It has traditionally been part of the winter social season ; at one time " coming out " parties for young women at débutante balls were timed for this season.

In 1927 he saw a photograph of an attractive 18-year-old débutante, Elisabeth Joy Greene, in Table Talk magazine, and arranged for a friend to introduce him.

Formal wear ( US, Canada ) and formal dress ( UK, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth Realms ) and eveningwear are general terms for clothing suitable for formal social events, such as a wedding, formal garden party or dinner, débutante cotillion, dance, or race.

In American usage, a cotillion is a formal ball and social gathering, often the venue for presenting débutantes during the débutante season – usually May through December.

Cotillions are also used as classes to teach social etiquette, respect and common morals for the younger ages with the possibility of leading up to a débutante ball.

It is customary for the female to ask a male to the débutante ball, with males not being able to " do the deb " unless they are asked.

However, the expression " débutante " or " deb " for short continues to be used, especially in the press, to refer to young girls of marriageable age who participate in a semi-public upper class social scene.

In Brazil and Mexico, such events are called Baile de Debutante ( Spanish and Portuguese ) or Festa de Debutante ( only Portuguese ), for " débutante ball ", or Fiesta de Quince Años ( Spanish ) or Festa de Quinze Anos ( Portuguese ), for " 15 year party ".

Back in England, David unenthusiastically went through the social rituals for upper-class young women of presentation at court as a débutante and the associated dances.

Emma spent her teen-aged years at Richmond, where she was a débutante at one of Richmond's earliest " Germans ", which were formal social gatherings for the young people ( the name of these events had no relationship to Germany ).< ref >

" Today, a Southern Belle is also another name for a débutante from the southern United States.

She is raised well, according to the standards for white Parisian girls of high society ; she is accomplished in many areas and is even a débutante.

The Roses sometimes dance with the débutante before presenting their flower and speech, with the last being her father or boyfriend.

In accordance with New York's high society traditions, Barbara Hutton was given a lavish débutante ball in 1930 on her 18th birthday, where guests from the Astor and Rockefeller families, amongst other elites, were entertained by stars such as Rudy Vallee and Maurice Chevalier.

Suspicious, Granny orders Intergang to take them down, and summons the Female Furies ( Mad Harriet, Stompa and Lashina ) to take executive action when the débutante Supergirl proves too true to her Argosian roots to be defeated that easily.

On the day of the court presentation the débutante and her sponsor would be announced, the debutante would curtsy to the Sovereign, and then she would leave without turning her back.

The white dress consisted of short sleeves and white gloves, a veil attached to the hair with three white ostrich feathers, and a train which the débutante would hold in her arm until ready to be presented.

The débutante is announced and then is walked around the stage, guided by her father who then presents her.

She makes her debut at a Daughters of the American Revolution ( DAR ) débutante ball that her grandmother helped put together.

In The Critic, Jay Sherman's younger sister Margo is persuaded to reluctantly attend her débutante ball.

" Debut ", an episode of Cold Case, tells the story of a young girl who is murdered the night of her débutante ball.

Films with débutante themes include Metropolitan, Whit Stillman's début feature film, a comedy of manners set during the deb season in Manhattan, and What a Girl Wants, a 2003 film in which Amanda Bynes plays an American teen whose estranged father is a British Lord, and who is presented at a coming out party after being reunited with her mother.

Eighteen candles are then presented to the débutante by eighteen of her closest girlfriends, and then eighteen roses are presented by eighteen male escorts.

He is taken to a dance school, run by a tyrannical débutante, Lila Duvane ( Ellen Albertini Dow ), and dislikes it at first, then he meets Tiffany ( Jennifer Ogletree ), but Murph-who had asked him to dance with his sister, Bertha ( Edwards )-informs him that three boys, Duke ( Brock Pierce ), flamboyant actor Corky ( Blake McIver Ewing ), and bad boy Blade ( Jake Richardson ) have already taken her.

" Presenting Lorelai Gilmore ", an episode of Gilmore Girls shows Rory Gilmore as a débutante.

A debutante ( from the French débutante, " female beginner ") is a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal " debut " presentation.

In theory, the only women who could be invited would be those who had already made their débuts, thus affording a sort of rank-order to the débutante season.

The 1992 film The Addams Family is centered around the reconciliation of Gomez and Fester Addams, who had had a falling out as teenagers when Gomez had wooed both his date and Fester's ( Flora and Fauna Amore, the siamese twins ) at the débutante ball.

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: Milverton, who causes Holmes more revulsion than any of the 50-odd murderers in his career.

In the U. S., while there are no marked ceremonies, there are popular social and religious traditions that tend to mark this transition, such as Confirmation, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, Sweet Sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls.

In Australia, débutante balls ( or colloquially " deb balls ") are usually organised by high schools, church groups or service clubs such as Lions or Rotary.

The formal, like a débutante ball, consists of a dance but participants are not presented to a guest of honour and girls are not restricted to wearing white dresses.

Cotillions and débutante balls ( commonly known as " débuts ") are very popular in the Philippines and in Filipino communities overseas.

The Debut, a film considered to be an accurate snapshot of contemporary Filipino American life, touches upon a wide variety of cultural themes within the plot of an informal débutante event.

The present-day expression " coming out " is understood to have originated in the early 20th century from an analogy that likens homosexuals ’ introduction into gay subculture to a débutante ’ s coming-out party.

In 1918 Beck also paid fellow Londoner Guy Lombardo to play at Marion's débutante party.

In 1910, at age 19, Polly was preparing to attend yet another débutante ball one evening.

Each débutante brings at least one escort, sometimes two.

Many débutante balls select escorts and then pair them with the debs to promote good social pairings.

Every débutante must perform a curtsy also known as the St. James Bow or a full court bow.

It is traditionally the ' Rangers end ' of the ground and the team normally chooses to attack that end in the second half of matches.

A convert chooses his or her own Hebrew first name upon conversion but is traditionally known as the son or daughter of Abraham and Sarah, the first patriarch and matriarch in the Torah, often with the additional qualifier of " Avinu " ( our father ) and " Imenu " ( our mother ).