Valentino Spring 2010: No Red Dress in Sight

With Valentino's retirement approaching the two year mark, it is evident that creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, are aiming to take Valentino to a whole new and different level. This definitely showed at the Paris Spring 2010 Ready to Wear collection. Without Valentino's signature red dress in sight, it was clear that Chiuri and Piccioli are ready to design for a "new generation of Valentino in mind" as presumed by fashion critics everywhere.

Now is this necessarily a bad thing? I personally don't think so. Valentino's creations have blown our minds for so many decades and his gowns will always be embedded in our minds. Chiuri and Piccioli's approach to the new Valentino generation only proves that although they're moving away from the man's designs, beauty and class is still what the Valentino house holds to the present day. The soft color feminine palettes mixed with a few androgynous pieces presents both a very whimsical yet dramatic edge to the new collection. Valentino's understanding of one of a kind dresses and gowns are still there but it is evident that the house is ready to move forward. Without a red dress in sight, it brings a sad tear to those nostalgic of past Valentino shows but Chiuri and Piccioli's ability to take us away with their collection as if we were part of a mystical world where only tulles, bows and ruffled existed stays true to the Valentino magic.

Here are my favorite pieces from the Spring 2010 Ready to Wear show in Paris:
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Until my next adventure, good reading and good night!