Valentino Spring Couture 2012
Oh, for the simple life! But how to reconcile its embrace with the extravagance of couture?
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli did so by infusing their couture en plein air with a soupcon of Marie Antoinette at the Petit Trianon. The result was a Valentino collection with a surface so lovely and gentle that it masked the lineup’s core bravado.