Valentino Fall Couture 2016

It seems only fitting that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s last collaboration together at Valentino would end with a theatrical, Elizabethan-inspired couture collection that the world’s greatest dramatist Shakespeare would have surely approved of. The clothes…

Valentino Pre-Fall 2015

Just when you think a collection couldn’t get any better (as is always the case with Valentino), Diana Moss works that magical eye of hers and transforms it into an entirely new and compelling series where…

Valentino Spring 2014 Couture

Let’s all take a moment and swoon over the fantastical couture magic, inspired by the Roman Opera, that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have created. Have your jaws dropped yet?! The usual, romantic lace and chiffon affair (the…

Valentino Spring 2014

Valentino has taken bohemian extravagance to a mind blowing level. Inspired by Maria Callas and the Roman Opera, creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli produced a collection that was beautiful, grand, and romantic – but honestly, did…

Valentino Fall 2013

Design duo Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino looked to Flemish Old Masters and Dutch painter Vermeer as their main inspirations for fall. The designers wanted to frame the face, with focuses on the neckline with the finest…

Valentino Spring Couture 2013

Maria Grazia Chiuri and her design partner Pierpaolo Piccioli brought an emotional Valentino to his feet as their show closed the Spring 2013 couture season. Inspired by wrought-iron gates and secret labyrinths of formal gardens, the duo stuck true to the brand’s…

Valentino At The Ballet

We can all thank Sara Jessica Parker for her idea of a collaboration with Valentino to design the costumes for the New York City Ballet‘s Fall Gala. 16 original designs were handcrafted with breathtaking couture details and pops of…

Pre-Fall 2016: What We Want Now

My favorite season is when summer turns to fall, when the air is just crisp enough to break out the pants, outerwear and light layers . . . it gives me all the feels! And it’s also…

Best Of PFW Fall 2015

How befitting that International Women’s Day fell in the middle of Paris Fashion Week. This season, strong and powerful females were celebrated with sanguine and confident collections – full of ingenuity and occasionally, a bit of lighthearted humor. Women,…

Best Dressed At The Oscars 2015

With paintbrush and pad in hand, illustrator Katherine Irwin sketched a few of our most loved looks and moments throughout the Oscars last evening. Marion Cotillard in Dior Haute Couture! Lupita Nyong’o in a custom pearl encrusted…