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Pierpaolo has done it again: Valentino’s latest Haute Couture collection is a dream
17th November 2019 - Aina Matamoros
Hosted in the gorgeous Beijing’s Summer Palace a week ago, the latest Valentino show presented a new Haute Couture collection that is out of this world. 45 impeccable masterpieces designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli and confectioned by the so talented maison’s couturiers conformed the presentation, which mixed perfectly the Italian essence of the brand to the Chinese culture. He was inspired both by the masters of the early Italian Renaissance and Chinese historic emperors and empresses aesthetic, as well as by Beijing’s Summer Palace itself. The wonderful combination of history, heritage, and fashion brought to the current days and trends.
Pierpaolo named this collection Valentino Daydream and there could not be a better name for it. Almost all the pieces featured on the show were Valentino’s signature magnificent ball gowns, including a few looks made by the combination of wide-leg pants and a blouse. Other brilliant elements were the capes or big coats, which matching the looks they completed. The craftsmanship was extraordinary: appliqués and embroideries were made with so much detail that they became magical.
Regarding the color palette, the show started with the red and pink color combination, which is already a Valentino’s signature tone match. Then, the looks started to include green, white, black and gold shades, which mixed with pink and red. Towards the end, the show also included some total red dresses, featuring the most famous color of the house, the Valentino red.
Bows were one of the main components of Piccioli’s creations. They were included in the gowns in very different ways. Big bows were used as tops or belts for dresses: there was this gown worn by Adut Akech that included a fuchsia top entirely made from big bows, and a big light pink skirt topped with a big golden bow at one side that acted as a belt; wonderful. Also, bows were also used in capes, such as the second look: a maroon dress topped with a cape entirely made from maroon and pink little bows; or in dresses, both to adorn them in some parts (top, bottom, front or back) or in the whole dress, such as one of the final Valentino red gowns.
Flowers were also very present in some looks, in prints, laces or embroideries that featured so many different kinds of flowers. The closing look was impressive: it was a dress with a hood entirely made from flower sheer appliqués, some of which were sewed as if they were jumping out of the dress, event in the hood. The model looked like the most gorgeous flower plant herself.
Long gloves, in red, gold, green, pink and sparkling sequins, complemented some dresses, giving even more elegance to the looks.
Another important element was sequins and fabrics embroidered with clear sequins, which were used both for entire dresses and also in tights or turtlenecks that models wore under the gowns. Some of the models wore hair or face sparkling accessories, covering only their eyes or their whole face. That brings us to talk about the beauty look, which was quite subtle for some models and quite extreme for others. Make-up artist Pat McGarth used glitter to elevate some of the looks. Some models wore it only in their eyes but in some others, she covered all their faces in silver glitter, finishing the look with bold glittered red lips and black winged eyeliner. The second-to-last look was an all-sequined silver dress, even with a hood that covered the whole model’s head and hair, and she was wearing the all-glittered face look, too. It may sound too much but check it below and you will see that it was just perfect, like the whole collection.
Long live Valentino, Pierpaolo and their magnificent fashion works of art!