Come on girls... let's party! Famous female faces out on the town as Tatler hosts its first ever 'lesbian ball'

It has been rumoured for a couple of months that the couple are expecting their first child together and Miss Rickey's large bump, beneath a striking midnight blue dress, confirmed it.
Miss Portas – in leather trousers, high-heeled sandals and a chic cream blazer – and Miss Rickey posed hand-in-hand outside the entrance.

 

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It has been reported that Miss Rickey conceived after having IVF, but it is not clear whether they used an anonymous sperm donor or whether the donor is known to the couple.
Yesterday, neither Miss Portas, 51, or Miss Rickey, 38, a fashion journalist, were available for comment. Miss Portas was previously married to chemical engineer Graham Portas, with whom she has two children, Mylo, 18, and 16-year-old Verity.

'Superb night': TV presenter Clare Balding (left) with her partner, Alice Arnold

And even the doormen were women at the annual Tatler society ball

Ball gown glamour: Actresses Gillian Anderson and Sophie Ward (R) both made an effort for the London event

They divorced in 2003 and the following year she met Miss Rickey at a dinner held at the Royal College of Art. They have been together ever since, and in 2010 publicly affirmed their commitment in a civil partnership ceremony.
After the party Miss Rickey wrote on her Twitter page: 'Well the Tatler Lesbian Ball is brilliant, wall to wall lesbian fabulosity.'
Like Miss Portas, Sophie Ward – the daughter of actor Simon Ward – was also married before she met her female partner.

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Not so girly: Nicola Formby and Anneka Rice (R) decided against wearing dresses

Ready for summer: Penny Smith and Amber Atherton (R) both showed off their legs in shorter print dresses

Her marriage to Paul Hobson, a vet and father of her two children, broke down in 1996 after she fell in love with American writer Miss Brannan. In 2000, she and Miss Brannan had an unofficial 'marriage' ceremony.