Valentino: Themes and Variations

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The name Valentino has been synonymous with high fashion for nearly fifty years. Based in Rome, Valentino is just one of two couture houses recognized by the French government outdoor of Paris. His exquisite designs are coveted and worn by young Hollywood and high society across the world. On the occasion of his last couture collection, presented in Paris in the spring of 2008, this landmark book celebrates forty-five years of Valentino’s remarkable career. Published in association with a prestigious exhibition at the Museé des Arts Decoratifs’s famed costume department in Paris, this volume specializes in Valentino’s haute couture creations, highlighting a very powerful and iconic creations of his half-century in fashion through recurring themes in Valentino’s work—variations on the ideas of volume, line, and texture in addition to motifs such as geometry, pleats, and flowers—through new photography, sketches, fabric samples, and observation on the dresses by Valentino himself. In addition, unprecedented photography by François Halard of Valentino’s last fittings and behind the curtain of his runway show reveals Valentino’s private world for the first time. “Valentino On Valentino,” a chapter of first-person accounts of the designs of these iconic dresses, in conjunction with Valentino’s observation on his fashion, will make this publication unique in the study of Valentino as a cultural and artistic icon.

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