The Victoria & Albert Museum 'Diva" Summer Party

by Hannibal Reitano 

Dr. Tristram Hunt, and Nicholas Coleridge, hosted their sixth annual 'Met Gala' style fundraising benefit hosted by one of the world's leading design museums. Celebrating the launch of the DIVA exhibition, which celebrates the power and creativity of iconic performers, exploring and redefining the role of 'diva' and how this has been subverted or embraced over time across opera, stage, popular music, and film, supported by Net-a-Porter.


The Victoria & Albert Museum West Entrance





Jazmin Dhali

Jackie St Clair and Carl Michaelsen 

Kimberlegh Gelber

Charles Gordon Lennox Duke of Richmond and Janet Elizabeth Astor

Lord Frederick Windsor, Lady Sophie Winklemann Windsor, Flore Vesterberg

Lady Estelle Wolfson of Marylebone, John Madejski and Antoinette Jackson 

Hannibal Reitano and Gwandoline Christie

Charli Howard

Basia Briggs

Suzy Menkes

Amanda Davis


John Gardiner and Kelly Hoppen 

Charity Wakefield



Nicholas Coleridge speech

The Sugar Babes


Tristan Hunt

Munroe Bergdorf

Emma Weymouth Marchioness of Bath

Meredith Ostrom

Erin O'Connor

Hannibal Reitano, Dame Shirley Bassey and Julien Mcdonal




Madga Archer and David Mitchell

Victoria Coren Mitchell and Harry Hill


Hannibal Reitano and Gwandoline Christie



Photos by Hannibal Reitano

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