{live from the runway} Giambattista Valli Spring Couture 2013
― Giambattista Valli chose the gilded splendor of the Italian Embassy in Paris as his venue, his fourth collection that opened his show with a minimalist evening coat with a wasp silhouette; the waist pinched, and the silk fabric flaring over the hips. ∙ This exit proved the main template for the lineup, built on long or short dresses either in smudged black-and-white animal prints or bearing light surface decoration. Curbing his penchant for hedgelike volumes and embroideries, [...].
