2018 was the first year at the hotel Shangri-La Paris. The 19 Debs in attendance included True, the daughter of Forest Whitaker, and Juliet James, the grand daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy, along with Annabel, daughter of Huawei founder, Ren Zhengfei, and Anna, the grand daughter of I.M. Pei, and HH the Indian Princess of Gwalior, accompanied by her brother HH Yuvraj Mahanaaryamanrao J. Scindia of Gwalior.

Harper and Giacomo, the grand sons of legendary actors Gregory Peck and Jean-Paul Belmondo were amongst the cavaliers.

le Bal was in aid of charities Seleni and Enfants d’Asie.

Debs were adorned in jewellery by Payal New York.

Débutantes Coutures Houses Cavaliers
Shloka Birla, India Manish Malhotra HSH Prince Jean de Croÿ-Solre, Belgium
Dona Maria do Carmo Calem, Portugal Joao Rolo HRH Prince Dinis de Bragança, Portugal
Marine Depaz, France Guo Pei Count Côme de Germay de Cirfontaine, France
Juliet James Gordy, USA Elie Saab Haute Couture Paul Lenain, France
Countess Hermine de Hemricourt de Grunne, Belgium Christophe Josse Duc de Crussol, France
Bella Kaplan, USA Oscar de la Renta Nicholas Mortimer, USA
Angel Lee, Hong Kong Dorian Ho Edouard Lanvin, France
Elizabeth Starling Louis, USA Ralph & Russo Couture John Jeffry Louis IV, USA
Alice Maxey, USA Gucci Reid McCaw, USA
Julia McCaw, USA Giambattista Valli HC Harper Peck, USA
Aria Mehta, India Georges Hobeika Couture Count Rufus d’Hauteville, France
Baroness Ludmilla von Oppenheim, Germany Stéphane Rolland HC HSH Prince Philippe-Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre, Belgium
Anna Pei, USA Emanuel Ungaro Henry Gans, USA
Countess Gabrielle de Pourtalès, France Christian Dior HC HRH Prince Mirko Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha, Spain
HH Princess Ananya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, India Lecoanet Hemant HH Yuvraj Mahanaaryamanrao J. Scindia of Gwalior, India
Elizabeth Terrien, UK Ralph Lauren Baron Waldemar von Oppenheim, Germany
Kayla Uytengsu, Phillippines Antonio Grimaldi Chase McCaw, USA
True Whitaker, USA Gaultier Paris Giacomo Belmondo, France
Annabel Yao, China J Mendel Count Gaspard de Limburg Stirum, Belgium