Giambattista Valli for this
fall winter 2011/2012 Haute Couture has presented one of the most glamorous collections I have ever seen.
Tim Blanks said for style.com
" ...Rose to the challenge of tradition with a collection that threw down the gauntlet to anyone who would insist that this rarified métier is on its last legs. Valli celebrated the past when he used the white poplin shirtdress" (...)
But if that combination of casual and couture felt like essential Valli, there were many more examples of the designer's ability to meld formality and—for want of a better word—fun."(...)
Amid such sensual pleasures, Valli anchored the floaty and the flyaway, conveying the essential rigor of couture design with his animal-printed mousselines and monochrome florals. He even paraded a penitent, a woman in an ostrich-feather sheath swathed in a black lace veil. But, more to the Vatican-friendly point, Valli also proposed a shot of red, like Valentino" before him..."
I myself, see a very big and close relationship between his collection and the Hollywood Golden age. Having chose the 40's over the 70's (the other main trend for this year) offers Class and Glamour, with no extravagances; this collection has no age limit.
I have selected a few Divas (Grace, Lana, Bette, Ginger, Gene, Ava, and Heidi) and their outfits and styles, to show you how I have connected this fashion show, to the old Golden days of hollywood, When fashion and appearance did matter as much as it does now.
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| Grace Kelly |
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| Lana Turner |
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| Bette Davis |
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| Model wearing design by Edith Head |
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| Design by Edith Head |
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| Ginger Rogers |
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| Gene Tierney |
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| Ava Gardner |
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| Heidi Lamarr |
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| Ginger Rogers |
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| Heidi Lamarr |
