Fans were convinced Anna Wintour deliberately moved seats to avoid Kim Kardashian at Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show on Friday.
But contrary to speculation, it was confirmed that Fashion The 73-year-old editor-in-chief and the 42-year-old reality star sat side by side throughout the show. In footage of the show, Kardashian was seen sitting next to the tastemaker, but viewers believed Wintour’s body language indicated she was deliberately ignoring AHS: delicate actor.
Wintour, who was flanked by Kardashian and David Beckham, was believed to have stood up and walked away from Kardashian, according to the video clip, where Wintour was nowhere to be seen. The clip showed Kardashian apparently telling Beckham, “I feel so bad,” while talking to the former athlete.
Because of these shots, fans began to spread the theory that Wintour had neglected Kardashian. One person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Oh Anna was P***ED,” while another added: “Anna switched seats?”
Someone else commented: “Anna said let me move to Chile.” Another chimed in: “It wasn’t Anna who switched seats,” while one user wrote: “Anna left!”
Page sixHowever, he confirmed that the pair sat next to each other throughout the show and were photographed talking before Wintour exited.
The shapewear mogul was joined by mother Kris Jenner and her partner Corey Gamble. Meanwhile, Beckham was joined by his three children, with Victoria – Harper, 12, Cruz, 18, and Brooklyn, 24 – in the front row. Sitting next to Brooklyn were his wife Nicola Peltz, 28, and some of the other famous faces invited to the show, including Pamela Anderson, Olivia Palermo, Eva Longoria, Lisa Rinna and Jenna Lyons.
This isn’t the first time fans have speculated that Wintour is giving Kardashian the cold shoulder. At the Fendi show at New York Fashion Week last fall, Wintour was filmed approaching Sarah Jessica Parker, who was next to Kardashian, but when the CEO tried to say hello to Wintour, viewers thought the media executive had snubbed her.
The couple has long had a difficult relationship: an editor once banned the reality TV star from attending the 2012 Met Gala. An insider said at the time: “Anna hates Kim.” Since then, Kardashian has become a Met Gala mainstay, attending several Met Galas and highlighting the American theme. Fashion three times to this day.
By 2019, it was clear that Wintour had changed her tune on Kardashian, telling her magazine: “Personally, I admire how she’s become a little more minimalist in the way she dresses and a little more private.”
The media executive also gave credit where credit was due: “You have to admire the way (Kardashian) has built an empire through her personalities and her mother’s creative genius.”