Youth, elegance and many dreams to come true met last weekend in the City of Light, where once again the eagerly awaited Le Bal, the so-called debutante ball where, in the sumptuous halls of the Shangri-La Paris hotel, under its lamps with a thousand rippled crystals, silky walls and gilded mouldings, the youth of international high society are revealed before the eyes of the world. And they do it like a scene from a Jane Austen novel or a film adaptation by Evelyn Waugh al Back to Brideshead or the arch-popular The Bridgerton, for instance. Dresses for house from high fashion more renowned and more delicate jewels and decorations, which recall the glories of the past, but also, projected towards a future, perhaps more transversal and versatile.
Eighteen young beauties, descendants of aristocratic families, but also of the arts and finance, showed themselves to the world dressed in haute couture
With princesses who today stand out as queens of social networks, as happens leah from Norway, daughter of Marta Luisa, in front of which there was great expectation —which did not disappoint—, and which we were able to see dressed by Giambattista Valli amidst fluffy raspberry-red silks. OR knights how Ignatius of Bourbon —the only Spanish representative—, that the mainstream found him starving on the island of survivedwhen this blond model is directly descended from fourteen Kings and is a cousin of Felipe VI, as evidenced by his magnificent stature.
It was the first time Princess Leah of Norway had posed for the cameras since her mother’s resignation from her royal duties.
Accompanied by Simour’s Maharajah Lakshya Parkash, Leah’s blue eyes rivaled for light and sparkle the tiara that V MUSE Jewelry he had finished it by hand expressly for her. It was the first time that the 17-year-old model and influencer With more than 162,000 followers on his Instagram account and owner of one of the top beauty awards in your country, appeared before the media after her mother’s decision to give up all her royal obligations for love. More specifically, for her controversial future marriage to shaman Durek Verrett. But the young woman did not need to utter a word to eclipse the spotlights of the planet with her odalisque-cut pleated dress, while her mother, among the guests, enjoyed that special moment for her, first voucher in the capital of the Seine, as he exclusively stated for HELLO! few weeks ago.
It was the first time that the gentlemen, the male escorts, participated in the photo shoot preceding the ceremony, during which eighteen young people from all over the worlddaughters of aristocrats, businessmen and important figures of the arts, are shown in their majority before the The best of the best international. So, Ignacio de Borbón, great-grandson of Elena de Borbón, once a mythical ambassador of the Versace house, was forever portrayed. The model acted as a companion of the beauty Annabel room, daughter of the German composer Hans Zimmer, by the way, one of the favorite musicians of his cousin King Felipe and Doña Letizia. while the young influencer Elegantly following the protocol devised by Madame Ophélie Renouard —guest of this dream evening—, wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt, bow tie and sash, Annabel, who is a professional photographer, chose a purplish blue dress by Jean-Paul Gaultier with an original embroidered heart sequins garnet.
Natasha Connery and Harper Peck surprised the guests at the grand ball at the Shangri-La Paris hotel when, in the heat of their waltz, they exchanged a romantic kiss, signing a cinematic courtship between two great Hollywood sagas
One of the most curious facts of this celebration is that some of these couples do not know each other before, but Renouard, according to their tastes and affinities, becomes an impromptu Cupid of unusual and attractive couples. A task that, in the case of Natasha Conney, nephew of the legendary and most famous of 007, Sean Connery, it was not necessary to exercise because she arrived at the foot of the Eiffel Tower on the arm of her boyfriend, Harper Peck, nephew, in turn, of the no less legendary protagonist of Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck wasting love and charm Hollywood style in a stunning pearl gray satin gown by Alexis Mabille. Together with them, Harper’s sister, Ondine, who also did not want to miss this great occasion with guests of great aristocratic lineage, such as Sophia de Habsburgo-Lorraine, goddaughter of Queen Emerita Doña Sofía and granddaughter of Otto de Habsburgo, who is in our country while studying at the university, and, dressed as Franck Sorbier, was accompanied by the imposing Leopold of Baden.
Ignacio de Borbón, cousin of King Felipe VI and the only Spanish representation at the party, was the ‘knight’ chosen for Annabel Zimmer, daughter of the famous German composer
The princess joined them Helen of Orleans, dressed by Georges Hobeika; Countess Olimpia Rimbotti, by Stefan Djokovich, and Indian princess Inayatinder Kaur de Patiata, by Sabina Bilenko, young women from five continents, since this dinner aims to raise funds for charitable causes spread all over the planet. In this edition, the foundation of chef José Andrés, NGO World Central Kitchen, has been chosen, which provides food to people affected by any kind of crisissuch as the Ukrainian people during the conflict with Russia or the La Palma volcano disaster, and also the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital in Paris, which works to improve the quality of life of children suffering from heart disease.
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