From socialites to strippers: Sydney’s gala balls have taken a shocking turn | hornery
Two upcoming events on the Sydney social calendar showcase perfectly just how much life has changed in this town.
Sometimes they drank or said too much, and sometimes they left us in awe and amazement, like the time a couple of young actors, who went on to become big names, went missing at a Cointreau Ball in the 1990s only to be discovered by their host in flagrante delicto in the same portaloo. She could grant social life or death on the Sydney scene via her newspaper columns, which also covered such scintillating topics as updates on her pet poodles.
Big stars of their day Vivien Leigh, Maurice Chevalier, Bob Hope and Sir Robert Helpmann all attended the ball where Dekyvere’s underlings frantically stuck pom poms on young women’s gowns as they waltzed the evening away in order to judge “best dressed”. Those with no pom poms had to leave the dance floor, crestfallen.
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