The latest edition of Le Bal, the Paris Debutante Ball, held last Saturday, November 30 at the dazzling Parisian Shangri-La hotel, has left many surprises. The 30th anniversary of this exclusive event featured a royal princess this year —Eugenia de Borbóndaughter of Luis Alfonso de Borbón and Margarita Vargas, Dukes of Anjou— and several representatives of film royalty, such as Apple, daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin; Lucia, granddaughter of Sofia Loren; Oona Finch, granddaughter of British-Australian actor Peter Finch; Angel Zhang, daughter of Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and Sophie daughter of actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.
Among the 19 heirs of the world elite was also Elizabeth of Poligny. Argentinian of French descent, the young woman, aged 19, wore a ground-breaking haute couture dress by her favorite designer, Stéphane Rolland, and at her debut she was supported by one of her brothers, Count Nicolás de Poligny, as cavalier. Furthermore, it had the support of his sister Alexiawho came accompanied by her boyfriend, Jaime, the son of Jaime Martínez-Bordiú and Nuria March.
© Le Bal / Edge / Moreau / BestimageIt can be said that Alexia and Jaime lived a night as a family. On the one hand, they were accompanied by the PolIgnys and, on the other, by his first cousin, Luis Alfonso de Borbón, his wife, Margarita, and their daughter, Eugenia. Furthermore, he was also with the group Marella Rossi. The eldest daughter of Jean Marie Rossi, the French antiques dealer who died in 2021 and to whom Carmen Martínez-Bordiú was married between 1984 and 1995, She is very close to the Duke of Anjouwho considers her almost like a sister. In fact, they both have a little sister in common, Cynthia Rossiborn from the union of the French art and furniture expert with the Duchess of Franco.
Both Alexia and Jaime currently reside in Paris. The son of Nuria March, of whom he was godfather and witness at her wedding with George Donald Johnstongraduated in 2022 from the London School of Economics and Political Science and currently works as financial analyst at the Paris headquarters of the international consulting firm Accuracy.
Alexia, who is the daughter of Alexis Thompson, belongs to an aristocratic family of French origin. The Polignys, who date back to the 13th century, settled in Argentina at the end of the 19th century and are very fond of art and polo. In 2019, It was she who debuted at Le Baldressed in a design by Alexis Mabille Haute Couture. The young woman, who was 19 years old at the time, was introduced into society on the arm of the Italian Edoardo Bergamo Andreis.
After that edition of the Paris Debutante Ball, the Polignys caused rivers of ink to flow, especially in the media of the Southern Cone. That year was also the of the debut of Cristina and Victoria Iglesias, the twin daughters of Julio Iglesias and Miranda Rijnsburger. As published, the cavaliers of the famous singer’s daughters had to have been Alexia and Isabel’s older brothers, the counts Ivan and Nicholas de Poligny, who inherited their titles from their grandfather, Guy de Poligny. However, Cristina and Victoria chose to make their debut on the arm of their cousin Niccolo Iglesias, son of Jorge Iglesias and, therefore, grandson of Carlos Iglesias, brother of the interpreter of Hey!a decision that was interpreted as a ‘snub’ towards the young aristocrats of Argentine origin.
Alexia de Poligny, who on the occasion of her debut declared in The Figaro who was fond of the world of fashion and her dream was to live in Paris, has fulfilled her wish. After graduating in Philosophy and French from the University of Bristol and in Fashion Design from the Istituto Marangoni in the French capital, she works at Christian Dior, in the International Visual Merchandising team for Jewelry and Watches.