Le Bal des Débutantes, also known simply as "le Bal", is a debutante ball and fashion event held annually in November in Paris, bringing together between 20 and 25 debutantes aged 16 to 22 from many countries, together with their parents and a similar number of young men. It started as a social event and was first held in the Orangery of the Château de Versailles on 10 July 1958.
Vanity Fair photo shoot with the 2011 Debutantes.
Deb Sokhna N'dour dressing for le Bal in 2008
Debs dance and talk at the 2009 Ball at the Hôtel de Crillon.
The 2011 Debs photographed at le Bal
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Paris which opened in 1909 in a building dating to 1758. Located at the foot of the Champs-Élysées, the Crillon, along with the Hôtel de la Marine, is one of two identical stone palaces on the Place de la Concorde. Since 1900, the French Ministry of Culture has listed the Hôtel de Crillon as a monument historique.
Hôtel de Crillon
Hôtel de Crillon on the left, with the Hôtel de la Marine on the right
Hôtel de Crillon in 2019