Le Bal 2003 welcomed 24 Debs from 14 countries, including the first Debs from Asia and one from Guatemala. Wan Bao Bao of China made her entrance at the Hotel de Crillon, wearing Lanvin. Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter Dree also took part, along with Lara Hughes-Young, granddaughter of Winston Churchill’s private secretary, in Chanel.
Le Bal was in aid of ACV Development, a charity developing AIDS and cancer vaccines.
Mikimoto was the jeweller for the 8th consecutive year.
| Débutantes | Coutures Houses | Cavaliers |
|---|---|---|
| Alexia Calogeropoulou-Stratis, Grèce | Franck Sorbier HC | Florian Bressand, France |
| Dree Hemingway, USA | Christian Dior HC | Gabriel Deletaille, Belgique |
| Carolyna De Laurentiis, Italie | Roberto Cavalli | Tommaso Trento, Italie |
| Chloe Delevingne, Royaume-Uni | Bruce Oldfield | Louis Buckworth, Royaume-Uni |
| Comtesse Costanza della Gherardesca, Italie | Vivienne Westwood | Guido Ghezzi Galli Tassi, Italie |
| Lucia Gonzalez-Botello, Mexique | Jean Louis Scherrer HC | Camillo Gasparri, Mexique |
| Patricia Hempstead, Guatemala | Ralph Rucci HC | Charles Henri de Bournet, France |
| The Honorable Lara Hughes-Young, Royaume-Uni | Chanel HC | Charlie Gelinet, Royaume-Uni |
| Natsué Kantô, Japon | Hanaé Mori HC | Alexandre Sabouret, France |
| Clarisse Ladreit de Lacharrière, France | Carven HC | Donald Hebert, France |
| Eléonore de La Grandière, France | Emanuel Ungaro HC | Vladimir Grudzinski, Pologne |
| Diana Mellon, USA | Carolina Herrera | Thibault de La Mure, France |
| Tatiana Ojjeh, Suisse | Gaultier Paris | Iliyas Khrapunov, Russie |
| Penelope Pei-Tang, USA | Zac Posen | Damian Kimmelman, USA |
| Maria Pinedo de Sendagorta, Espagne | Pierre Cardin | Enrique de Sendagorta Laso de Vega, Espagne |
| Juliette Richard, France | E2 | Sébastien Deletaille, Belgique |
| Alexis Saperstein, USA | Givenchy HC | Prince Ashley Poniatowski, France |
| Candy Soo, Singapour | Zang Toi | Francisco Goedhuis, Royaume-Uni |
| Naguissa Tajan, France | Christian Lacroix HC | Edouard Solanet, France |
| Princesse Caroline von Thurn und Taxis, Autriche | Versace HC | Comte Georg Festetics de Tolna, Autriche |
| Comtesse Anastasia Tolstoy, Russie | Neil Cunningham | James David, France |
| Lola Toscani, Italie | Valentino HC | Christian Staubach, France |
| Bao Bao Wan, Chine | Lanvin | SAS Prince Maximilien della Torre e Tasso, Italie |
| Bérénice de Warren, France | Dominique Sirop HC | Quentin Leblond, France |