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Arab designers Zuhair Murad, Georges Hobeika and Elie Saab may have been forced to withdraw from the haute couture runway in the French capital this week, but the houses that did show proved that, even pitted against a pandemic, the power of imagination is resilient and can soar to dazzling heights.
Paris Haute Couture Week saw the first couture and womenswear collection for Fendi by Kim Jones, the emergence of what Viktor & Rolf dubbed “couture rave” and models on horseback, all of which translated to thoughtful, beautiful and ultimately uplifting collections that took the notion that fashion is about escapism to its zenith.
Valentino Pierpaolo Piccioli Seeks to Redefine Haute Couture
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fashion can entice you from the lull of a couch-dwelling existence, the spectacle of a runway show a reminder of what exists beyond sweatpants. Haute couture in particular sits at the opposite end of the effort spectrum, serving as a thrilling example of a master at work. At the helm of Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli has lent his deft hands as the sole creative director for the past five years, and the parameters of his creativity are not diminishing. This season, he s redefining them.
For the Italian fashion house s spring-summer 2021 haute couture collection, Piccioli sought to reset and reprogram couture of today in order to update classic rituals and processes through garments designed to express oneself, as anyone desires. Specifically, this show aims for inclusivity, presenting couture as non-gendered with unisex casting. Women, men: naturally, smoothly.
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Valentino debuts its spring-summer 2021 haute couture runway show live from Rome on Tuesday, January 26 at 9AM EST. Watch the brand s latest Code Temporal show from the comfort of your own couch, below. This content is imported from Third party. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Savannah Walsh Editorial Fellow Savannah Walsh is an Editorial Fellow at ELLE.com. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io
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Valentino Reveals Transcendent Code Temporal Collection
Valentino Reveals Transcendent Code Temporal Collection
Valentino s couture week offering balances futuristic and classic style.
Valentino s couture week offering balances futuristic and classic style.
January 26, 2021
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While the setting looked straight out of a Renaissance painting, Valentino s collection had a contemporary feel. Italian supermodel Mariacarla Boscono opened the show, pink sleeves peeking out underneath a perforated ivory cape. Most of the models were outfitted in swaths of silk and cashmere in minimalist structures. While simple silhouettes dominated the collection, head-turning pieces like an open-side top adorned with rose-like bijouterie and healthy doses of sequins added texture and contrast. The color scheme was mainly neutrals accented by pops of vivid colors. Eye-catching details like metallic platform shoes and gold face pa
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At the SS19 Valentino Haute Couture show, songstress and longtime style icon Celine Dion famously wept on the front row. She later explained that this was due to the soundtrack being her first dance with her late husband René Angélil (Roberta Flacks’s
The First Time I Saw Your Face) but the ruffled layers, gem tones and romantic florals surely added to the dramatic effect. However, for SS21, the second time in a row that Paris Couture Week has had to go digital due to the pandemic, Pierpaolo Piccioli picked Massive Attack’s ominous 2016 experimental electro track