One could catch glimpses of the painting on the front of the garment, while the back was conceived with the help of Respino, responding with his own creativity to the design.Īnother standout was a long, glittering sequined slipdress worn under a floor-length, taffeta bouillonné cape with a pattern reminiscent of poetic images of the moon reflected on a lake by Chinese art curator and photographer Rui Wu.Įmploying Valentino’s signature red archival fabrics, a sleeveless gown was embellished with an allover pattern of hands “that seek intimacy at a time when you can’t really touch anything,” said Piccioli, referencing a work by artist Alessandro Teoldi.Ĭonvinced that painting is to contemporary art what haute couture is to fashion, Piccioli worked mainly with painters and a dramatic white and red gown and cape reproduced by James “Jamie” Nares’ single brush strokes - a show stopper if ever there was one. And while the clothes may be conceived as functional, they were as dreamy as can be and basically works of art themselves.Ĭase in point, a painting by Andrea Respino inspired a stunning intarsia coat - almost trompe l’oeil, said Piccioli - made of 150 different swatches of fabrics, from satin to taffeta, laminated and sequined. While not swaying from this concept, art played an integral part in Piccioli’s Valentino Des Ateliers couture collection shown in Venice on Thursday, as 22 out of the 82 designs on the runway were created in an exchange with an eclectic and international group of 17 artists. “Fashion always has a practical scope while art is an end in itself.” VENICE - “Fashion is not art,” believes Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli.
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