Reblog: May 11, 2022 VALENTINO. PRE-FALL 2022

"After Pierpaolo Piccioli's dramatic Couture showing with its striking hues, he has returned for a pre-fall exposé for Valentino and like many of his contemporaries, Piccioli has looked at the fashion timeliness of the last 50 years, whilst sourcing ideas of what people are wearing on the streets, in his reconfiguring of Valentino's finer arrays into a more accessible template.  Yet, the shift from tailored looks to more styled street attire feels like Piccioli is reestablishing the seminal brand name to represent current trends and it can be, for many designers, a fatal turn when aligning an established and recognized direction into newer markets.   Particularly for luxury fashion brands and their creative directors.   

Despite Valentino beginning at the cusp of 1960's as an modernist aesthetic, founder Valentino Garavani's iconic fashion house had always retained that Made-in-Italy tailoring and refined sleekness  over the five decades of its inception.  With Piccioli's Pre-Fall 2022 collection drawing from the uniquely U.K 60's subculture known as the Mods..."

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Full review: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/valentino-pre-fall-2022.html