'03/06/12' Collection

FALL/WINTER 2012-13 WOMEN'S COLLECTION

The focus is on globetrotting and searching for one’s roots. Rediscovered local allure is transformed into a global synthesis. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli embark upon an imaginative journey, exploring different knowledge, iconographies, and traditions with a keen eye and rapid movements.
They indulge in tactile artisan craftsmanship while they reduce a line to its pure architectural essence.

The result is design in counterpoint – sleek and distinctive – where precise lines and intense surface textures blend to create shimmering, liquid and always new balances.
The search for authentic expression is translated into silhouettes with classic purity. Dresses are a sublimation of ancestral powers and figures. Lines are elongated. Cuts and ribbing create volume
on the hips. Modest transparencies veil the bust.
Stand-up collars draw attention to the face.
Convinced that opposites create a contemporary mood, Ms. Chiuri and Mr. Piccioli explore the power of dichotomy:

opulent abandon is immediately countered with crystalline purity.
Absolute addition and subtraction become different expressions of the same impulse.
The sleek silhouette is dominated by a sense of control. Meticulously designed capes envelop the figure with a graceful, mysterious aura.
Leather plastrons on jacquard coats create a martial look. Flowing jumpsuits cut a lithe distinctive figure.
Tactile details accentuate construction: frogs close straight slim coats, tone-on-tone trim runs along tunics with a precise cut, and smocking
adorns the bodices and shoulders of mini-dresses.

Volumes are clean. Pea coats worn with pant skirts stand out from the body. Menswear trousers are tapered.
The concept of addition emerges in blouses and evening dresses on which patchwork patterns with embroidery and decorative
designs create hypnotic scores. Opulence becomes an expression of control.

Materials have body and feel thick to the touch: dry wool, jacquard wool, cady, wool lace,leather, and chiffon.
The color palette is reduced to primary hues: white, beige, black, midnight blue, and deep red. Splashes of pink are used for a few accents.

Jacquard patterns and prints create movement.
Accessories include shoes with narrow ankle straps and small square heels, boots with rounded toes, and gloves with metal stud detailing coordinate with bags to create an opulent graphic look.

An interpretation of fashion as synthesis, this collection celebrates the differences that unite rather than separate because the coincidence of opposites is movement, life and vitality.

'01/26/12' Collection

HAUTE COUTURE SPRING/SUMMER 2012 COLLECTION

Femininity is en plein air, out in the open. An impalpable, subtle sense of abandon creates sensuous, emotional balances. Luxury is expressed in an evanescent or palpable design with lines that fade away – like a dream that vanishes from awakening – into a delicate, sensual pallor. For the Valentino Spring/Summer 2012 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have created diaphanous haute couture that is luxurious, fragile, and evocative.

The collection is pervaded by a desire to return to a real, more intimate dimension of life and style. Virginal, bucolic and vivacious, it prefers whispered introspection to loud exhibition.
Convinced that contrast – balanced and never calculated – is the essence of modernity, Chiuri and Piccioli use a striking graphic approach to offset the delicate mood, tempering sweetness with unexpected combinations.
They also remove material and conceptual weight, transforming the surfaces of each outfit into dreamy, detailed textures. The result has the fragile look of filigree and the same oneiric opulence.

The silhouette is distinct yet nuanced. A sense of elegant movement prevails. The chaîne taffeta ball gown is cinched at the waist and opens into a full skirt with delicate aplomb. Smock details embellish the bodice of the sleek tunic. Frivolous indulgence and a search for purity intertwine and alternate. The cotton suit with geometric motifs diverges from the bustier with a distinctive design. The blouse with embroidered yoke is worn with tapered trousers. Elegance expresses shy, feminine grace: tall embroidered collars accentuate the face and eyes, and small capes cut a mysterious, proud figure. Fabrics such as cotton, taffeta, and chiffon are silky and evanescent, precious and pure.

Chaîne motifs and watery prints create nuanced color combinations on white backgrounds. Subtle tracery-like embellishments blend with the fabric, yet are eye-catching. Cut-outs create geometric patterns, textured lace is applied to fragile mesh, quilting creates diaphanous designs, and bouillonné motifs turn ripples into decorative elements. Opulence is a private indulgence, hidden from prying eyes.

With this collection, fashion is like a precious jewel and the result of a real – not utopian – conviction that life is a dream.

'01/11/12' Collection

MEN’S COLLECTION FALL/WINTER 2012-13

The Valentino maison returns to Florence where the story began in 1962. A fine thread links past and present, the Sala Bianca and Palazzo Corsini: a tribute to men’s Couture becomes an opportunity to look to the future, aware of a glorious tradition.

The style is sleek and timeless. Innovation is inspired by the past, and authenticity is a value. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli compose the pieces of an iconographic sartorial collection that establishes contemporary masculinity without confining it within a formula. The rigorous aesthetic comes from the technique: from cuts, construction, and a savoir faire that is constantly updated. It focuses on details and particular aspects that may not be seen at first glance. Subtleness is the salient trait of the Valentino man and his understated, unconscious elegance.
A modernist mood – in pursuit of clarity

and simplicity – permeates the Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection. The silhouette is sharp. The process of concise editing is translated into a modular wardrobe: archetypal garments that are in the eyes and DNA of men, from the suit to the loden coat, are restyled by rebelliously toying with the rules of apparent normalcy. The loud-mouthed culture is replaced by whispers: true luxury today is talking to people who choose to listen.

Architectural shapes, with affirmative aplomb, are achieved through subtraction: weight and anything unnecessary are eliminated.

