VALENTINO Fall 2016 Paris - Fashion Channel

VALENTINO Fall 2016 Paris - Fashion Channel Visit and Subscribe to Fashion Channel to find out more! - http://bit.ly/1OdEd04 Visit our Shop: https://www.fashionchannel.shop Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's gentle expressions of classic dancer attire broke the mold of the regal high-neck silhouette they've plied at Valentino. The show was different on two levels. Instead of a recorded soundtrack, pianist Vanessa Wagner played works by John Cage and Phillip Glass on a baby grand Yamaha positioned, happening-style, in the middle of the audience. More significantly, the collection’s gentle expressions of classic dancer attire substantially broke the mold of the regal high-neck, long-sleeve dress silhouette that Chiuri and Piccioli have plied consistently and successfully over the past few years. The tony street-goth tone of the tailored navy and black double-breasted coats over matching ribbed-knit turtlenecks, ankle-length tulle skirts and combat boots that opened the show came as a surprise, a great one. Dancers off-duty came in moody layers of mannish outerwear over long skirts, and modernist jersey dresses with spaghetti straps that laced in back over collar bone-framing ballerina shirts, as Chiuri and Piccioli intuited the styles of Karole Armitage and Martha Graham into gorgeous day- and eveningwear. There were moments of austerity, dark and sober in a plain black tutu dress over a black turtleneck and leggings; and light and fluid in earthy