Yesterday during Paris haute couture week, “Valentino Le Salon” unfolded as the pinnacle of excellence and creativity in fashion. Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli honored the maison’s haute couture heritage with an impassioned show throughout the storied Valentino salons on Place Vendôme. The Spring/Summer 2024 collection was a star-crossed meeting between time-honored and celebrated principles of haute couture and the vibrant mosaic that is our contemporary zeitgeist.
With quintessential Valentino savoir-faire, the latest looks were a synthesis of realism and reverie, unfurling a plum carpet for the modern Valentino goddess to embody the far reaches of her imagination. An awakened field of volumes, materials, tones, and textures blossomed inside the salons, revealing the nimbleness of the house’s artisans and Piccioli’s own spirited devotion to timeless style.
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Seductive Motifs and Hues of Nature Showcase Visionary Techniques and Innovations
Striking phantoms of fur and feathers were endlessly alluring, with hand-cut sequins and rouleaux of silk organza reverberating the seductive motifs of mother nature and showcasing visionary techniques and innovations.
Chic coats in sunflower yellow, sky blue, lime green, orange, and turquoise were styled over deep-V tanks, blouses, and turtlenecks in gold, lilac, and sea green. Oversized trousers in garnet, clay, and burgundy were grasped at the waist by sleek, gilded belts.
Shoes were at times so concealed by expansive garments that models appeared to be floating across the Salon floor—further emphasized by the melodies of blissful masterpieces of Maria Callas.
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“Valentino Le Salon” is an Enlightened Triumph for All-Encompassing Female Prowess
Sensuously sheer onyx gowns were garnished with meadows of hypnotic ruffles and lace—even extending onto the face as gossamer veils. The thoughtful revealing of skin was an enlightened triumph in a blush-colored jumpsuit, a tangerine-hued sculptural floral top paired with elongated gloves, and a snow-white diaphanous blouse with rhythmic openings.
A fair floor-grazing cape with a bountiful myriad of rouge embellishments flickered in the light like fiery autumn leaves. The fabrics of dresses were brightened to heavenly proportions, utilizing both sharp and soft lines for all-encompassing female prowess. Iterations in apricot, ruby, aquamarine, and rose—with rivers of gold jewelry winding throughout—gifted the next chapter in the au courant tale of Valentino haute couture splendor.
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