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Whether you’ve just bought tickets to a comedy show or running late to a film screening at the cinema, choosing to sit on the front row is widely viewed as a last resort.
That is, unless you’re attending fashion month.
The catwalk front row, or FROW as it’s commonly known in the fashion industry, is a sacred ground reserved for elite members including stylists, celebrities, editors, and muses. Not only is the FROW a who’s who map of the business’ hierarchy of importance, but your sartorial influence on the world.
Recently, it’s where the Beckham family shimmied alongside US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour for Victoria Beckham ’s autumn/winter 2019 runway collection , Joan Collins stunned onlookers at Erdem , and Lara Stone and Jourdan Dunn showed off their towering physiques at Christopher Kane during London Fashion Week .
Show all 12 1 /12Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Actor Michelle Monaghan attends the Salvatore Ferragamo show on Saturday.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Model Lottie Moss sat alongside actors Suki Waterhouse and Gabriella Wilde and Lady Amelia Windsor at the Salvatore Ferragamo show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Millie Bobby Brown The British actress posed at the Moncler show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Sinead Burke The British Vogue contributing editor stunned in red at Gucci.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Andrew Garfield The actor was seen attending the Gucci runway show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek Pinault The businessman and actor were seen posing for photos ahead of the Gucci presentation.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Saoirse Ronan The Oscar-nominated star arrived at the Gucci show in a pair of bright red trousers.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Joan Smalls The model showed off her statuesque physique at the Moncler show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Bryan Boy The Filipino fashion blogger posed for the cameras ahead of the Gucci show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Lucy Boynton The actor was seen head-to-toe in Gucci at the luxury Italian brand's runway show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Florence and Benjamin Clementine The couple contrasted each other's brightly-coloured outfits perfectly before the Gucci show.
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Celebrities on the front row at Milan Fashion Week Gia Coppola The film director teamed her muted brown-toned outfit with a splash of colour thanks to the addition of a bubblegum-pink bag at Gucci.
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From Gucci to Fendi, click in the gallery above to see who graced the Milan Fashion Week FROW.
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