Adjectives that come to mind; slick, chic, urbane, focused, refined, soigné, class, tasteful, real fashion, tasteful, sexy, elegant and many more...
The purpose of that little exercise is to say that in a perfect world where true talent is recognized and when the businesses that take ownership of heritage brands actually want to pursue and perpetuate the DNA of said heritage brand let alone actually sell clothes .... Elie Saab would be designing VALENTINO and not he ill equipped Pierpaolo.
Saab gets it. He understands rich lady clothes and yes there are still plenty of them out there. He designs sexy, feminine impeccably made and presented clothes that are not trendy, jazzed up, overtly sexed up and carry no whiff of the deadly concepts of relevance, sustainable or influencer. These are clothes for women of a certain station in life just as VALENTINO was in his heyday and none of that makes them look dated.
Even though this collection might be a tad premature, given our pandemic, or some will say ill timed, it is boldly saying there are still those prefer chic, understated and tasteful over trendy/label(brand). Saab is equally adept in his day wear when he chooses to show it. The man is a likely successor to what is presently installed at VALENTINO as Saab will sell and continue the true essence of the brand whereas what’s their now, well, they should just sell labels as the clothes are inconsequential on every level and targeted to a nonexistent client.
This collection offers hope to those of us who know what fashion and the business of fashion is actually about and no matter what anyone says, 20 somethings are not buying $5000 Chanel jackets or VALENTINO moomoos or whatever he seems to be pushing any season.
I tip my hat
to Mr. Saab and pray that before my time is over that he receives the attention
and hype that he so readily deserves as a true fashion designer... lest I forget,
these clothes are in no need of blah blah bah, they speak for themselves and
their designer!
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