Valentino. Resort 2020 – New York Fashion Week

 

 

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Valentino is an interesting company in someways in comparison to other high end Italian fashion brands, as a luxury fashion house it was founded in 1960 and debuted its collection via Florence in 1962 by Valentino Garavani, for over 45 years it was run as an Italian owned company changing hands through various investment forms, then in 2012 it was bought for 700 million Euros by the the Middle Eastern county of Qatar.  Initializing its own onshore investment company which in turn managers offshore acquisitions such as Valentino.  Regardless of the conglomerate turnovers.  This famous Italian fashion brand has resumed its renowned impression of evening wear of gowns, shoes, perfumes with its Haute Couture inspired radiance. 

Creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino's Resort 2020 collection has fixed two periods of a time that, when fused together, can exuded an appeal which is of the sophisticated BoHo look.  That is the 1800s Bohemia style, which emerged in France after the French revolution, inspired later by the Romantic art movement, with a nod of respect to the wandering gypsies of the Czechoslovakia country that was once “Bohemia”.  It is these free flowing, easily layered styles, that ensures the look holds an ethereal attraction.  The other style seen conjoined to Piccioli's showing of the 1960s modernism fashion, the clean shaped styles, cuts and pattern work.  Personally, I feel we will see a fade, as a current trend, of the rehashing of 1980s styles that have graced the runways of the last few years.  What may replace it will be a reworking of Bohemian styles, which can, if the designer is skilled enough, develop into a newer dynamic or visualization. 

A beautiful ensemble of bohemian styles with its clean modernist take, there is the sex appeal of 1960s libération hedonism, mini skirts and high hemmed onepiece dresses.  With allure of silk scarves, headbands, teffta and silk blends. The whole collection flows with a draped charm, very stylized as Piccioli doesn't deviate too much from the brand's roots, but does add the divine, yet archaic, appeal of 200 years of the mysterious female which was of French Bohemian and its fascination with the medieval periods of Europe. 

The color palette mostly delivers the rich purples, reds, the 60's and 70' mix on modernism of black and white pattern work. Which, keeps the resort collection confined to its cleaner styles.  There are greens and dark blues, the hue spectrum is toned down, so there are floral pattered watercolored variants which also can be seen on some of the pieces.