‘Rainbow Warriors’ with Shalom Harlow + Julien d’Ys + Pat McGrath + Lucinda Chambers + Vogue UK

Frocks = Corisia + Valentino Couture + DeBeers + Butler & Wilson + Erik Halley + Stephen Jones

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Think “Luminous, Radiant, Couture, Serene…”
Back Stage At Valentino Fall Winter Haute Coture 2011 - 2012 Paris with Kevin Tachman

Frocks = Pier Paolo Picciolo + Maria Grazia Chiuri for Valentino

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‘Today’s Instagram is brought to you by the letter ‘V.’ ‘V’ is for Vogue, Venerable, Visionary and Virtuoso.’

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‘valentino red’

Frocks  = Valentino

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From Style.com, January 27, 2010
by Sarah Mower

PARIS - Garden of Eden in cyberworld. That was the central conceit that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli worked up for their third Valentino couture show. The influence of Avatar—the blue-sprayed shoulders—and the urge to make something modern out of barely there chiffon seemed the twin driving forces behind the collection. There was little continuity here with either their first heavily structured show or the second one, done almost entirely in black lace. Yet the contradiction between wispy draping and fantasy-tribal styling (a Rodarte-led thread that a couple of designers have picked up this week) was a topical enough device to make the collection seem current. Although Chiuri and Piccioli are now clearly addressing a wildly different world from the one Valentino held entranced, there were pieces that showcased the house’s skill base. A couple of wrapped, draped chiffon dresses (one done in brick red in memory of Valentino tradition) and a jacket with black patches jigsawed onto a base of near-invisible flesh-colored georgette were youthful in the way this label needs to be if it’s going to attract new clients.

Photos courtesy of Marcio Madeira.

“Under Her Spell” with Natalia Vodianova
Vogue UK, February 2010
by Nick Knight