The real life 'Palm Royale': Meet the original Palm Beach influencers who ruled the glitzy 1969 social scene - so what would THEY think of today's posers?

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 a  a passion for firearms, 'eventually becoming one of the few female NSCA Level III sporting clay, skeet, trap, and field instructors' according to her obituary. She was also a sport fishing enthusiast as well as competitive shooting. 

Hepworth is pictured with her husband George at a luau hosted at the home of former chair of the US Committee of the United Nations Peter I. B. Lavan.

Marjorie Merriweather Post is seen in one Bert Morgan snap reigning over a Red Cross Ball at world-famous luxury hotel The Breakers. 

Merriweather is seen in a striking pink gown, red satin shoes with a tiara atop her head. Diamonds also drip from her neck, wrists and earing in a glamorous display of wealth. 

Some of Post's jewelry was so exquisite it was bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. 

Post made her money as the owner of General Foods Corporation and rose to become the wealthiest woman in the US. 

She was the previous owner of Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, now the residence of former president Donald Trump and his wife Melania. Post married four times throughout her life, each ending in divorce. 

Agnes Carvel is pictured at the Everglades Club at a gala for St Mary's hospital in March 1969. 

A relaxed image of Eugenie Marron with Alwin Franz and Edwin B. Coleman on the elite shopping street of Worth Avenue

Mrs. J. Archie Peck in the fashion show at the Everglades Club for the St. Mary's Hospital ball 

Mrs. Eric Javits in fashion show at the Everglades Club for the St. Mary's Hospital ball

Dr. Roger Currie with Rose Kennedy and Richard Clasby at the Everglades Club 

Her eye-catching full-length gold gloves march her gold sequined handbag. 

Carvel is pictured next to her husband Tom, the inventor of soft ice cream and founder of the Carvel ice cream brand. 

Noreen Drexel, pictured with her husband John R. Drexel III, hailed from an English aristocratic family before emigrating to the US with her mother in 1938. Her ancestors include eight martyred saints. 

Having never had a formal education, she was a fierce advocate and supporter of public schools. She was heavily involved with several philanthropic organizations including running he West Palm Beach Red Cross, an event for which she is pictured at. 

At the same event Estée Lauder was pictured in a blue teal gown and dazzling headdress waltzing with professional dancer Verne Casanave. 

The cosmetics entrepreneur looks suitably glamorous in red lipstick and shimmering eye-shadow. 

Lauder kept a high-end social life in Palm Beach, mixing with the likes of Ivana Trump.

Lyn Fisher Sheresky Revson, the wife of Revlon founder Charles Revson, a competitor of Estee Lauder. 

Revson enjoyed vacationing on her yacht and cultivating a fashion collection, including dozens of Hermes bags, landing her on the 'best-dressed' lists of society publications, according to a W profile after her death. She lived with her husband in a 28-room triplex in Manhattan before their divorce after ten years of marriage. 

Revson is seen in a large ballooning white gown with puffy sleeves, a smart navy collar and red bow over the chest. She is accompanied at the Red Cross Ball by John R. Drexel III.

Mrs. & Mr. Earl J. Robinson and his mother Mrs. Andrew Fraser Christmas shopping on Worth Avenue

So what would these icons think of today's Palm Beach style?

Instead of making the guest list for a charity benefit at the Breakers, the modern social status symbol is being featured on the city's unofficial best dressed list - the social media account 'Class of Palm Beach'. 

Class of Palm Beach, which has amassed millions of views on TikTok, parades the town's best dressed and asks them where they bought their chic outfits from.

The wildly-popular social media page is the brainchild of one Millennial resident, who often found herself stopping wealthy people on the street and asking which designer shops they had bought their clothes and accessories from.

Some Palm Beachers have become so determined to make an appearance on the account - which has 672,000 followers - that they wait on the busiest avenue for hours in the hopes of being noticed by the page's in-demand admin, DailyMail.com previously reported.