SUNDAY August 31st, 2025
ENTRY IS CASH ONLY. No Cash App, Zelle, Apple Pay, or Venmo. CASH ONLY
$65.00 - General Admission
$80.00 VIP Admission including in and out privileges.
Please keep in mind this is a NO SMOKING Venue
The House Of Chanel International looks forward to hosting you Sunday August 31st, 2025 Labor Day weekend in Atlanta Georgia, where ballroom history will be made. One house will walk away with a grand prize of $50,000.
CATEGORIES
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | (10 Points Each)
Ballroom Category: “The Doll House Homage”
The Iconic House of Chanel stands as a beacon of legacy and excellence, led by legendary Overall Mothers, Queen Mothers, and Founding Mothers
The Dolls of the Dolls. Tonight, we pay tribute to their groundbreaking contributions.
Category Requirements
This category is strictly reserved for Overall Mothers, Queen Mothers, and Founding Mothers.
The Assignment: Recreate an unmistakable moment from the life or reign of any Past or Present Overall Mother, Queen Mother, or Founding Mother of the House of Chanel.
Bonus Points:
Each house that successfully brings their Overall, Queen, or Founding Mother to center stage will earn 5 automatic points toward their house score!
Icons to Inspire Your Performance:
Here are just a few legends to guide your homage:
• Icon Overall Mother Tempress Chanel
• Icon Overall Mother Dede Chanel
• Legendary Overall Mother Gee Gee Chanel
• Icon Overall Mother Mahogany Chanel
• Icon Founding Mother Sha Sha Chanel
• Icon Overall Mother Rose Chanel
• Icon Coco Chanel
• Current Icon Queen Mother Tati Chanel
• Current Overall Mother Jahnell Chanel
Bring the legacy to life. Leave no doubt. Prove why your Doll House reigns supreme! Who will rise to Chanel’s historic heights tonight?
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The Ode to Otto: Fathers & Founders BEST DRESSED (10 Points)
Whether you're an Iconic Fashion Assassin or our 50th Anniversary will be your first time entering the Fashion Realm, The Iconic House of Chanel is calling ONLY FOUNDERS and FATHERS, to the Runway. Tonight we would like you to pay homage to the Creative Director of our Namesake; CHANEL and bring forth a Classic look with Contemporary Flair inspired by the incomparable Karl Otto Lagerfeld!
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FF Legendary Performance (10 Points)
Legendary Drags, Legendary FQ, Iconic FQ Performance , Legendary Women’s
The first Legendary and Iconic BQUID Performance Icon, Alanah Chanel, has been setting runways ablaze for years. Tonight, in honor of Alanah Chanel, recreate one of her many unforgettable performance looks! Do your research—the ICON is watching!
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NEW CATEGORIES | 2 YEARS OR LESS (2 points each)
OTA New Performance: The Stage is set, the lights are bright, the camera is on and the commentator is spitting some new 🔥🔥 on the mic and YOU are feeling it. Make your name tonight the way you want to with what you want to wear. JUST VOGUE
OTA New Realness: The new it girl or it boy! Tonight come show the judges that you not new to this you true to this. Process of elimination. RUN THROUGH THEM! You pick the outfit. That should be easy since realness is a lifestyle right?
OTA New Runway: Runway is really a fashion category but only the fashionable ones get it. Mixing bold prints, expensive fabrics and out of this world shapes come put on a runway show that the girls are gonna get off their feet for.
FASHION CATEGORIES |
Street wear: (2 points)
Tonight we want to see a Fashionable look put together using ONLY Mixed Prints and Patterns. NOTHING you have on should be a solid color!
Sneaker vs Sneaker: (2 points)
Real Sneaker Heads Only. Whether it’s a custom pair that you designed or a rarity, bring something striking to the runway that will secure your place as the ultimate sneaker head. A sneaker is a sneaker no matter the brand. Don’t think because you have on a high fashion sneaker that’s going to get you through. Or will it? Again, real sneaker heads only.
