Anna Wintour's front row with royalty, Hollywood and real
Posted February 26, 2018 6:00 am
ROME (AP) - She has sat next to royalty both Hollywood and real, often donning her trademark dark sunglasses to block the glare from the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals.
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had a front-row seat of a different sort Monday, on hand for a sneak preview of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring exhibit of the Costume Institute, which will feature 40 vestments and liturgical accessories from the Vatican.
Wintour joined Donatella Versace and the Vatican's culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, for a Roman launch of the exhibit, featuring a few of the Vatican treasures - five bejeweled miters, papal tiaras and a golden-threaded papal cape - that will soon be sent off to New York.
She seemed to have coordinated her outfit with Ravasi, donning a red and black velvet tunic dress for the posh Met launch at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence in downtown Rome.
It was her latest high-profile photo op, after she had a seat of honor next to Queen Elizabeth II during London Fashion Week earlier this month. Previously, her front-row fashion show seatmates have included Oprah Winfrey, David Beckham and Kim Kardashian.
On Monday, amid the papal pomp and Baroque splendor of Palazzo Colonna, Wintour's sunglasses were nowhere to be seen.
FILE - This is a Friday Sept. 20, 2002 file photo of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, left, and Oprah Winfrey watch the presentation of the spring-summer 2003 collection of designer Vera Wang, shown in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew/File)
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FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 file photo of Kanye West, from left, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and Kim Kardashian as they chat before the showing West's Yeezy Boost shoe line for Adidas on during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews/File)
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FILE - This is a Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 file photo of actress Charlize Theron, left, and American Vogue editor Anna Wintour attend the men's semifinals match between Rafael Nadal, of Spain, and Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, (AP Photo/Charles Krupa/File)
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FILE - This is a Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 file photo of David Beckham, center, as he sits in the front row next to Anna Wintour, right, along with his son, Brooklyn, left, daughter, Harper, before the Victoria Beckham Fall 2015 collection show during Fashion Week,in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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FILE - This is a Tuesday, March 7, 2017 file photo of from left, Anna Wintour, Pharrell Williams, Cara Delevingne and Lily Rose Deep watch Chanel's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus/File)
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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, right, talks to designer Donatella Versace at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, right, designer Donatella Versace, left, and Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour pose for photos at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and designer Donatella Versace arrive at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and designer Donatella Versace arrive at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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FILE - This is a Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 file photo of Harvey Weinstein, center, and Vogue Editor Anna Wintour, third left, watch the Marchesa Spring 2014 collection during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig/File)
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FILE - This is a Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 file photo of Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour checks her mobile phone prior to the start of the Bottega Veneta women's Spring-Summer 2013 show collection, presented in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/File)
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From left, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Anna Wintour, Donatella Versace and Pier Paolo Piccioli applaud during an event at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Designer Donatella Versace and Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, left, sit at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, joined Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and designer Donatella Versace in Rome on Monday to display a few of the Vatican treasures at the Palazzo Colonna, a onetime papal residence. "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" is set to open May 10 at the Met's Costume Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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FILE - This is a Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 file photo of David Beckham, center, as he sits in the front row next to Anna Wintour, right, along with his son, Brooklyn, left, daughter, Harper, before the Victoria Beckham Fall 2015 collection show during Fashion Week,in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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