Trending badgeTrendingPosted 41 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownA Complete Roll Call Of Celebrity Kids Who've Hit Le Bal Des DébutantesI'm still trying to process the level of glamor.by Arsheen Kaur SahniBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink My Instagram feed has been completely hijacked by photos from this year's Le Bal des Débutantes, and I didn't realize it was this big of a deal. This time, Angela Bassett's daughter was on the guest list, and suddenly everyone I know is acting like they've been tracking Le Bal since birth. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Giphy / Via giphy.com But first, let's understand what this event actually is. Le Bal des Débutantes, usually just called Le Bal, is a super-exclusive Paris event where a small group of young women from prominent families (royalty, Hollywood, billionaires) are formally introduced to society. It's basically a modern, fashion-heavy twist on an old-school debutante ball. Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images / Via gettyimages.in, Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images / Via gettyimages.in, REPORTERS ASSOCIES / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images / Via gettyimages.in Each debutante is paired with a cavalier, dressed by a major couture house, and walks a red carpet at a luxury hotel before an evening of dinner and dancing. It's part charity gala and part couture fantasy. Very fancy indeed. Held on November 29 at the Shangri-La in Paris, this year's ball brought together 19 debutantes... but one Hollywood kid absolutely owned the spotlight. Bronwyn Vance, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance's daughter, showed up in a Stéphane Rolland gown and instantly became the belle of the ball. View this photo on Instagram Gala / Via instagram.com And of course, seeing all this sent me spiraling into a full investigation: Which other celebrity daughters have done this whole Parisian princess moment before? Turns out... more than I expected. And here they are: 1. Apple Martin View this photo on Instagram Virgile Guinard / Via Instagram: @undefined Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's daughter, Apple, showed up to Le Bal des Débutantes on November 30, 2024 with what was basically her entire hype squad-both parents, grandma Blythe Danner, and brother Moses. For her big society debut, she wore a custom Valentino gown that Vogue says took Alessandro Michele's atelier 750 hours to make... which is wild, because I can't even commit 7.5 minutes to choosing an outfit. 2. Sophie Kodjoe View this photo on Instagram Boris Kodjoe / Via Instagram: @undefined Sophie Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe's daughter, made her 2024 Le Bal debut alongside Apple Martin, showing up in a deep burgundy Oscar de la Renta gown that looked straight out of a glossy fashion spread. 3. Lucia Sofia Ponti View this photo on Instagram Aussel Vincent / Via Instagram: @undefined Sophia Loren's 18-year-old granddaughter, Lucia, made her honorary debutante moment in 2024, and she looked like she was born for a red carpet. She arrived in a strapless Giorgio Armani Privé gown that screamed "movie royalty runs in the family." 4. Ava Phillippe View this photo on Instagram GQ India / Via Instagram: @undefined Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe's daughter had her big Le Bal moment on Nov. 25, 2017, when she stepped into the 25th annual Bal des Débutantes in Paris. She wore a gold Giambattista Valli Haute Couture ballgown that basically demanded its own spotlight, and she spent the night twirling with her escort, none other than Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur, because of course, her dance partner was actual royalty. 5. Lori Harvey Le Bal / Via lebal.paris Steve Harvey's daughter, Lori, was one of six Americans at the 2017 ball, stepping out in a black Elie Saab gown with a plunging neckline and feather details, the kind of look that would've made her dad pull that classic Steve Harvey "speechless game-show host" face. 6. Sophia Stallone View this photo on Instagram Le Bal / Via Instagram: @undefined In 2012, Sophia Rose Stallone-Sylvester Stallone's eldest-had her big Le Bal des Débutantes moment. She showed up with her dad chaperoning and cavalier Alexandre Durandy de Naurois-Turgot by her side. For the night, she went with a slate-blue Elie Saab haute couture gown that suited the whole Paris fairy-tale vibe perfectly. 7. Margaret Qualley View this photo on Instagram Abaca / Via Instagram: @undefined Before her Golden Globe nominations and breakout roles, Margaret Qualley actually made her debut at Le Bal. The daughter of Andie MacDowell and a former ballerina, she attended the 2011 event in a brown Elie Saab gown. 8. Tallulah Willis Le Bal / Via lebal.paris Tallulah Willis had her own Le Bal moment in 2011. She attended the same year as Margaret Qualley and chose a black strapless Lanvin gown with silver detailing along the neckline. And just like Scout, she had Bruce Willis by her side as chaperone. 9. Autumn Whitaker Le Bal / Via lebal.paris Autumn Whitaker made her
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