In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, 24 girls defied the travel embargo and turned up at the Hotel de Crillon. Among these were American cousins Amanda and Lydia Hearst, from the media family, in Vera Wang and Thierry Mugler, and the daughters of novelist Danielle Steel, Victoria and Vanessa, in Christian Lacroix and Christian Dior. Others came from Brazil and Japan and there was the first deb from Poland, the president’s daughter, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of the French Vogue editor, in Versace.
Proceeds went to ACV Development.
Debs wore Mikimoto pearls.
| Débutantes | Coutures Houses | Cavaliers |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Berlusconi, Italie | Chanel HC | SAS Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso, Italie |
| Laurence de Bourbon-Busset, France | Pierre Balmain HC | Antoine de Vulpillières, France |
| SAS Princesse Paola Orleans e Bragança Sapieha, Brésil | Gaultier Paris HC | Paul de Ponton d’Amecourt, France |
| Gwenolée de Carmoy, France | Pierre Cardin HC | Tristan de Silguy, France |
| Laxmi Dalamal, India | Lecoanet Hemant HC | Bharat Singh, Inde |
| Comtesse Marie-Catherine Douglas, Allemagne | Hanae Mori HC | Charles de Chabaneix, France |
| Kaya Endo, Japon | Louis Feraud HC | Gonzague Requillart, France |
| Pilar Fernandez-Susino, Espagne | Jean-Louis Scherrer HC | Fernando Ramos de Lucas, Espagne |
| Amanda Hearst, USA | Carolina Herrera | Charles d’Arcy, Irlande |
| Lydia Hearst-Shaw, USA | Thierry Mugler HC | Matthew Armstrong, USA |
| Aleksandra Kwasniewska, Pologne | Ewa Minge | Alexis de Béchade, France |
| Mélanie Mallet, France | Yves Saint Laurent HC | Geoffroy de Boissieu, France |
| Amélie de Mony-Pajol, France | Jean-Charles De Castelbajac | Adrien de Mony- Pajol, France |
| Julie-Chloé Mougeolle, France | Seredin & Vassiliev | Mathieu Bellahsen, France |
| Violet Naylor-Leyland, Royaume-Uni | Bruce Oldfield | Tom Naylor-Leyland, Royaume-Uni |
| Cleo Pakenham, Royaume-Uni | Neil Cunningham | David Hogan Hern, Royaume-Uni |
| Carolina Partheni-Angelopoulos, Grèce | Givenchy HC | Paul Charles Ricard, France |
| Olivia Peiretti-Paradisi, Monaco | Franck Sorbier HC | Victor Leclercq, Monaco |
| Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, France | Atelier Versace HC | Antoine de Moussac, France |
| Marchioness Laura Serra, Italie | Valentino HC | Charles de Nervaux, France |
| Sarah Taylor, Royaume-Uni | Vivienne Westwood | Johnny Weinberg, Royaume-Uni |
| Vanessa Traina, USA | Christian Dior HC | Olivier de la Ferrière, France |
| Victoria Traina, USA | Christian Lacroix HC | Duarte Eca de Queiroz Correira de Campos, Portugal |
| Marie de Villepin, France | Emanuel Ungaro HC | Thomas Pallardy, France |