October 3, 2016 |
“A punk idea of humanism”. Well thats what the press notes say, to which we can only say, punk for all… give me the drugs. But joking aside, this is actually a new era for Valentino. Like an Agatha Christie novel, and then there was one. Creative director, not murder victim. After all, blood stains are a bitch to shift. But onto the clothes. This was classic Valentino, as reimagened when Valentino stepped down. There’s always a sort of Haight Ashbury heiress sense about it, or should that be heiress discovering Haight Ashbury. Lets just refer to this as a dream of empire line, embroidered gowns, perfect for a fledgling “rebel” to pick poppies in a field in and maybe smoke them. Or to be even blunter, just simply beautiful. And you really can’t ever fault a pretty frock.
Photographs by Jason Lloyd-Evans