Labels: (8 Points)
Can you spell, C-H-A-N-E-L ??? In a HEAD TO TOE look of LUXURY, You will be asked to call out your best 6 pieces with complete confidence, and those 6 pieces MUST be recognizable & credible designers starting with the letters C, H, A, N, E, L !!
BEST DRESSED FF, GNC & MF: (8 points each gender)
Coco Chanel was know for wearing multiple strands of Pearls. When she did she mixed real Pearls with glass beads and other materials to blur the line between authenticity and imitation. Pearls became a signature for Chanel; Tonight we ask that you pay homage by creatively incorporating Pearls, pearls and more pearls into your head to toe best dressed look.
Foot & Eye Wear: (4 points)
The Luxury Brand Chanel has been around since 1910, releasing many classic pieces over the years that have stood the test of time. Tonight we ask the true fashionistas to bring forth one vintage piece and one new piece (2025) that is complimented by a fashionable look that will make the Doll House stand to its feet.
REALNESS CATEGORIES | (Points Each break down)
FF (Drags, FQ, Legends & Icons) ( 6 points each)
Being a life size barbie doll has been some girls biggest dream. We want you to dream BIG tonight. Bring a Barbie in a Box & YOU BRING HER TO LIFE. Be dressed just like the Barbie.
MF (6 points each)
Chanel has been known to produce some of the baddest Male figures in the scene. Being able to visibly blend in a heteronormative society and nobody “clock that tea” while still having sexual and romantic feelings for the same sex is a real challenge. Tonight, we want to see you be the REALEST in the ball and even have the judges shook.
Schoolboy - (MOST POPULAR) In a letterman jacket & book bag.
Everyday - (The Home Boy) In a SnapBack & matching sneakers.
Thug - (The Rapper) In a leather jacket & Timbs, and don’t forget your chain!
PrettyBoy - (The Charmer) In a 2 piece set of your choice!
Executive - (The Mogual) Icon Overall Father Derrick Chanel won this $2,000 category! Executive Realness "Mogul" Black men have had amazingly impossible odds set against them in regards to all aspects of life. It is known that we have to work & excel harder to be successful and be recognized for our acheivements. Robert Johnson, Daymond John, Jay Z, Tyler Perry, George Foreman to name a few. (You do not have to be in a suit for this category your version of a mogul can be modernized but you must represent wealth & success)
Transman - (The Police Officer) Full uniform (no weapons including fake ones)
Legends - (General in the Army or Admiral in the Navy) You’ve reached one of the highest top ranks. Show us what that looks like.
Icons - (The Pinnacle) You are the look. Put your things on and come talk your shit. Labels - Dressed up or down.
SEX SIREN & BODY CATEGORIES | (6 points each break down)
Female Figure Sex Siren - (Women, Drags, FQ, Big Girls, Legends & Icons):
The PlayBoy mansion is being relocated from Los Angeles to Atlanta. To kick off Chanel weekend, The Chanel’s are taking over the mansion and turning up Chanel Style. The Chanel’s are hiring all new girls to run through the mansion and be sexy. The dress code is PLAYBOY BUNNY…Chanel Style and Ladies don’t forget your Bunny ears!
Male Figure Sex Siren - (Transman, CatBoy, JR, SR, Legends & Icons)
At the 2024 Atlanta Awards Ball, The Men of Chanel turned the party with a masterful performance as the Chippendales. Because of this, the Chippendales have been invited to perform at the Play Boy mansion party taken over by the Chanel’s. The Chippendales from Vegas have all missed their flight and won’t be able to make it to the party. We need you to step in and be able to perform as one of the Chippendales and nobody be able to tell the difference. Are you ready?!
BODY - (Women, FQ Models, FQ Luscious, MF Models, MF Muscular, Legends & Icons)
The perfect physique in a combination of DIAMONDS & DENIM. Remember less is more.
