Camera: Toronto’s peerage class gets dolled up for a royal visit at the TIFF Lightbox
Camera: Toronto’s peerage class gets dolled up for a royal visit at the TIFF Lightbox
By Fraser Abe | December 15, 2011
By Fraser Abe | 12/15/2011
By Fraser Abe | Photography by George Pimentel
November 2, TIFF Lightbox. It’s not often that royalty comes to town (not that we’re bitter, Will and Kate). So when Prince Albert Grimaldi, ruler of Monaco, arrived with his new wife, the South African former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock, Toronto’s peerage class got all dolled up. The couple was here for the launch of Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess, a TIFF exhibit celebrating Prince Albert’s late mom. They toured the exhibit, then repaired to the VIP room, where the prince downed brewskis and the press-shy Wittstock, understated in Dior, chatted quietly with the much less understated Suzannes (Boyd and Rogers). Though the royals departed around 8:30, the rest of the party hit the dance floor to the grooves of a live Motown band, energized as they were by their brush with nobility—the champagne-soaked jelly desserts didn’t hurt, either.
108012 TIFF CEO Piers Handling and Prince Albert II of Monaco (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera1.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera1/ jan12camera1 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108013 Dinner party circuit stalwart Lynda Prince (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera2.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera2/ jan12camera2 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108014 Social butterfly Victoria Jackman (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera3.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera3/ jan12camera3 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108015 Greta Constantine designer duo Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera4.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera4/ jan12camera4 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108016 Designer Brian Bailey and super-jeweller Myles Mindham (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera5.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera5/ jan12camera5 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108017 Quickplay CEO Wayne Purboo with his wife, Nigella (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera6.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera6/ jan12camera6 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108018 Designer Evan Biddell with his publicist, Katia Houde (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera7.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera7/ jan12camera7 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108019 Roots king Michael Budman with daughter Alexandra (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera8.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera8/ jan12camera8 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108020 Suzanne Rogers and Princess Charlene (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera9.jpg 440 600 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera9/ jan12camera9 0 0
(Image: George Pimental)
108011 Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit Camera: Grace Kelly Exhibit https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jan12Camera_intro.jpg 656 300 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-grace-kelly-exhibit/slide/jan12camera_intro/ jan12camera_intro 0 0
why is this out now a month later?