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Holidays Gift Guide (9) : Diana Vreeland Memos , Giambattista Valli and Bold, Beautiful and Damned

December 13, 2013 by The CoF

Books are food for the brain and soul and choosing them as a holiday gift is just perfect. Today books are even more. They can beautifully decorate your coffee table or bureau and some special edition are pure works of art. Today on our gift list two books from Rizolli : Diana Vreeland Memos, $55 ,a look behind the scenes at Diana Vreeland’s reign as editor in chief of Vogue, in her own words. 288 pages with 50 color and black-and-white illustrations and Giambattista Valli […]

Categories: Book • Tags: Chronicle Books, Diana Vreeland, giambattista valli, Rizzoli, Shopping

Pictures from “Giambattista Valli” published by Rizzoli

Giambattista Valli’s monograph at Rizzoli

October 22, 2013 by The CoF

The impresive Giambattista Valli’s monograph is a four hundred pages of all the life and work of the designer, whose output is looking forward to the fashion industry is finally beginning to be marketed .It can be bought on rizzoli.com or London’s Dover Street Market. The history of his couture masterpieces , ideas , sketches , the creative process . that’s what this book .”To make clothes with dreams behind them is what couture is about. But, for me, it is about […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: giambattista valli, Haute couture, Monograph, Rizzoli

Front Row at Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Fall 2013

July 2, 2013 by The CoF

images via style.com Related articles Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall 2013 (thecitizensoffashion.com) Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Autumn 2013 (fashionising.com) Detailed photos of Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Autumn 2013 (fashionising.com)

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Elena Perminova, fall 2013, Franca Sozzani, front row, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Lee Radziwill, miroslava duma, Paris

Spring 2013 Couture Shows Illustrations By Caroline Andrieu

April 29, 2013 by The CoF

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Caroline Andrieu, Chanel Couture, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Lindsey Wixson, spring/summer 2013

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Designer Sketches (part 1)

April 26, 2013 by The CoF

Each designer has their own working style, but the preliminary sketches are always the starting point in the creative process.

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Christian Lacroix, Creativity, Design, Elie Saab, giambattista valli, illustration, Photography, Sketches

The Valli Bag

March 8, 2013 by The CoF

The Valli Bag is the new icon bag that the Italian designer,Giambattista Valli, who has settled in Paris some years ago, presented during the 2013/14 autumn/winter fashion show in Paris. All the elements of this bag allow you to use it both during daytime and during nighttime.

Categories: Fashion • Tags: bags, fall 2013, giambattista valli, Handbags and Purses, Paris, Shopping

Front Row At Giambattista Valli Fall 2013

March 5, 2013 by The CoF

Coco Rocha and Elena Perminova Bianca Brandolini D’Adda Tallulah Harlech Farida Khelfa and Inès de la Fressange. Leigh Lezark Charlotte Dellal and Deena Abdulaziz. Elettra Wiedemann Karla Otto and Anna Dello Russo. Coco Brandolini d’Adda and Alexia Niedzielski. Photo: Alessandro Garofalo / InDigital | GoRunway

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Coco Rocha, fall 2013, front row, giambattista valli, Inès de la Fressange, Paris Fashion Week

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Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2013 Collection

January 22, 2013 by The CoF

GIAMBATTISTA VALLI has been officially part of the couture line-up now for three seasons, having made a guest appearance for autumn/winter 2011-12. Designers typically receive appellation only after they’ve showed couture for five years, but the Paris Fédération Française de la Couture decided that the standard of Valli’s work was so high that he was eligible for the honour – and so he’s part of the gang now. And it’s easy to see why. He tackled tricksome shapes that wouldn’t so […]

Categories: Fashion Week • Tags: Fédération française de la couture, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Paris, style, Vogue

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Couture Fashion Week Highlights

January 21, 2013 by The CoF

Donatella Versace last night/ via style.com Couture Fashion Week kicked off last night – a four-day-long schedule featuring the fashion world’s key names and the most beautiful and expensive creations of the season. While the opulent gowns designed by heavyweights such as Chanel and Dior might be out of most of our budgets, the event does give us the opportunity to see designers at their most creative, extravagant and dramatic. It was Atelier Versace who begun the proceedings last night […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Alexis Mabille, atelier versace, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, Raf Simons, Stéphane Rolland

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Ink Fabric Editorial Illustrated by Julia Slavinska

January 19, 2013 by The CoF

It’s not easy to find a new way to present household fashion brands. Especially after you’ve just seen them in all the fashion week coverage, and multitude of collaborations and collections that pop out every day. But this inspired Ink Fabric editorial spread does so, and does it beautifully. Modeled by Myroslava Dronyuk, photographed by Andrew Ivaskiv, and illustrated by Julia Slavinska, the spread brings —Dior, Louis Vuitton, Alexander Wang, Alexander McQueen, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy, and Dolce & Gabbana—together in a work of art […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, ANDREW IVASKIV, Dolce & Gabbana, Fashion, giambattista valli, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton

Party Make-Up Inspiration

December 30, 2012 by The CoF

A PARTY is the perfect opportunity to try out a more daring make-up look than you might normally, and the autumn/winter 2012-13 catwalks were rife with beauty inspiration for the season’s soirees. If you’re wearing black, then why not add a pop of colour with Anna Sui‘s quirky blue liner, Stella McCartney‘s cobalt mascara or Thakoon‘s striking red lips? Or perhaps you’re going for a more smouldering look – Gucci‘s vermilion lips or Jason Wu‘s feline emerald eyes should do the trick. So, whatever you […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Anna Sui, flawless complexion, giambattista valli, Gucci, Jason, Jason Wu, Project Runway, Runway, Stella McCartney, Thakoon Panichgul

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