Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Red with envy
With Valentino Garavani stepping down from his label, red has slowly trickled out of Valentino's (the brand) color pallet under Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli's deisign direction. But, this powerful, passionate color has manifested in the collections of various other designers for fall/winter 09.
(Top: campaign featuring a selection of Valentino’s iconic dresses. Bottom: Spring 09 RTW, Valentino’s last walk on the runway Spring 08 couture, Spring 09 couture)
Warm reds haven’t been seen on the runway for many seasons, so a revival of this color seems appropriate especially now that Valentino will no longer be equipping us with his signature red robes.Red? The new black? Red has been reinvented this season through the use of a myriad of textures. Leather, plastic, velvet, fur, silk: these fabrications ressurect the forgotten color on the runway. Take notes from Moschino, Salvatore
Ferragamo, and Prada.Photos courtesy of Marcio Maderia and Valentino
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