Crillon Ball/2011
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About
For the 19th year, Ophélie Renouard, the founder and organizer of le Bal des Débutantes, unites the Haute Couture and Couture houses, Adler the jeweller of the ball since 2006, and the Débutantes and their cavaliers for a magical evening at the Hotel de Crillon, on November 26th.
The purpose of the ball is to raise funds for charity: the Feed Foundation, a humanitarian charity to help fight hunger and malnutrition around the world. The Feed Foundation was started in 2008 by Lauren Bush, who made her début in 2000 at le Bal des Débutantes.
This international event is the only French Débutante ball. It opens with the presentation of the young ladies in the arms of their cavaliers, followed by a dinner and the ball itself.
Each Débutante wears a dress from an Haute Couture or Couture House, and all are adorned with jewellery by Adler. For their fittings prior to the event, they are driven in Infiniti cars.
Once again, the Debutantes hail from exceptional families with diverse backgrounds from thirteen countries, including the United States, Switzerland, Italy, India, China, Thailand, and Japan. They range from 16 to 21 years old and are accompanied by their chosen cavaliers.
The debutantes' makeup will be done by MAC Cosmetics and their hair by Alexandre de Paris.
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List of Debutantes
| Debutante | Country | Designer | Escort | Bloodline or Claim to fame | Gown |
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| Princess Charlotte de Bourbon Parme | France | Atelier Versace (Couture) | Prince Amaury de Bourbon |  | |
| Lidia Buryak | Russia | Stephane Rolland Haute Couture [1] | Stanislav Ognev |  | |
| Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor | United Kingdom | Chanel Haute Couture | Stéphane de Watazzi | Her father is a founding member of Duran Duran and her mother is photographer Amanda de Cadenet. |  |
| Marie-Sarah Carcassonne | France | Balmain Haute Couture (Vintage Didier Ludot?) | Pierre Cohen Solal | The granddaughter of French writer Jean d'Ormesson and daughter of publishers Manuel Carcassonne and Héloise d'Ormesson. |  |
| Tanyatip Chearavanont | Thailand | J. Mendel (couture?) | Pedro Seabra | Tanyatip’s family runs one of the largest conglomerates in Asia, the Charoen Pokphand Group, and simultaneously spearheads a number of charities that have helped the rural poor and improved the environment. The family is famous in print media for its connection to Neal Bush(Lauren Bush's father). | |
| Vivian Chou | China | Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture (Vintage Didier Ludot of Pret au porter? | Octavian Donnelly | Scion of the Hong Kong textile family, headed by Silas Chou, that owns Michael Kors. Previously Silas Chou was famously the head of Tommy Hilfiger for a period. Vivian's sister Veronica has been in the Crillon event in the past. | |
| Flora Collins | USA | Carolina Herrera (Couture) | Samuel Belfond | Her mother is writer-journalist Amy Fine Collins, who also co-edits Vanity Fair annual Best-Dressed List. Her father writes art history books. Flora herself is already a talented writer and has been commissioned to write about le Bal for Teen Vogue. |  |
| Charlotte Dawnay | United Kingdom | Christophe Josse Haute Couture | Nicholas Hissom | The daughter of Rachel Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Lady Magazine, and niece of London mayor Boris Johnson. This gown is one of only 2 amongst all the gowns that can actually be found in the Haute Couture line-up on style.com. |  |
| Shaiyra Devi of Kapurthala | India | Lecoanet Hemant (Couture) | Jean-Baptiste Solanet | Niece of LVMH Asia representative. |  |
| Contessa Olimpia Emo Capidilista | Italy | Valentino Haute Couture | Thassilo Conte Piccolomini | Olimpio Capodilista is recently famous by her interview in Tatler July 2010 where she described her fondest memory of being an intern at Tatler as 'snogging the Amarni models in the closet.' She was an intern there under Richard Dennon... himself an escort at Le bal for many years. He is also the insider writer that caused the forbes article to quote le bal was one of the 10 biggest parties of the year(despite there not being any evidence to this). | |
| Remy Fisher | USA | Gaultier Paris (Haute Couture) | Remy’s grandfather started American clothing brand the Gap in San Francisco. Her mother is Japanese. Her parents love travelling and Paris is one of their favorite cities. |  | |
| Eliza Fraser | United Kingdom | Julien Fournie Haute Couture (Vintage Didier Ludot? | Edouard Chasteland | Eliza’s grandmother is Antonia Fraser. Her grandparents on her mother's side are Lord and Lady Teynam, and her mother, the Hon. Lucy Roper-Curzon, is one of ten children. |  |
| Misha and Theresa Horne | Canada | House of Worth (Vintage Didier Ludot?) | Ken Foulfoin | Identical twins whose American mother, Tierney, was the driving force behind creating J. Crew. The girls are competitive “It girls” in London: they are both rivals and close friends. |  |
| Leana Mallya | India | Christian Dior Haute Couture | Lawrence van Hagen | The daughter of the Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, who owns the first Indian spirits company, United Breweries. She lives in California. | |
| Hikari Mori | Japan | Hanae Mori Vintage | Jan Lisman | The granddaughter of Hanae Mori, the only Japanese designer ever to be classified as haute couture. |  |
| Massara Ojjeh | Lebanon | Zuhair Murad Couture (Haute Couture) | Axel Marteau | On her mother’s side, Massara is Russian. Her father works for the development of economic relations between France and the Middle East. |  |
| Guiomar Perez de Guzman de Leon | Spain | Frank Sorbier Haute Couture | Luis Alino Ferran | The Guiomar family attained nobility status after some civil and military achievements for the Spanish crown, and they have maintained their titles to this day. |  |
| Orian Piccard | Switzerland | Anne-Valerie Hash Haute Couture | Victor Belmondo | Her grandfather was the inspiration for Professor Tournesol in The Adventures of Tintin. The family has set records for being the first to fly in the earth’s stratosphere as well as for the world’s deepest submarine dive. Her father was the first to circle the globe non stop in a balloon. He is now working on the Solar Impulse plane. |  |
| Margaret Qualley | USA | Elie Saab Haute Couture | Count Filippo Emo Capodilista | Her mother is the actress Andie MacDowell. Her sister Rainey did le Bal in 2005. Margaret wants to become a professional dancer and live in Paris. |  |
| Alexandra Spencer | United Kingdom | Maxime Simoens Haute Couture | Hamish Khayat | Alexandra’s father, Michael Spencer, runs ICAP, a money-broking firm, and was the former treasurer for the Conservative Party. Her mother, Lorraine Spencer, is heavily involved in charitable projects. |  |
| Tallulah Willis | USA | Lanvin (Couture) | Milan Orban | Daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Her older sister Scout has previously attended le Bal. | |
| Elisabeth Woodward | USA | Vera Wang (Couture?) | Louis d'Origny | Her family started Hanover Bank and they are well-known for their thoroughbred farm. |  |
References
L'Official Fall winter 2011/2012 was used to verify the list of which gowns were Haute Couture or not. Didier Ludot is a Vintage thrift shop in the Petite Palais that regularly lends gowns to Le Bal.- ↑ according to L'Officiel
