At le Bal 2005, at the Hotel de Crillon, recently acquired by Starwood Capital, Ashley Bush, grand daughter of President George H. W. Bush, Molly Flattery, granddaughter of Steve McQueen, in Dior and Andie MacDowell’s daughter Rainsford Qualley in Gaultier Paris, danced alongside the Italian Countess Bianca Brandolini d’Adda in Valentino, the Lebanese Deb Nadine Ghosn and the first deb from Thailand, Natapree Pichaironarongsongkram.
Proceeds from le Bal went to AVC Development, which funds research into vaccines for AIDS and cancer.
For the 10th and last year, the 23 debs wore magnificent Mikimoto pearls.
| Débutantes | Coutures Houses | Cavaliers |
|---|---|---|
| Sofia Barclay, Royaume-Uni | Elie Saab HC | Sebastian Donnelly, Royaume-Uni |
| Comtesse Bianca Brandolini d’Adda, Italie | Valentino HC | Antoine de Tavernost, France |
| Ashley Bush, USA | Ralph Lauren | Prince Ashley Poniatowski, France |
| Camille de Dampierre, France | Atelier Versace | Alexander Tsavliris, Grèce |
| Ginevra Doria, Italie | Christian Lacroix HC | Ambrogio Doria, Italie |
| Molly Flattery, USA | Christian Dior HC | Greg Young, USA |
| Nadine Ghosn, France | Vintage Didier Ludot | Jacques-Louis de La Béraudière, France |
| Philippine Hubin, France | Franck Sorbier HC | Edmond de Fels, France |
| Vicomtesse Dorothée de Jonghe d’Ardoye, Belgique | Natan | Antoine Woitrin, Belgique |
| Maria Juncadella-Hohenlohe, Espagne | Emanuel Ungaro HC | Christian Juncadella-Hohenlohe, Espagne |
| Mathilde Katsura Kanno, Japon | Jean-Louis Scherrer HC | Nathaniel Eckovich, France |
| Yasmin Kerr, Royaume-Uni | Vivienne Westwood | Louis Delafon, France |
| Laoura Lalaounis-Macropoulo, Grèce | Givenchy HC | Paul du Fraysseix, France |
| Salima Mangalji, Inde | Zac Posen | Felipe Olaechea, France |
| Marie de Menthon, France | Chanel HC | Ludovic des Lyons de Feuchin, France |
| Yuki Mori, Japon | Monique Lhuillier | Ben Mori, Japon |
| Laetitia Marie de Moustier, Brésil | Gerald Watelet | Louis de Chaudenay, France |
| Natapree Pichaironarongsongkram, Thailande | Dominique Sirop HC | Nicolas St Bris, France |
| Princess Augusta von Preussen, Royaume-Uni | Giles Deacon | Rodrigo Olaechea, France |
| Rainsford Qualley, USA | Gaultier Paris HC | Gabriel Deletaille, Belgique |
| Michaela Raikes, USA | Ralph Rucci HC | Prince Dimitri Soutzo, Grèce |
| Quitterie de Rivoyre, France | Stephane Saunier HC | Paul-Médéric de Rivoyre, France |
| Theodora Warre, Royaume-Uni | Neil Cunningham | George Northcott, Royaume-Uni |