Front Row & Guests at the Burberry Prorsum Man F/W 14/15 Show

Front Row


Nick Grimshaw, George Barnett, Suki Waterhouse and James Righton 

David Gandy 
Paloma Faith 

Chen Kun 


Suki Waterhouse 
George Craig  Pictures © Burberry.

Which guest looked best in their Burberry outfit?

Front Row & Celebrity Style at Burberry Prorsum`s S/S 14 Show

Front row
Alexa Cheung, Poppy Delevingne, Jamal Edwards and Kevin

Olivia Palermo

Sienna Miller

George Barnett

Jeon Do-Yeon

Ganriella Wilde

Patty Hou

Mira Duma

  Paloma Faith
Pictures © Burberry.

Which celebrity wore their Burberry look best?

Burberry F/W 13/14 Show: Attending Celebrities & Front Row

   Kate Beckinsale      Gabriella Wilde     Yasmin LeBon      Anna Wintour      Olivia Palermo      George Craig      Harley Viera-Newton and Leigh Lezark     Tom Odell performed live     The show had a star-packed front row, as always. Left to right: Douglas Booth, Gabriella Wilde, Dan Gllespie, Olivia Palermo, Jake, Tinie Tempah, Melanie Laurent, Kim Hee Sun, Vicki Zhou, Michelle Dockery, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Freida Pinto, Rita Ora and Kate Beckinsale.   Douglas Booth, Gabriella Wilde, Dan Gllespie, Olivia Palermo, Jake, Tinie Tempah, Melanie Laurent and Kim Hee Sun.   Vicky Zhao, Michelle Dockery, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Freida Pinto and Rita Ora.   Pictures  ©  Burberry

OMG Leigh Lezark went blonde!?! When did that happen??? ...and what was she thinking...
Who wore their Burberry look best and who pulled the coolest "front row poker face"?

Front Row & Celebrities at Roberto Cavalli`s F/W 12 Menswear Show

Front row
Fabio & Candela Novembre
Eva Riccobono
Hidetoshi Nakata & Roberto Cavalli
Lola Schnabel
Paola Maugeri
Pictures courtesy of Roberto Cavalli.

Who was the best-dressed guest?

Who deserves to sit front row and who doesn`t?

The spring/summer 2013 shows are over and we have seen plenty of star-studded front rows. Jennifer Lopez sat front row at Chanel with her boyfriend (and four-year-old child), Sharon Stone sat front row at Just Cavalli with her boyfriend and so did Liz Hurley at Roberto Cavalli. Discussing front rows, my friend Yves brought up the question: What is a "fashion relevant" celebrity? How do you determine if a celeb is relevant or not? I find his question so important that it needs to be answered in detail.

A “fashion relevant” celebrity is one, that is considered a style icon by the general public, not just by their fans. Think Daphne Guinness, Gwen Stefani or Lady Gaga. No matter what we think of their work or whether we like their style, or not, we all agree, that they are style icons.

Sitting front row should be a privilege of people who worked hard on their careers and “fashion relevance”. This precious space shouldn`t be wasted to the people they currently sleep with. If it is a serious, long-term relation-ship and the partner has supported their career over years, ok, maybe. But bringing their 25-years-younger “trophys / toys” is just embarrassing!

The funny thing about that is, that some celebs are allowed to bring their bedmates while others are not. JLO brought Casper and tried to paint a “happy, pretty family” picture, while Kanye West obviously had to leave his sextape-girlfriend at home. THANK KARL for that! I will publicly burn my Chanel bag if Kim K ever gets to sit in their front row!

So, who should sit front row?

• Fashion Editors-in-Chief – they are the real taste-makers and fashion-influencers. Their opinion matters (yes, popstarts read Vogue too!).
• The CEOs & owners of the brand
• Fashion-relevant celebrities; singers, actresses & artists, who are considered style icons, as well as It girls, (stylish) models & royals.

Concerning the so-called It girls, sure, the “talent” or “importance to the world” of women like Kate Bosworth, Olivia Palermo or Alexa Chung may be arguable, but come on, we all love to look at their flawless beauty and style. They love fashion, appear in high fashion editorials and advertise brands. They behave decent, they work (well, somehow) and give us, regular women, the illusion that “if only we worked a little harder, we could be there, too”, so let them be there.

Ideally, front row seats should be allocated like this:

People I don`t want to see front row are:

• Nouveaux riches. There is nothing wrong with getting rich fast, marrying rich or being a millionare`s child but it shouldn`t be shown off to the level of obscenity. They have the biggest budget for “fashion crimes”, so many of them are deterrent examples of the old “Money can buy fashion, but it can`t buy style.” wisdom.
• Tabloid D-listers & others who are rather notorious than “famous”
• As elaborated above, celebrity “trophy/toy”-boy-/girlfriends

What`s your take on it? Who sits in your ideal front row and who does not?

Roberto Cavalli`s S/S 13 Celebrity Front Row

Left to right: Teresa Baca, Nievez Alvarez, Leona Lewis, Elizabeth Hurley & boyfriend Shane Warne


Elizabeth Hurley


Leona Lewis & Elizabeth Hurley


Leona Lewis


Eugenia Silva & Roberto Cavalli


Eugenia Silva


Valeria Mazza & Roberto Cavalli


Nievez Alvarez


Nadege, Filippa Lagerback & Federica Panicucci


Filippa Lagerback

Photos courtesy of Roberto Cavalli.

Who wore their Cavalli outfit best?

Roberto Cavalli F/W 12/13 Show

Sonam Kapoor


Anna Valle


Elisa Sednaoui


Michelle Harper


Gaia Bermani


Front Row


Naomi Campbell on the runway


Finale


Elisa Sednaoui and Roberto Cavalli

Pictures are property of Roberto Cavalli.

Who was the best-dressed guest?