Un new beginning, in the name of the beauty that has been, is and will be. A way of seeing fashionthat of Pierpaolo Picciolicreative director of Valentino who chooses a symbolic place, the staircase of Piazza di Spagnato start again with theHaute Coutureshifting the spotlight from Paris to Rome.
The eyes of the stars in the front row, from Anne Hathaway to Elodieare all aimed at a collection Autumn-Winter 2022/2023 who experiments with new ideas of glamor and moves away from the canons to keep up with the times, broadening the spectrum ofinclusiveness.
Valentino fashion show in Rome, inclusivity is beauty
Over 100 exits appear on the moving walkway that descends from the top of Trinità dei Monti and winds up to Piazza Mignanelli, worn by as many models and models of all ages, ethnicities, colors. Because today beauty does not obey rigid canons and pre-established rules.
The first look of the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show worn by Alaato Jaziper (Photo: Valentino).
The only constant: theAtelierfrom the always beating heart of the fashion house, which wins the applause at the end together with the stylist, in front of the audience of guests standing as a sign of respect and emotion – but also in front of the many onlookers flocked to enjoy what appeared to everyone, from the very beginning, a memorable event.
A detail from the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show (Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images).
The Beginning: history repeats itself
Just like in its foundation in 1959 in the capital, as well as in the shot shared by Piccioli on Instagram where a young Valentino Garavani, now 90, is portrayed on the famous stairs surrounded by seamstresses in white aprons.
And again, theJuly 8, 2022: a date that marks the beginning of a chapter of an ever more personal story, that of Piccioli, who from an excited bystander of the past now goes to the forefront, and reinterprets the glorious past without nostalgia, rather, with admiration.
Pierpaolo Piccioli closes the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show together with the atelier (Photo: Valentino).
Over 100 looks, thanks to the Atelier
From the first outfit bouquet with the Valentino red taffeta rose blouson to the latest black tulle dress with glitter print embroidered with silver sequins, the press release lists the names of those who meticulously created each dress.
The refined color blocks, the transparencies and three-dimensional dresses, the decorated headdresses and the ballet flats with ribbons, even the skirts with “rooster” feathers and slip dresses with the harness at heart: there is all that thundering creativity of high fashion to which Piccioli has now accustomed us.
A detail from the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show (Photo: Valentino).
While the en-plein-air catwalk in the heart of the Eternal City shows the world who can wear it, from Elizabeth Dessy64, athlete and model, a Alaato Jaziperoriginally from Sudan, at the top of the class Mariacarla Boscono: as if to underline that beauty, in all its nuances, is simply of all those who know how to see it.
A look from the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show (Photo: Getty Images).
The stars in the front row, from Anne Hathaway to Elodie
«Next level» comments the actress Anne Hathaway to the microphones of WWDin a pink sequin mini dress and soaring pumps Pink PPwho arrives escorted by Giancarlo Giammetti, historical companion of Garavani, and goes away ecstatic. They sit beside her HwasaSouth Korean singer with 8.1 million followers, Adriana DeBose, Florence Pugh.
Anne Hathaway at the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show (Photo: Daniele Venturelli / WireImage).
A little further in the front row of the Valentino fashion show in Rome, Kate Hudson And Naomi Campbellbut also Elodie, Mara Venier and Laura Pausini, Drusilla Foer and Symonethe Drag Queen winner of the 13th RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Kate Hudson at the Valentino Haute Couture FW22 / 23 fashion show (Photo: Daniele Venturelli / WireImage).
A variegated but harmonious front row, which reflects what is seen on the stairs. Universally recognized as among the most beautiful in the world.