Inside the 'nepo baby Débutant ball': Well-heeled young women including Apple Martin, Sophia Loren's granddaughter and children of the French nobility - don designer gowns for society debut in Paris Apple Martin, 20, made her debut at the glitzy event in Paris on Saturday night Read More: The MasterChef host showing support for Gregg Wallace By LYDIA HAWKEN FOR MAILONLINE Published: 11:23 GMT, 2 December 2024 | Updated: 11:42 GMT, 2 December 2024 e-mail View comments As the daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow , Apple Martin will have attended her fair share of glamorous Hollywood parties in her 20 years. But the prestigious Les Bal des Débutantes, which the aspiring model attended on Saturday night, will have almost certainly been a cut above the rest. The annual event, which was first held at the Palace of Versailles in 1958, sees 20 young ladies from some of the most important families in the world being introduced into society.
This year's event was held at the five-star Hotel Shangri-La, where rooms cost $1,000-a-night, and proceeds went towards the city's Necker-Enfants Malades hospital. For their introduction into high society, the debutantes, who are hand-picked by the organisers, wore designer ball gowns from some of the world's top fashion houses - including Chanel , Valentino and Oscar de la Renta. For the event, Apple Martin wore a bespoke baby blue strapless gown, which took 750 hours to create and was designed by Alessandro Michele - the creative director of Valentin.
