Valentino enlists photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for its Spring/Summer 2020 campaign, called ‘’Le Blanc’’. The cast includes Adut Akech, Joanna Krneta, Evie Harris, Zso Varju, Pam Nasr, Chai Maximus and Hannelore Knuts. Styled by Joe McKenna, the campaign highlights an all-white selection of elegant designs. Creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s feather embellished
Pierpaolo Piccioli explored an edgier vision for Valentino’s Fall/Winter 2020 collection, as shown by an abundance of leather and streamlined silhouettes with mostly all-black looks. The designer wanted to ‘’focus on the humanity of individuals to depict and exalt their feelings and emotions’’, wrote the show notes. So, he presented a number of substantial outerwear
‘’The great couturiers had no themes to follow. They created with freedom’’, said Pierpaolo Piccioli of his inspirations for the Valentino Haute Couture’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection. ‘’In this collection, I tried to work on a couture of the unconscious…I wanted to underline the idea of uniqueness. On the other hand, as Carl Jung said: ‘Uniqueness
‘’With this collection I have tried to change the perception of what is a certain type of known tailoring, offering a new tailoring idea. By dismissing the idea of formalwear as uniform but making it more sensitive and romantic’’, Pierpaolo Piccioli, explained about his Fall/Winter 2020 collection for Valentino. ‘’Romanticism is about personal expression’’. There
‘’I think of poetry as something that is still beautiful, but it can be contemporary as well’’, said Pierpaolo Piccioli who tried to show a distinct parallel between couture and poetry in his Valentino Fall/Winter 2019 collection. He guided his collection into two directions: one was the continuation of the creative brainstorming with Jun Takahashi
Along with Naomi Campbell’s return to the Valentino runway after a 14-year absence to close the show, Valentino delivered dramatic silhouettes, bold colors, and whimsical florals with their Spring/Summer 2019 haute couture collection. See all the photos from this collection here. ©Valentino
Pierpaolo Piccioli showed his menswear Fall/Winter 2019 collection for Valentino during Paris Fashion Week. ‘’I’m not going to say that streetwear is over, and I don’t think anyone wants to renounce their sneakers’’, said Piccioli, adding that he wanted to rethink the suit, move away from the stiff Nineties aesthetic, and pivot toward something more
A day after unveiling a new retail concept at its Ginza flagship store, Valentino staged its first runway show in Japan since 1982, with creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli also debuting his new men’s and women’s Pre-Fall collections, marking his first coed show. Piccioli showed the Valentino Pre-Fall 2019 collection in a truly unexpected backdrop :
For their 2019 resort campaign, the house of Valentino has turned toward Juergen Teller and an ensemble cast lead by model Mariacarla Boscono, a Roman native, alongside Adut Akech, Chiara Pino, Oyku Bastas, Rachel Marx, Tamsir Thiam and Yacine Keita; to promote the houses new hashtag devoted to it’s Roman origins: #borninrome. Juergen Teller captures
The influence of hip-hop on current fashion is seen in every look of Valentino Spring/Summer 2019 collection presented at the Paris Fashion Week. Pierpaolo Piccioli showed a logo-heavy collection, and this season, his approach was informed by trap music. ‘’I think music is something that includes people and creates a community of people who share
