2006 Valentino Paris Fashion Weekly Released

6Valentino Paris Spring/Summer Fashion Release

Spring and summer 2006 is a landmark for Valentino. Valentino, who has been in the fashion industry for 40 years, received a Superstar award from Fashion Group International of New York City. But even more importantly, just as Milan Fashion Week 2006 in spring and summer, it happened that Valentino wanted to retire. The news, and the company he founded, is also actively looking for successors, but Valentino's only condition is that the successor must thoroughly understand his creative and design concepts.

Regardless of his motivation, even after 40 years, Valentino is willing to accept the challenge of fashion. In the spring and summer show, he uses a lot of V-shaped lines, the upper body is sexy lines, the more the waist is even more small Like the effect of a vest, the lower body is fitted with narrow-fitting and ankle trousers, and finally Valentino uses his classic colors for a series of evening wear designs. The pink chiffon yarn and the black black yarn are like... Clouds are soft, creating women's style.

In terms of color expression, Valentino uses a lot of beautiful colors to create a feminine effect, and the big, bright rose prints and flower embroidery seem to capture the natural world of flowers in the East. Valentino's signature red dress is as usual, to the finale.

Valentino2006 Spring Summer Fashion Show

Valentino's brand legend

In Rome, near the Plaza of Spain, there is a three-story building. Every day at 10 o'clock in the morning, a gentleman always arrives on a limousine on time. Open the closed door, the Renaissance-style building is elegant and chic, and the furnishings in the building are very particular. On the wall is a collection of masterpieces of oil paintings collected by the owner. The ground is paved with English paving stones. This building, like the 18th-century palace of the nobles of Spain, is the design headquarters of Italian high fashion designer Garavani Valentino in Rome. In addition, Valentino also has many luxury homes: a summer resort in Costa Rica; an apartment designed by the famous architect Peter Marino on Fifth Avenue; a villa in Kapoor; a French castle in the suburbs of Paris. There is also a five-story house built in Knightsbridge, England. Most strikingly, to count his famous luxury yacht, the entire hull is decorated with blue and white colors - people call it "water palace."

Those who visit these palaces are his high society friends and patrons: Jacqueline Kennedy; Princess Margaret, Infanta Elene of the Spanish Royal Family, Marie-Chantal, First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan.... They are all followers of Valentino's elegant designs, and they spend a lot of money just for one night. Their degree of love for Valentino is so high that they are consistently named by Vals Gals (Valentino's woman).

Valentino, Italian "love sacred" means that the name represented by the fashion is also special with the unyielding women. In October 1968, Jacqueline was dressed in a white lace dress from Valentino and Aristotle Onassis, the Greek ship king, to enter the wedding hall. Within a few days, the phone ring in Rome's design studio was endless—40 wealthy rich people demanded the same wedding dress. This is no precedent in the high-quality fashion industry. And Jacqueline has maintained a long-term friendship with Valentino, wearing the clothes he designed for life.

As a luxury product for which customers only have hundreds of people, Haute Couture not only needs people who can appreciate it, but also people who have financial resources to appreciate. Being a maker of social life in high society is one of the reasons why Valentino has been successful. Unlike those designers who are inspired by the streets or nature, Valentino's muse is always surrounded by noble women. In addition to these mature and stable customers, celebrities are the most dazzling accessories in the fashion world. When they are wearing elegant dresses that appear on top of the Academy Awards, brilliant stars and gorgeous fashions are blooming to the world. For designers, this is more influential than any brand spokesperson, even if they only borrow clothes for this important night.

As early as 1965, Valentino has been hailed as "the most colorful star designer in Rome" by "Womens WearDaily". In the golden era when Hollywood stars came to Italy to film, they had an eye for Valentino's designs. Elizabeth Taylor was the first movie star to be attracted by his design. Her custom-made white dress for the "Spartacus" premiere opened the door to Hollywood for Valentino, attracting more celebrity patrons.

There have been numerous stars around Valentino for decades. Today's beauty stars such as Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Liz Hurley and others not only collaborated with designers in the fashion show, but also had intimate personal relationships with him. "Water Palace" often shuttles with their Lai Ying. The yacht even witnessed the restoration of Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant. "I was the one who made clothes for the wealthy." Nobles and celebrities, Valentino, who knows this way, got the most out of the exchanges with them.

"I have been to several big fashion companies in Paris, and some companies employ up to 500 people. I was a reporter in their fashion shows and press conferences. But in the first few years in Rome, there was no such situation. I First, I opened a store on the Gondoti Street beside the Plaza de Espana, and once made invitations, eager to attract some movie stars to participate in my fashion show.Unexpectedly, none of the prestigious movie stars had come, and a set of fashion was also Without selling, I completely failed."

In the late 1950s, the proud Valentino returned to Italy from Paris, and he did not hesitate to open his own business in Rome. At the beginning of the venture, he encountered merciless competition. The fashion shops all over the streets have their own customers, Valentino is almost crowded. "I have been a poor tailor for eight years, and I earned 800,000 liras (about $700) in my eighth year." Valentino, who had no money to rent, stayed at a friend of his mother's friend and took the time to do housework for his friends. The embarrassing experience enabled him to gradually take off his unruly youngster's ambition and treat his life in a more calm and realistic manner: "Perhaps in that environment, I slowly developed patience and modesty."

For Valentino, Rome has left behind the most bitter memories, but it is also a sacred place to enjoy successful wines in the future. For many years, people often talked about the fact that Valentino will set up a new home in Milan. After all, it is the most developed city in the Italian fashion industry. It is a fashion capital that can fight against the Paris Chamber. “Milano has more fashion designers than Rome. I respect and admire them.” But decades later, Valentino’s company still stands in the Spanish square with its streets and rows of shops, gradually becoming a symbol and pride of Rome.