When it was announced that fashion duo of some thirty-odd years Pierpaolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri were separating ways — Piccioli to be sole creative director at couture house Valentino and Chiuri to graduate on to becoming Dior’s pioneer female creative director — the fashion press scrambled to fabricate a war between the two’s outcomes at their respective posts. Naturally Chiuri’s sensational appointment would create more excitement from pushing a discussion of gender politics, but Piccioli’s latest endeavour at ready-to-wear has generated a newfound interest in the luxury fashion house which iconised its imperial red evening gowns and punk-embellished stud accessories.
Historically employed for its haute bespoke services, Valentino’s almost never been a beacon of trend-fashion compared to peers like Prada or Versace. It’s not necessarily a bad thing for a brand which aims towards timeless elegance, but as athleticism infiltrates the fashion zeitgeist more and more, however, it’s increasingly impossible to ignore a mainstay that even rich kids want to be a part of. And if there’s one person to invite sportswear into his collections without compromising the codes of classicism of the esteemed house, it’s Piccioli.
Valentino SS18 Mens Accessories
Here, we spot an array of intellectually ageless colour-blocked totes, bumbags and trainers of bright primary warm pops with subdued neutrals as though to satisfy a man’s sartorial needs both during the week and that bleeding into the weekend. While these SS18 accessories are a definite entry into the youthful spheres occupied by labels like Fendi and Marni, they still retain the Valentino DNA with bohemian aztec embroidery around the edges of bags and fringed nubuck that resemble bangs hairstyle on mesh runners.
If you’ve everything money can buy on earth, perhaps looking at the stars in the night sky’s the only diamonds you can aspire to own. Or perhaps the moon’s nearer (and by distance more liveable) so you’d prefer a trip there for your honeymoon. The moon’s exactly where Piccioli drew his inspiration from in his SS18 womenswear collection, which evidently combines the romantic glitter of outer space and modernity of sportswear needed to venture intergalactically in the current era. Of course, the Valentino woman wants an evening gown to strut around an al fresco bar with her lawyer friends and their uppity spouses on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday night; which featured as the show progressed.
Valentino SS18 Womens Accessories
Even the most jaded princesses smile when they vacation on a tropical island. These Valentines are just the perfect modern mix-up of youthful exuberance infused to classic silhouettes. Piccioli’s tapped into the logo-mania syndrome with his “VLTN” tees and bags, the new “nude” with his PVC double-layer quilt top-handles, transparent heel panels and sock-trainer cut-outs, but retained some style-principles like the bow pumps and stud details. The ultraviolet bumbag has straps that harness around the wearer’s torso, which is a bold look we can’t wait to see how style stars will rock.
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