Valentino Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010

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Valentino Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010

28/01/2010, Fashion and Style, Haute Couture, Valentino

Valentino Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010

And just like this, out with the old and in with the new. Meet the new Valentino.

Looking at these images, it's quite evident that Valentino is trying
to attract a new customer.

It's fascinating how a lot of designers
these days focus on their brand's heritage whereas Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli are charging forward with a risky approach.

Perhaps too forward and too radical from the brand's identity?

You know who I think would be perfect to design Valentino and carry the torch in the future? Elie Saab.

What do you think?

photos via Catwalking

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Barbara WROTE THIS 07:19 am 28/01/2010

-"I completely agree with you! They speak the same language. "

André WROTE THIS 07:23 am 28/01/2010

-"loves it "

Genesis WROTE THIS 07:48 am 28/01/2010

-"AGREED. Yes Elie Saab would do amazingly at Valentino. "

Noa A.H. Leijdesdorff WROTE THIS 07:52 am 28/01/2010

-"ooooo god am i the only one thats sensinga little emmanuel ungaro aw09/ss10 here? the pants...the ruching...the color panneling. and this is valentino couture o o o o o dear "

STEFANIE WROTE THIS 07:55 am 28/01/2010

-"I'm sorry but this is a nightmare. And yes, Elie Saab for Valentino! But I wish they would've just kept Alessandra Facchinetti, I mean, what was wrong with her? "

bare WROTE THIS 08:33 am 28/01/2010

-"total rip off of Viktor & Rolf. "

Anikapaulette.wordpress.com WROTE THIS 11:11 am 28/01/2010

-"<3 u!!!! http://anikapaulette.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/bryanboy/ "

AdhiPuTaw WROTE THIS 11:18 am 28/01/2010

-"Oh dear Lord, BB. I see a LOT of resemblance to Balenciaga too! What is this? This isn't Valentino. It's ugly. To me those pieces look like bad imitations of Balenciaga by Heatherette. Even worse, they look like something made by mediocre fashion school students on their graduation night. Two minds that made a love collection for SS10 came up with THIS for the supreme arena of fashion? Ridiculous! "

gise WROTE THIS 11:30 am 28/01/2010

-"this is trash. so sad. anyone who ever attended a valentino show and saw his clothes up front has to hate this. and they fired facchinetti to embreace this? "

PuplierNoir WROTE THIS 01:15 pm 28/01/2010

-"did lilo's direction for ungaro find way to valentino? "

MAISON CHAPLIN WROTE THIS 01:48 pm 28/01/2010

-"Valentino show was a shame, I went out completely frustrated! "

James WROTE THIS 02:26 pm 28/01/2010

-"Balenciaga isdatchu? "

dientb WROTE THIS 02:55 pm 28/01/2010

-"Not into Elie Saab, with him Valentino will only stand still instead of going forward into the future. I loved Fachinetti's work for the brand. It was very Valentino but done w/ a fresh approach. I'd also love to see what Olivier Thyskens could bring into Valentino. As for this collection, "Whhhhaaattt...?!?!" "

AColourfulGuyDrowning WROTE THIS 04:27 pm 28/01/2010

-"Looks a bit too radical to be haute couture to me. I always associate haute couture with more classic styling. I'm not saying that couture can't move forward, it does, and it should. But, not like this! This looks more like a ready-to-wear/streetwear collection. As to whether it's good or bad, I'll leave that alone as fashion, like any artform, is subjective with the beauty being in the eye of the beholder. "

l WROTE THIS 12:04 am 29/01/2010

-"I don't care if it's Valentino or how much it costs. Most of these outfits are ridiculous. Enough said. "

Henrik WROTE THIS 12:26 am 29/01/2010

-"If they fired Alessandra Facchinetti for not being true to the Valentino herritage, what will happen to Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli now? I completely agree. This is too radical. "

Sarah WROTE THIS 01:04 am 29/01/2010

-"Totally agree-elie Saab for Valentino all the way, otherwise Valentino may continue to produce more of these sort of collections. Which wouldn't be too good xo "

Cliff WROTE THIS 03:55 am 29/01/2010

-"Yeah the outfits are just off in so many ways - colours, cut, textures... they look like first year design school student's work... Matrix in the Neo Space... "

just zoe WROTE THIS 04:16 am 29/01/2010

-"I actually enjoyed a lot of this collection, but then again, it wasn't at all what you would expect from Valentino couture. It looked more like a mix of Balmain and Alexander McQueen. If this were a designer I'd never heard of, I'd be stoked to see what they were doing next, but I think it's too forward and loses the classic essence of what Valentino should be: beautiful, feminine and rich. "

