photo credit: Valentino collections
When: 11. 29. 2012 - March 3. 2013
Where: Somerset House, London www.somersethouse.org.uk
Valentino: Master of beautiful seduction
More information about the exhibit of Valentino’s fashion. You can see gowns, pictures, and designs, from the couture collections, and private designs, from a very close vantage point, at Somerset House, London.
A look at Valentino’s illustrious career from the first show at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy, to the most beautiful runway shows.
The exhibit is organized in three parts.
The first, shows personal photos and momentos of the designer, invitations to the fashion shows.
photo credit: Valentino collections, Valentino runway show 2006, invitation to Valentino show, artwork: Valentino collections
photo credit: Valentino collections,
Then, a full size runway stage allows the viewer to see some of the most beautiful creations of the designer as on a defilée.
photo credit: Valentino collections,
The third, shows the wedding dress of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, a video with scenes from the atelier shows, “behind the scene” with footage from the creation of a commissioned piece.
photo credit: Valentino collections,
If you are in London, and have time see the exhibit: Valentino: Master of Couture at Somerset House.
Enjoy,
Jasmin
more information: www.somersethouse.org.uk
Exhibition: curated by Alistair O’Neill for Somerset House, Patrick Kinmonth and Antonio Monfreda, collaborators of Valentino, in collaboration with Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti.