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...first in her family to come out. She made the decision to debut because the organization that ran the ceremony, the Junior League of they City of New York, had a long history with The Chapin School, her alma mater. Ma and Chapin classmate Catherine K. Gyllerstrom ’05 also defy debutante myths in that neither one is the stereotypical WASP. While Ma is half-Asian, Gyllerstrom is Greek and Swedish. However, Gyllerstrom was born into the debutante tradition, though not in the conventional sense. Gyllerstrom’s mother represented Greece at the International Ball, which...
...their friends are doing it—the actual process varies radically from city to city and club to club. Young ladies are typically invited by charitable organizations to be debutantes. Some organizations require letters of recommendation, but the common factor in the selection process is that, as Gyllerstrom notes, “it’s either a blood thing or a friend thing...
Though Ma maintains that money is not the defining characteristic of debutantes, girls debuting in New York typically spend anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 on their dress. Most scour bridal houses and popular designers like Vera Wang to find the perfect gown. Gyllerstrom remembers that getting into her dress “was a big production...It looked like this huge Scarlett O’Hara/French Revolution dress. The train was so long they bustled it up under the dress and the way it had to be tied was so complicated that all the ties were numbered...
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