Bruce Willis and Andie MacDowell will play affectionate parents on November 26 at the Debutantes Ball in Paris for the “entry into the world” of their respective daughters, we learned from the organizer of this meeting -you international socialite, Ophélie Renouard.
The two actors are regulars at the Debutantes’ Ball which will take place again under the golds of Crillon: Bruce Willis and Andie MacDowell had accompanied their eldest daughters in 2005 and 2008. They return with their youngest: Tallulah Willis and Margaret Qualley, students of 17 years.
24 young girls of the elite, representing thirteen countries and coming from aristocratic families, industrialists, politicians, great sportsmen and artists, will participate in this ball inspired by a European tradition of several centuries: the presentation in the royal courts of young girls on the eve of their majority.
Today, this social gathering has become a charity event: “the purpose of the ball is to raise funds for a charity. This year, the profits will be donated to the Feed Fundation committed against malnutrition and created by Lauren Bush , niece of President George W. Bush, who had participated in the Debutantes Ball in 2000 “, underlined Ophélie Renouard.
On the arm of the knight serving of their choice, the debutantes will parade in haute couture dresses before a dinner and a grand ball which will be opened by the youngest, Marie-Sarah Carcassonne, 16, granddaughter of the academician Jean d ‘ Ormesson, one of the two French representatives with the young Princess Charlotte of Bourbon-Parme.
Under the colors of Great Britain and Switzerland, the niece of the mayor of London, Charlotte Dawnay, and Oriane Piccard, the daughter of the aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, will parade.
China, Spain, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Russia, India, Thailand and Japan will also have their “debutantes”.
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