Okay here goes... Another season, another huge collection on
the runway, although by Valentino standards this was a small one. It occurs to
me that they must have factories whose only mission is to manufacture sample collections
and given the usual size that will keep those hands and machines busy every day
year in year out. Okay, but I digress; there is no question that one must
recognize and applaud the exquisiteness of every collection due to the
extraordinary detail and workmanship involved season and after season. Yes,
their ateliers boast wildly amazingly astoundingly rendered effects and
techniques and that being said, those are the positives.
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Now let’s talk the reality of it which is... Again? Really?
More of the same and by the way I am not quite sure who is buying 6 figure
gowns that more or less look like ridiculously expensive peignoir sets or
possibly trousseau negligees. So in my mind, these pre-Raphaelite ethereal goddess
gowns and these Fortuny-esque gowns are nothing more than examples of
impeccable workmanship and pushing the limits of the workrooms. These are
clothes for those couture customers who wish to boast how high those 6 figures
reach. BTW, there is something Biblical about these clothes and I mean that Literally!
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What I want to know is whatever happened to the deliciously
sexy, sometimes signora, and provocatively sexy Valentino? What happened to the
amazingly chic day clothes that the house once produced? And please don’t tell
me that times have changed for I will counter and ask if women stopped
appearing in daylight. It is shows like this that remind those of us who can
still remember that Valentino was once a great and formidable house that didn’t
rely on shoes, studs, sneakers and handbags for successful earnings or forced
rave reviews. Amazing as it may seem in
today’s world of fashion, Valentino actually stood for and depended on its
clothing whether it was couture or otherwise and that is how its reputation was
built.
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