Robert WROTE THIS 04:29 am 29/01/2010

-"I think Valentino (the man) is very probably physically ill, if he wasn't somehow been shielded from the entire spectacle by Mr. Giammetti. "

Platinumboy WROTE THIS 12:42 pm 29/01/2010

-"Though I love Elie Saab and I couldn't agree more to how much resemblances there are in both designers' aesthetic. But let's face it, if they want Elie Saab to design for Valentino, why not have Mr. Valentino designs the collection himself. It'd have made not much different, don't you think?. the Valentino group's owners is trying to move forward instead of making just beautiful same old evening gowns which by the way I love so much. P.S. I don't like this collection at all. "

Platinumboy WROTE THIS 12:49 pm 29/01/2010

-"I totally agree. and to add to that, I don't think they can push it as far as Balenciaga because correct me if I'm wrong, I think Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli came from background in Haute Couture and they aren't used to pushing boundaries in their design approach like the current designer for Balenciaga. in short, you can't teach a old man a new trick. "

AdhiPuTaw WROTE THIS 02:29 pm 29/01/2010

-"One thing I found interesting was how Sarah Mower's review of this collection, on style.com, was short and not negative (but not explicitly positive either). Her review of Jean Paul Gaultier, on the other hand, was negative and lengthy. I'm curious why. What could've happened in the mind of this experienced critic? Perhaps she got disappointed, bored, lost, and eventually speechless. I also suspect a bias in Mower's part. It felt like she held back her a lot in her comments to save Valentino from disgrace. Ugh, fashion politics! "

ewa&flo WROTE THIS 11:36 pm 29/01/2010

-"Well i feel "the new spirit" of Valentino but it's kind of unpleasant feeling, and that's not how it suppose to be i quess... So if so many people thing it's wrong, they can't be wrong:) Sometimes trying too much to fix what's already ok turns into a catastroph. So yeah why not Elie, anything that would make Valentino out of this will be good. x "

lola WROTE THIS 09:36 am 30/01/2010

-"The horror! This collection reminds me of Hohan's failed venture at Ungaro. The fit, the colours, the cheap interpretation of current trends. "

Luke WROTE THIS 10:18 am 30/01/2010

-"Wth. this just looks too much like 2 seasons past balenciaga. ??? i don't like this. They need a new designer - the duo hasn't been doing good imo. "

JP WROTE THIS 07:59 pm 30/01/2010

-"That collection is just god awful. "

BC2DR WROTE THIS 02:54 am 31/01/2010

-"I'm not caring for the band around the eyes. "

BC2DR WROTE THIS 02:54 am 31/01/2010

-"I have to agree... "

the Coffee Maniac Diaries WROTE THIS 11:43 pm 31/01/2010

-"at one point Yves completely ditched Dior's New Look and presented the trapeze dress and changed the house direction. It's hard to follow the House traditions, especially which are associated with somebody's impecable style and name. but i don't think that's the ysl issue we're facing here. this is something out of place, well, for me. ellie saab is the solution, i agree. or georges chakra. i'd still love to see the valentino woman in rouge, empowering and classically flawless.period. "

Charlotte WROTE THIS 02:55 am 01/02/2010

-"I completely agree with you! The shapes and lengths of Elie Saab's Spring couture show seem to be a much more natural continuation of the Valentino heretage. This new-look Valentino just looks like an MA collection - a rip off of Christopher Kane - and not a show from an historic design house. Hear more of my thoughts on the SS2010 couture shows on my blog The Style Rail Sorry, shameless plug! "

Charlotte WROTE THIS 02:57 am 01/02/2010

-"I completely agree. www.stylerail.blogspot.com "

Scott WROTE THIS 03:50 am 01/02/2010

-"Like most people have mentioned here, they should've just stuck with Facchinetti. She managed to balance modernism and the houses heritage perfectly, yet they dismissed her almost immediately. "

HL WROTE THIS 12:18 pm 01/02/2010

-"couldnt agree more on george chakra! i dont understand why style.com doesnt have him on their website's couture list, i mean he really is a real deal in couture. and p/s: since am a super duper big fan Alexis Mabille's, do u guys think there's a chance he's gonna be 'the next guy' at yves saint laurent, succeeding stefano pilati? i really hope that will happen someday, i think he will do a way better job in a larger capacity(as in resource as far as couture is concerned). "

AFN WROTE THIS 05:53 am 18/04/2010

-"Eh, no... "

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