Couture and sportswear techniques are combined to create a new stylistic language that is sartorial and dynamic. The construction can be seen underneath the fabric: The compact line of jackets is obtained through fabric bonded to horsehair facings, not to the lining. Heat-bonded tape replaces seams on shirts. Slim-fit darted trousers have a razor pleat and are ankle-length. Outerwear has a sleek, pure line: fitted peacoats have small shoulders and the carcoat has more volume at the back. The color of cashmere sweaters with a jersey base underlines the sum of the parts and creates impalpable volumes.

Black collars and details on the deep blue tuxedo create unusual embellishments that quickly bring to mind the hedonistic nightlife of Rome in the sixties. A subtle sense of surprise runs through the collection with two-tone ties, constructivist prints, and unusual combinations.
Materials are precious and compact: cashmere felt, wool/silk barathea, wool and nylon blends, dry cotton, Japanese denim, and leather.
The color palette suggests urban camouflage: masculine gray nuances – from stone gray to metal – and virile shades of blue are interrupted by offbeat

splashes of red-black, forest green, and beige.
The search for soft precision continues in accessories: leather clutches and totes, sleek Oxford shoes, and enameled metal sunglasses.

The collection’s vision of precise style expresses subtly subversive elegance that is sophisticated yet free of frills and with a sartorial couture approach, because refreshingly light simplicity is always invisible to the eye but clearly makes the difference.

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SPRING/SUMMER 2012 COLLECTION

This is a liberating, emotional, sensorial journey in which fashion is an expression of pure aesthetic pleasure. Starting from an intangible dream, it shapes the real world, rediscovering through urgent desire and sensuous abandon a real, tactile, joyous dimension of clothes. With the Spring/Summer 2012 collection,

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have established a new harmonious balance between a woman’s personality, body, and clothes. The philosophy behind the design and the commitment to artisan craftsmanship are more subtle and placed at the service of the woman who wears them. The clothes become instruments for expressing one’s identity and to change it with a rapid gesture that is never definitive. The style, both light and intentional, triggers primary impulses: clothes become a simple – and profound – expression of joy.
Freedom and a sense of optimism define shapes with classic purity that combine grace and precision.

The sensual materials attract the eye and touch: cotton macramé and lace, Chantilly lace, mesh, radzimir, chiffon, and cotton.
The color palette is organic, with splashes of vibrant primary hues: white, sand, beige, red, light blue, and yellow.
Accessories include flat sandals with straps woven with tiny chains, impalpable mesh booties, and sandals with glimmering heels.
Here, fashion is three-dimensional joy that is worn against the skin so we may find our dreams in everyday life, because reality is always a product of our imagination.

Discover Spring/Summer 2012 Collection.

'03/23/11' Collection

LACE

Iconic, with strong associations, the Valentino Timeless 2011 collection is an expression of the maison’s aesthetic codes: its new watches mirror its style, reflect the spirit of its couture, and propose the same trends through specific fashion quotes, precise references to the looks in the fashion shows.The top news is Lace, interpreting one of the most important themes in fashion at the moment. Chantilly, macramé or Point d’esprit, the lace in tailored bon ton clothes and in the most chic,

romantic, feminine accessories is transformed in a high-tech texture.

Innovative Lace made of rubber with a raised outline covers the steel of the bezel and the whole bracelet, decorating individual links with patterns which are different every time. The floral pattern is also printed on the dial, embellished by four diamond indexes, while the case is made of steel, either blackened with IP treatment or gold-plated. The colour palette includes white, black and nude: the colours that dominate the catwalks this season.

Available in four variations, Lace is animated by a Swiss quartz movement, but is also available in an automatic version, with a clear case back so that you can see the rotor with the logo engraved on it.

Like all Valentino Timeless collections, Lace was produced by the Timex Group Luxury Division and built to the highest Swiss-made quality and technical standards.

'03/23/11' Collection

ROCKSTUD

A blend of ladylike style with a rocker’s boldness, the new Rockstud fits into the accessories collection of the same name, among the highlights of the season: timeless minimal design, very soft leather, dotted with pyramid-shaped studs. The steel or gold-plated case has an ultra-classic shape, and the soft-touch calfskin strap is given an aggressive touch with three metal dashes – but it is interchangeable: you can quickly and easily replace it

with another strap without the studs, included in the set. On the lacquered dial are four pyramid-shaped indexes. Black, rose, brun and vert are the shades available, coordinated with the bags and shoes. Irresistible for the most dedicated fashionistas!

'03/23/11' Collection

MINI GEMME

Mini Gemme takes its inspiration from an existing collection, restyled in size and mood. Characterised by the classic V-shape lugs, it is a refined little jewel-watch: the multi-faceted case recalls the cut of an ancient precious stone, and the same profile is now repeated in the links of the bracelet.
Made entirely out of steel, it is also available in golden, all black versions and even with a precious diamond-set bezel.

There are also diamonds set on the four indexes of the dial, black or white, enriched with guilloché work.
An authentic cocktail-watch, to wear with an evening gown on a
glamorous occasion.

'04/04/12' Collection

SILK COLLECTION SPRING/SUMMER 2012

EVENING LACE
Valentino dresses the night inspired by the tradition of Haute Couture.
A finely embroidered lace embellishes
an evanescent satin chiffon to transform
this stole in a unique accessory, where the House’s style and elegance find the perfect match.

CALLA
Sophisticated taste and delicate hues are the choice for this precious floral stole made of impalpable fabrics for a sensorial experience.
Light satin chiffon enhances the delicate calla design created for scarves and stoles with charm and grace.

SPRING LACE
An unusual check print combined with a sensuous lacy floral motif stand out on
these stoles made of an ultra-light and soft modal-cashmere blend.