The debutante ball emerged as a family's way of announcing that their daughter was of marriageable age and good breeding. ... While Queen Elizabeth II discontinued her support of the balls in England back in 1958 (here is a great article on why), they still occur in the United States....
Generally, deb balls belong to the upper class, and that is decidedly not us. The other day, I was trying to figure out which to buy — a garage door opener, or a DVD player. Both were broken, yet we could afford to replace only one. That's how "upper class" we are. We're ...
Heather Mason, with her stiff, blonde hair and white vest zipped all the way up, commands herself-made nightmarelooking like a truant debutante. But she runs like she saw it coming. Some slumbering piece of brain must have prepared her for the carnageSilent Hill 3forces her through. The s...
39. A Burn For The Ages One evening, Dorothy Parker was attending a party alongside a slew of other distinguished guests, including a beautiful, snobby debutante. As the women were going into the dining room, the socialite made a big show of deference. She then sniped, “Age before beauty...
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