FACE CATEGORY| (8 points each Break Down)
OTA FACE: (Womens, Drags, FQ, Big Girls, Transman, BQs, Legendary Women’s, Iconic Women’s, Legendary Drags, Iconic Drags, Legendary FQs, Iconic FQs, Legendary BQs & Iconic BQs)
The House of Chanel is hosting their 1st debutante ball. A debutante ball is a formal event where a young woman, typically from an upper-class background, is presented to society, marking her official entrance into high society and signifying that she is considered of marriage material. Ladies must be in a floor length white ball gown, pearls and arm length white gloves. Men who are apart of these sacred events are usually the escorts and they are dressed to the nines. Male Figures in a black tuxedo with tails.
RUNWAY CATEGORIES | (8 Points Each break down)
OTA RUNWAY – (Drags, Women, FQ, FF Legend, FF Icon, Big Boys, All American, Small, Tall, MF Legend & MF Icon)
For decades, the House of Chanel reigned supreme under the masterful eye of Karl Lagerfeld, the genius who transformed fashion from 1983 to 2019. His designs? Legendary. His impact? Undeniable. But nothing—NOTHING—hit harder than that iconic Double C logo that became the ultimate symbol of luxury, power, and prestige.
Tonight, we honor Karl in true couture fashion. The Met Gala has spoken, and the theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. Now, it’s YOUR turn to make a statement.
The assignment? A flawlessly constructed effect in nothing but classic Chanel black and white. Will you channel high-fashion opulence and land on the Top 5 Best Dressed list? Or will you miss the mark and end up in the Bottom 5 Worst?
Oh, and let’s be clear—without that signature Double C, you might as well not even step onto this runway.
THIS. IS. THE. CHANEL. HOUSE. BALL.
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON. THE JUDGES ARE WATCHING.
NOW STRUT LIKE YOUR NAME BELONGS IN FASHION HISTORY!
BIZARRE: (2 Points)
If you look up the definition of doll in the dictionary in states a small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child’s toy. The tables are turning, swapping, being replaced and changed tonight. Tonight take any toy of your choice and bring it to life.
PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES | (8 Points Each Breakdown)
FF Performance – (Women’s, Drags, Fem Queen)
“Femme Fatale”
She walks in, and the air changes. All eyes on her—but that’s the point. She’s allure, danger, and dominance wrapped into one. You don’t chase the spotlight; you are the spotlight.
Bring it in a seductive, performance-ready look. Make sure it’s custom, intentional, and not straight off the rack.
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Realness with a Twist
“The Illusionists”
You’ve blended in effortlessly, your presence unquestioned. But when the moment is right, you remind them—this is ballroom, and you are here to entertain. Tonight, you are the ultimate illusionist, slipping between two worlds with seamless precision.
Bring it in a refined, commanding look with a sharp twist or transformation that shocks and entertains.
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Vogue Femme
“Balletic Majesty”
Many may not know, but Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel had a deep admiration for ballet and even collaborated on costume design for the Ballets Russes. Tonight, we honor that love through the grace and precision of vogue femme.
Bring it in a custom ballerina-inspired look. Make it grand, bold, and unforgettable.
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Old Way
“The Blueprint of Perfection”
Before there was innovation, there was foundation. Before there were icons, there were pioneers. Tonight, you are stepping into the archives of Chanel—a legacy of precision, power, and poise. If you dare to compete, know this: you are representing history itself.
Bring it in black and white only—pure sophistication. Think structured silhouettes, vintage glamour, and timeless detail.
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New Way
“Monochrome Mastery”
A single color. One continuous vision. No distractions. Your body is your canvas, and tonight, the art is in the movement. Every pose, every stretch, every transition must tell a story of control, flexibility, and execution.
Bring it head-to-toe in one color. Let the texture, shape, and movement make the statement.
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MF Legendary & Iconic Performance: VF Legend, Twist Legend, VF Icon, Twist Icon
“Legacy in Motion”
The past, the present, and the future of ballroom collide as the legends take the floor. For years, your name has been etched in history, your impact undeniable. But tonight, the story continues. The next chapter is yours to write—will it be one they never forget?
Bring it in a striking, custom ensemble that reflects your status. Grand, intentional, and worthy of your legacy.
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