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Paris to Hollywood: The Fashion and Influence of Véronique and Gregory Peck

Mar 14 – July 18, 2021
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, United States

Véronique Passani was a young journalist in Paris when she interviewed the up-and-coming movie star Gregory Peck. After the interview, he left for Italy to make Roman Holiday (1953) opposite Audrey Hepburn, a film in which he himself played a journalist. When shooting was done he made a beeline back to Paris and Passini. Married in 1955, they were a golden Hollywood couple, and also glamorous citizens of the world—literary, liberal, philanthropic. Véronique was known for her fashion acumen. Not only did she choose the best piece in a couture collection (think Balenciaga, Givenchy, YSL, Pucci, Cardin), she championed the new: Courrèges, for instance. Presenting one of Gregory’s tuxedos and 100 of Véronique’s ensembles, this exhibition celebrates the Peck sense of style. —L.J.

Gregory and Véronique at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” 1963. Photo: Daniel Fallot/INA Collection/Getty Images.