How Lily Collins, Reese Witherspoon's daughter debuted alongside Lady Amelia Windsor and European royalty at Le Bal des Débutantes

Le Bal des Débutantes attracts the champion of high-society, with princesses and daughters of Dukes and Marquesses putting connected a dazzling show successful Paris each year.

The extravagant occasion, which was archetypal held astatine the Palace of Versailles successful 1958, sees 20 young ladies from immoderate of the astir prestigious - and richest - families successful the satellite being introduced into society. 

Among the array of stunning debutantes, who are hand-picked by the organisers and often accompanied by their affluent parents, determination person been immoderate precise acquainted faces.

Royalty has included the precocious Princess Diana's niece, Lady Kitty Spencer, Lady Amelia Windsor, the granddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is 2nd relative to King Charles, and Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, the 2nd relative erstwhile removed of the monarch.

But it's not lone aristocrats and royal socialites that formal to impressment astatine the prestigious event, with Hollywood names and their nepo babe children often travelling to the French superior for the ball.

Previous personage debutantes person included Lily Collins, Demi Moore's daughters Tallulah Willis and Scout LaRue Willis, who some attended with their father Bruce Willis in 2011 and 2009, respectively, arsenic good as Reese Witherspoon's girl Ava Phillippe.

In 2017, Ava, the girl of Reese and Ryan Phillippe, attended the exclusive lawsuit successful a jaw-dropping Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown, accompanied by polo player, Maharaja of Jaipur Padmanabh Singh.

Ava aboriginal reflected connected her acquisition connected Instagram, writing: 'Wow! I americium truthful thrilled to person had the accidental to conscionable truthful galore beautiful, kind, supportive, and passionate young women (and men!) astatine Le Bal.'

Emily In Paris prima Lily, 35, girl of vocalist Phil Collins, made her debut successful 2007, accompanied by present Tatler exertion Richard Dennen and wearing a stunning Chanel haute couture gown.

Sylvester Stallone and woman Jennifer Flavin’s eldest daughter Sophia Stallone, meanwhile, appeared astatine the 2012 Le Bal, portion successful 2009, Autumn Whitaker attended the juncture with her begetter Forest Whitaker.  

The actor's girl True Whitaker, joined the yearly lawsuit successful 2018, portion histrion Carrie Fisher's girl Billie Lourd was a debutante in 2008.

Other nepo babies of celebrated faces who person attended the shot include Leah Isadora Behn, girl of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, and Delphine Arnault, girl of Bernard Arnault, the founder, president and CEO of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy).

Lauren Bush, niece of erstwhile US president George W. Bush, and Dree Hemingway, great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, besides number themselves among the glamorous alumni.

This year, Apple Martin, the 20-year-old girl of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, joined the prestigious database of debutantes. 

This year's lawsuit connected Saturday nighttime was held astatine the five-star Hotel Shangri-La, wherever rooms outgo $1,000-a-night, and proceeds were divided betwixt the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital successful the US and the cardiology probe portion astatine Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital.

For their instauration into precocious society, the debutantes, who are hand-picked by the organisers, wore decorator shot gowns from immoderate of the world's apical manner houses - including Chanel, Valentino and Oscar de la Renta.

For the event, the aspiring exemplary Apple wore a bespoke babe bluish strapless gown, which took 750 hours to make and was designed by Alessandro Michele - the originative manager of Valentino. 

After descending the hotel's expansive marble staircase, the debutantes took disconnected into the room, which was filled with arrogant parents and noble families, earlier waltzing with their dates connected the creation floor. 

However, Chris Martin's girl - whose day was Austro-Hungarian aristocrat Leo Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck - wasn't the lone debutante astatine the shot with a Hollywood connection.

On Saturday night, Sophia Loren's granddaughter Lucia Sofia Ponti, who lives successful Los Angeles, besides made her expansive entranceway into society.

During the glamorous event, Lucia - who is studying astatine Brown University - was accompanied by her date, Count Alberico di Carpegna Brivio, who is descended from Italian nobility.

Following successful her grandmother's footsteps, Lucia opted for a strapless, tiered Giorgio Armani ballgown.

The Italian decorator famously had a adjacent moving narration with Sophia Loren during the tallness of her fame - and the Hollywood icon adjacent wore a bespoke Armani suit for her 90th day celebrations successful September.

Speaking to Hello! up of the ball, Lucia explained: 'My grandma ever believed successful timeless elegance and the value of wearing thing that reflects your existent personality.

'Growing up, she taught maine the worth of simplicity, tailoring and ever adding a interaction of originality to your outfit.' 

Countess Alienor Loppin de Montmort - who was the lone debutante of French root to be the lawsuit - besides took benignant inspiration from her grandma up of the ball.

The young aristocrat wore a haute couture formal by Emmanuel Ungaro, which archetypal belonged to her grandma Myriam Laffon.

Meanwhile, Sophie Kodjoe - who is the girl of And Just Like That's Nicole Ari Parker - was elegant successful a purple gown by Oscar de la Renta adorned with applique flowers. 

Oona Finch is the granddaughter of legendary English-Australian histrion Peter Finch, who was the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph an Oscar successful an acting class posthumously. She wore a form-fitting lilac gown by Chanel for the ball.

Apollonie Halard, the girl of Vogue contributor Miranda Brooks and designer and decorator Bastien Halard, wore a pinkish satin gown by Italian statement Schiaparelli.

Princess Eugenia de Borbon Vargas, who wore a shimmering gown by Carolina Herrera, is the girl of Prince Luis Alfonso, Duc d'Anjou.

Had the French monarchy not been abolished successful 1792, Prince Luis Alfonso would beryllium successful enactment for the throne.

The archetypal Débutante Ball was held astatine the Palace of Versailles successful 1958 and was picked up again successful 1992. However, debutante balls day backmost to the 1780s.

They served the intent of introducing young women from the world's astir salient families into nine - thereby suggesting they were acceptable to participate the matrimony market.

The young women who instrumentality portion in Les Bal des Débutantes successful Paris are chosen by organisers based connected their achievements and family's bequest earlier being paired with 'cavaliers', young men from arsenic privileged backgrounds. 

This year's lawsuit was held at Prince Roland Bonaparte's erstwhile home, which has been transformed into a five-star hotel.

While it's ne'er been publically stated what assemblage Apple Martin goes to, oregon adjacent what she studies, galore judge she's presently astatine Vanderbilt University studying English and Law, History, and Society. 

However, galore radical were near shocked by her behaviour aft a clip emerged of Apple stealing the spotlight from different debutante, who was having her representation taken.

The different debutante was seen taking her crook posing for the camera erstwhile Martin appeared from down and sashayed into the shot.

Posing with her hands connected her hips, Martin playfully edged her mode into the framework - forcing the different miss out.

The debutante could bash thing but look connected with an awkward laugh, arsenic Martin proceeds to pout and airs for respective photos.