They speak with sincerity about the beauty of their dresses and wanting ... the blog Black Women Radicals. The Cotillion Society has worked to reframe the ball not as an antiquated mating ritual ...

Their biggest fundraiser of the year was an annual cotillion ball hosted each July from 1960 ... He wanted a centerpiece for the exhibit – a dress worn by a debutante. Cobb Bryant fulfilled ...

THE DEBUTANTE COTILLION ... BALL, SO WE WILL BE AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THESE YOUNG WOMEN, AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND IT IS A TIME FOR EVERYONE TO DRESS UP IN THEIR ...

Founded in 2009 by Renita Clark, The Cotillion Society of Detroit Educational ... "For 16 years, it's been more than a ball," Clark says. "It has just been incredible." Kennedy King, a junior ...

Planned by Ball Chief Lara Yerger ... remembered Pickens. She was a Cotillion herald at age 6. "My dress perfectly represents the Rococo Period. I am especially excited about my mantle ...

The greeting line at the 19th Debutante Cotillion and Christmas ... the deb ball gathers notable daughters (often from American dynasties), who dress up in white dresses to signal that they ...

The Cotillion is a Shreveport tradition, with the first ball held in 1949 ... except to say "My dress and mantle are the most unique and beautiful I've ever seen." After the formalities subside ...

Although often regarded as an antiquated practice, debutante balls, or “cotillion,” have evolved ... Queen Charlotte’s Ball, the original debutante ball, was started by King George III ...