VALENTINO.Master of couture.

Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer.I visited this great exhibition, which celebrates the life and work of Valentino with over 130 exquisite couture designs worn by icons like Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren and Gwyneth Paltrow in an installation at Somerset House .

The exhibition is divided into three sections, the beginning Valentino worldview through photographs from his personal archive, which offers an intimate portrait of the master's life, then displays a fashion couture where you walk on a catwalk to see the figure of one hundred thirty Valentino couture designs. Valentino: Master of Couture is a journey into the secret and wonderful world of Italian couture.

   1961 
Black crepe and chifofon evening dress with tulle detailing

1971Black georgette coat with with white chiffon blouse and paillete hot pants.

      The Valentino's international debut took place in 1962 in Florence, the Italian fashion capital of the time. His first show at the Pitti Palace was welcomed as a true revelation and the young couturier was deluged by orders from foreign buyers.

       By the mid 1960s he was already considered the undisputed master of Italian haute couture, receiving the award in 1967 Fashion Neiman Marcus, the equivalent of an Oscar in the fashion field. The Begum Aga Khan, Farah Diba, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Lee Radziwill, Queen Paola of Belgium, Babe Paley, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Jayne Wrightsman, Marisa Berenson, Veruschka and Princess Margaret were already customers as well as personal friends.

1971/1972
Black and white tartan cashmere coat with sheepskin collar and cuffs with wool trousers and waistcoat

1955-1990
White rebrodé lace evening gown with pink degradé chiffon drape detailing.

 One of the most impressive dress, which was designed in 1955 and completed in 1990.Atribute to mexican actress Maria Felix

               

1993
White chiffon evening gown with budellini techique detailing

 

1993
Beige chiffon cocktail dress with bedellini technique
detailing