Who has the Balls?
If you want a dressy affair, the May Balls (in June) at Cambridge are very strict. Take, for example, the dress tandards for the College that I am affiliated to: white collar evening attire for men and strict interpretation of the dress standards for the women; tickets can be in excess of £350 for a vip ticket; hovering about £150 each for a junior member. Stiff prices for a student, but the quality is much better than your average RAF Summer Ball. No tacky decorations made from triwalls, either.
Oh, VIP ticket holders got taken to Paris for the champagne breakfast...
Yes, I know, these lot should all be shot for supporting a capitalist system based on exploitation. But the Balls are fun....
CC