After Moments of stillness and introspection, the will of movement and a new dynamism serve as the starting point for the FW 21 collection, where Mr Valli takes his Parisienne silhouette on a journey to his hometown, Rome.
While working through the city, this silhouette turns into a new imaginary friend, Paolina Borghese Bonaparte, a woman ahead of her times that perfectly incarned the balance between the italian and french cultures and whose spirit applies to the Valli woman; a progressive and ecletic creature completely indipendent in her sense of style.
Arrays of Parisienne blacks and whites, trimmed and embroidered necklines reminiscent of livery collars and slightly risen waistlines are further nods to the Europe.
This collection’s footwear, refined Mary-Janes come in Antonio Canova’s marble white or in the form of streamlined platform boots, almost resembling statue pedestals.
The House’s monogram, is embroidered as tapisserie on the Maison’s atemporal “Flore” bag or brocade totes bags and appears alongside silk satin “minaudières” adorned with “costellation” crystal-embroideries.
The pigments of frescos appear on the eyes as souvenirs of the Galleria’s kaleidoscopic ceilings, which also pop up in the collection’s presentation through mind-bending videos taken by Giambattista Valli himself.
The resolution of the collection is thus to convey a feel of vigor and to inspire the new beginning of enthusiastic femininity