At le Bal 1997 in the Hotel de Crillon, the gown of the Japanese Deb Mikiko Hibiya was adorned with 3,000 pearls.
The 24 Debs wore Couture. There was Marion Taittinger from the French champagne family, in Nina Ricci, Cordelia de Castellane in Ungaro, Clothilde d’Urso in John Galliano for Christian Dior, Polish princess Tamara Czartoyski-Borbon in Vivienne Westwood, plus British Debs Lady Sybilla Rufus Isaacs and Alexandra Aitken.
All Proceeds went to the Pierre and Marie Curie University’s research.
Mikimoto was the jeweler of le Bal.
| Débutantes | Coutures Houses | Cavaliers |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Aitken, Royaume-Uni | Olivier Lapidus HC | Jo Bamford, Royaume-Uni |
| Comtesse Catherina Bernadotte, Suède | Jacques Fath HC | Comte Björn Bernadotte, Suède |
| Dorothée Boissonnas, France | Valentino HC | Matthieu de Carbonnel, France |
| Cordelia de Castellane, France | Emanuel Ungaro HC | Michael Niedzielski, France |
| Frédérique de Courten, Suisse | Louis Feraud HC | Cédrick Moriggi de Montmolin, Suisse |
| Princesse Tamara Czartoyski-Borbon, Pologne | Vivienne Westwood | Christopher Whitman, USA |
| Charlotte-Amalie Daehn, France | Dominique Sirop HC | Hugo d’Apremont de Blanzy, France |
| Comtesse Caroline Douglas, Allemagne | Pierre Cardin HC | Christian de Turckheim, France |
| Mary Elliot, Royaume-Uni | Bruce Oldfield | Hugo Harrod, Royaume-Uni |
| Mikiko Hibiya, Japon | Lecoanet-Hemant HC | Guglielmo Ludovico Giani, Italie |
| Charlotte de La Mure, France | Christian Lacroix HC | Charles-Edouard Pignal, France |
| Diane de Margerie, France | Paco Rabanne HC | Yorik Charveriat, France |
| Daphné de Montmarin, France | Hanae Mori HC | Alexandre Toesca, France |
| Emilie de Montmarin, France | Givenchy HC | Nicolas de Montmarin, France |
| Sarah Noble, Canada | Lanvin | Manu d’Oliveira, Espagne |
| Margot Poniatowski, France | Jean-Louis Scherrer HC | Guillaume le Guelinel, France |
| Jessica Rheims, France | Thierry Mugler HC | Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, France |
| Lady Sybilla Rufus Isaacs, Royaume-Uni | Bellville Sassoon | Baron Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue, France |
| Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue, France | Chanel HC | Baron Alexandre de Sambucy de Sorgue, France |
| Marion Taittinger, France | Nina Ricci HC | Richard Frèrejean de Chavagneux, France |
| Gaia Trussardi, Italie | Jean-Paul Gaultier HC | Francesco Trussardi, Italie |
| Clothilde d’Urso, France | Christian Dior HC | Charlie de Viel Castel, France |
| Alexandra van Weddingen, Belgique | Gianni Versace HC | Adrien Frèrejean de Chavagneux, France |
| Sally Woodford, Royaume-Uni | Pierre Balmain HC | Prince Alexandre Stourdza, Moldavie |