In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, 24 girls defied the travel embargo and turned up at the Hotel de Crillon. Among these were American cousins Amanda and Lydia Hearst, from the media family, in Vera Wang and Thierry Mugler, and the daughters of novelist Danielle Steel, Victoria and Vanessa, in Christian Lacroix and Christian Dior. Others came from Brazil and Japan and there was the first deb from Poland, the president’s daughter, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of the French Vogue editor, in Versace.

Proceeds went to ACV Development.

Debs wore Mikimoto pearls.

Débutantes Coutures Houses Cavaliers
Barbara Berlusconi, Italie Chanel HC SAS Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso, Italie
Laurence de Bourbon-Busset, France Pierre Balmain HC Antoine de Vulpillières, France
SAS Princesse Paola Orleans e Bragança Sapieha, Brésil Gaultier Paris HC Paul de Ponton d’Amecourt, France
Gwenolée de Carmoy, France Pierre Cardin HC Tristan de Silguy, France
Laxmi Dalamal, India Lecoanet Hemant HC Bharat Singh, Inde
Comtesse Marie-Catherine Douglas, Allemagne Hanae Mori HC Charles de Chabaneix, France
Kaya Endo, Japon Louis Feraud HC Gonzague Requillart, France
Pilar Fernandez-Susino, Espagne Jean-Louis Scherrer HC Fernando Ramos de Lucas, Espagne
Amanda Hearst, USA Carolina Herrera Charles d’Arcy, Irlande
Lydia Hearst-Shaw, USA Thierry Mugler HC Matthew Armstrong, USA
Aleksandra Kwasniewska, Pologne Ewa Minge Alexis de Béchade, France
Mélanie Mallet, France Yves Saint Laurent HC Geoffroy de Boissieu, France
Amélie de Mony-Pajol, France Jean-Charles De Castelbajac Adrien de Mony- Pajol, France
Julie-Chloé Mougeolle, France Seredin & Vassiliev Mathieu Bellahsen, France
Violet Naylor-Leyland, Royaume-Uni Bruce Oldfield Tom Naylor-Leyland, Royaume-Uni
Cleo Pakenham, Royaume-Uni Neil Cunningham David Hogan Hern, Royaume-Uni
Carolina Partheni-Angelopoulos, Grèce Givenchy HC Paul Charles Ricard, France
Olivia Peiretti-Paradisi, Monaco Franck Sorbier HC Victor Leclercq, Monaco
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, France Atelier Versace HC Antoine de Moussac, France
Marchioness Laura Serra, Italie Valentino HC Charles de Nervaux, France
Sarah Taylor, Royaume-Uni Vivienne Westwood Johnny Weinberg, Royaume-Uni
Vanessa Traina, USA Christian Dior HC Olivier de la Ferrière, France
Victoria Traina, USA Christian Lacroix HC Duarte Eca de Queiroz Correira de Campos, Portugal
Marie de Villepin, France Emanuel Ungaro HC Thomas Pallardy, France