A visit to Giambattista Valli’s airy, bright, and very elegant showroom, just near the Opéra Garnier, is never just about fashion, even if there is a mind-boggling array of covetable clothing, shoes, and bags. It’s about stepping into a lifestyle. The way the designer sees it, making clothes is about sharing a very specific dream … Read more
Speaking to Valli after the show, he notes that his initial forays into bridal grew from custom requests into something bigger fairly quickly. “It comes out from many people asking me,” he tells Vogue. “I’m both so lucky to do the most incredible weddings and the most incredible women coming to me and asking me … Read more
Black and white at Giambattista Valli? And no reference to the jet-setting lifestyle of his fabulous muses? What’s happened? Zooming from his studio in Paris while prepping for next week’s couture show, he conceded that he felt the pull of urban life and of being present in the here and now, explaining that he has … Read more
