Opulent celebrations of well-born women became déclassé underElizabeth II, but the tradition is making a comeback
The event began with an opening dance, then the “debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers” before being “passed on to their cavaliers”. “Family and other guests sat at tables in golden chairs and took it all in, as the chandelier ceiling dripped with decadence.”
Those sentences were written not in the 18th century but earlier this week, when Vogue reported on an event in Paris that one may consider, on the strength of the jewels on display alone, had just a whiff of the ancien régime.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/party-like-its-1899-the-young-wealthy-women-still-attending-debutante-balls
Author : Esther Addley
Publish date : 2024-12-07 09:00:20
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