties, but I would imagine particularly on the festive holidays, little bags of cocaine were tied up with bows and passed out as party favours with celebrity names on them.

And they were recorded in the company ledger.

Fruits and flowers, everyone knows about that.

Also, it's the 70s, cash is king.

It's so easy to hide this shit.

I would say out of all of the Studio 54 pictures, Bianca on the horse is the most famous.

Your cake would be a lot smaller than Elizabeth Taylor.