School has been overwhelming but I can finally relax as I'm back home in Miami, where albeit a dip in the weather, the sun is still shining bright. I forgot what it was like to experience so much sunshine since Boston is bleak on most days and I can tell you that nothing feels better on your skin than the blazing sun.
What's been keeping me alive though, is the footage from the Paris Fall 2013 shows. Of all the shows I've seen Valentino has been my absolute favorite, as I had to include almost every look from the show because I couldn't pick my top five. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierepaulo Piccioli (creative directors) have really outdone themselves. I wasn't sure that they could take my breathe away such as they did for the Couture shows back in January but they've done it again. They've proven that as a team, they can keep the Valentino name alive. They may not sport Mr. Garavani's tan but they have his ambition and his drive, as together, they're keeping Valentino at the top of many lists.
The look they were going for was that of elegant simplicity with rich materials and delicate embroidery. There was a mix between tough and sweet - the sweet referring to the very girly short dresses featuring laser cut leather collars with Dorothy like crystal-encrusted shoes. There were tons of charming A-line little black dresses with lace cuffs and collars that were reminiscent of Wednesday Adams, as these models too featured her signature braid. My favorites were the China blue printed dresses as featured in the top of this post which were inspired by Delft ceramics, something Mr. Valentino had used as inspiration back in 1968. The color scheme itself was genius, using rich blues and red for stand-out pieces and contrasting it with cremes, gold, and slate gray for the longer and more intricate gowns.
The designers explained that they had been looking at the "calm and serene portraits of women," by the Flemish Old Masters such as Vermeer and Henrik Kerstens. Their collection, was their way of capturing a the private sensuality that a women feels when she's dressed. Their idea was something very spiritual and poetic, as if their models and the women they design for are the new Madonnas.
Cheers! The Aristochic
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