The Grand Parisian Ball of 2025 Has Revealed its Honorary Committee

HAVING A BALL: The grand Parisian ball scheduled for July 6 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, already buzzy thanks to having filmmaker Sofia Coppola as its artistic director, has also assembled an honorary committee stacked with glittering names.

Florid invitations depicting a trellis crawling with vines and pink blooms went out this week, listing Betty Catroux, Madison Cox, Athina Onassis, Paloma Picasso, Jordan Roth, Lauren Santo Domingo, Cindy Sherman and Mathilde Stern-Pointillart on the committee.

They join L’Oréal board member Jean-Victor Meyers, who is president of the honorary committee for the gala, along with Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch.

“A tribute to French elegance and art de vivre, this Bal d’Été will kick off the Paris Haute Couture week by combining fashion, art and design,” according to the museum. The couture shows run from July 7 to 10.

The soaring nave of Les Arts Décoratifs, the site of fashion shows for Thom Browne and Wales Bonner last year, is hosting the fundraising gala to mark the centenary of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.

That showcase took place on the Esplanade des Invalides, along both banks of the Seine and in and around the Grand Palais, from April to November 1925, according to documentation on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs website.

While perhaps best known for its blockbuster fashion exhibitions dedicated to the likes of Thierry Mugler, Iris Van Herpen, Louis Vuitton, Dries Van Noten and Dior, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs also showcases its vast collections of furniture, tableware, textiles, jewelry, wallpaper, art and design objects, glass, toys, advertising, drawings and photographs.

Indeed, it boasts one of the largest decorative arts collections in the world, spanning some 1.5 million objects dating from the Middle Ages through today.

On June 25, it will open a major monograph dedicated to Paul Poiret, a key figure in haute couture at the beginning of the 20th century.