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2. Masquerade ball - Wikipedia

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   A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word " masque "—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal " costume parties " may be a descendant of this tradition.

3. Electric Light dress - Wikipedia

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   Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt in her Electric Light dress on March 26, 1883. The Electric Light dress was a masquerade gown made of gold and silver thread that was designed by Charles Frederick Worth for Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt. It was made for a masquerade ball that was held in New York City on March 26, 1883.

4. Black and White Ball - Wikipedia

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   The ball, held in a tent outside Tavern on the Green, was a charity event that raised $1.4 million for the Alzheimer's Association. [ 15 ] In anticipation of selling the contents of the Plaza Hotel, Christie's Auction House recreated the Black and White Ball in 2006 at Rockefeller Center .

5. Costume party - Wikipedia

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   Fancy dress parties are popular year round in the United Kingdom. The 1996 novel Bridget Jones's Diary features the classic British costume party theme "Tarts and Vicars" at which the women wear sexually provocative ("tart") costumes, while the men dress as Anglican priests ("vicars"). Fancy dress parties have been held by the British Royal Family.

6. Fête galante - Wikipedia

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   Antoine Watteau, Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 Fête galante (French pronunciation: [fɛːt ɡalɑ̃t]) (courtship party) is a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau's (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre, which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland ...

7. Bal des Ardents - Wikipedia

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   The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men), [1] or the Bal des Sauvages [2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball [note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France, at which King Charles VI had a dance performance with five members of the French nobility.